Registered charity · Cambridge
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Benefice of the Ascension, Cambridge (ST. Giles With ST. Peter, ST. Luke and ST. Augustine)
- 16 trustees
- Income £446k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Angela Evelyn GibbsTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Antony William RixTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Hilary FootittTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Oliver CoatesTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Patricia KAY McguireTrustee · since 2012
- Frances Mary Gomersall KleinTrustee · since 2024
- Gillian Elizabeth AmbroseTrustee · since 2015
- Gillian Frances MeadTrustee · since 2024
- Joan Margaret JeansTrustee · since 2024
- Margaret CooperTrustee · since 2016
- MR. Richard FootittTrustee · since 2012
- Paul Derrick GibbsTrustee · since 2015
- Rev Andrew Christopher DayTrustee · since 2026
- Rev Lucinda HowardTrustee · since 2026
- Revd Dr Thomas AmbroseTrustee · since 2015
- Stella Margaret CrossTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- www.churchatcastle.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£446k£529k
- 2024£264k£285k
- 2023£278k£204k
Earlier years
- 2022£259k£312k
- 2021£305k£319k
Charitable objects
THE KEY FUNCTION OF THE PCC IS PROMOTING IN THE PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH, PASTORAL, EVANGELISTIC, SOCIAL AND ECUMENICAL.
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
16 trustees on the board
- Angela Evelyn Gibbs since 2025
- Dr Antony William Rix since 2022
- Dr Hilary Footitt since 2026
- Dr Oliver Coates since 2024
- Dr Patricia KAY Mcguire since 2012
- Frances Mary Gomersall Klein since 2024
- Gillian Elizabeth Ambrose since 2015
- Gillian Frances Mead since 2024
- Joan Margaret Jeans since 2024
- Margaret Cooper since 2016
- MR. Richard Footitt since 2012
- Paul Derrick Gibbs since 2015
- Rev Andrew Christopher Day since 2026
- Rev Lucinda Howard since 2026
- Revd Dr Thomas Ambrose since 2015
- Stella Margaret Cross since 2024
5.4y median 2y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Patricia KAY Mcguire since 2012
- Gillian Elizabeth Ambrose since 2015
- Margaret Cooper since 2016
- MR. Richard Footitt since 2012
- Paul Derrick Gibbs since 2015
- Revd Dr Thomas Ambrose since 2015
7.1y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (14)
- Angela Evelyn Gibbs since 2025
- Dr Antony William Rix since 2022
- Dr Hilary Footitt since 2026
- Dr Oliver Coates since 2024
- Dr Patricia KAY Mcguire since 2012
- Frances Mary Gomersall Klein since 2024
- Gillian Frances Mead since 2024
- Joan Margaret Jeans since 2024
- Margaret Cooper since 2016
- MR. Richard Footitt since 2012
- Paul Derrick Gibbs since 2015
- Rev Lucinda Howard since 2026
- Revd Dr Thomas Ambrose since 2015
- Stella Margaret Cross since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Gillian Elizabeth Ambrose since 2015
- Rev Andrew Christopher Day since 2026
2
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Religious Activities 16Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Education 3Other services 1
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£446k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1172822
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL POWERS MEASURE (1956) AS AMENDED AND CHURCH REPRESENTATION RULES THAT CAME INTO FORCE ON 02 JAN 1957
- Contact on the register
- 01223315000 · OFFICE@CHURCHATCASTLE.ORG
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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