Registered charity · Salisbury
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Salisbury Plain
- 12 trustees
- Income £100k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Andrew John Lyndon MacdonaldTrustee · since 2020
- Brigadier John Edward Bruce Smedley CVOTrustee · since 2026
- Deborah Helen PotterTrustee · since 2020
- Gabrielle Ellinor Frances Jennings-BramlyTrustee · since 2022
- Hilda Rose RenshawTrustee · since 2018
- Ian Denis Hughes SmithTrustee · since 2022
- Lady Sarah Diana Rowena Perceval GoochTrustee · since 2014
- Marcelle Anne StobieTrustee · since 2024
- Michael Lawrence Badham-ThornhillTrustee · since 2018
- Richard EssbergerTrustee · since 2014
- Sarah Dawnay ProvisTrustee · since 2026
- Simon David William ShepherdTrustee · since 2016
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
- Wiltshire
- Website
- www.salisburyplainbenefice.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£100k£103k
- 2024£128k£114k
- 2023£108k£150k
Earlier years
- 2022£108k£132k
- 2021£94k£89k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
PROMOTING IN THE PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH, PASTORAL, EVANGELISTIC, SOCIAL AND ECUMENICAL.
Grants received
2 grants · £7,750 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £7,500
- National Churches Trust · £250
Most recent
Board analysis
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Andrew John Lyndon Macdonald since 2020
- Brigadier John Edward Bruce Smedley CVO since 2026
- Deborah Helen Potter since 2020
- Gabrielle Ellinor Frances Jennings-Bramly since 2022
- Hilda Rose Renshaw since 2018
- Ian Denis Hughes Smith since 2022
- Lady Sarah Diana Rowena Perceval Gooch since 2014
- Marcelle Anne Stobie since 2024
- Michael Lawrence Badham-Thornhill since 2018
- Richard Essberger since 2014
- Simon David William Shepherd since 2016
- Sarah Dawnay Provis since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Hilda Rose Renshaw since 2018
- Lady Sarah Diana Rowena Perceval Gooch since 2014
- Michael Lawrence Badham-Thornhill since 2018
- Richard Essberger since 2014
- Simon David William Shepherd since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Andrew John Lyndon Macdonald since 2020
- Brigadier John Edward Bruce Smedley CVO since 2026
- Deborah Helen Potter since 2020
- Gabrielle Ellinor Frances Jennings-Bramly since 2022
- Ian Denis Hughes Smith since 2022
- Marcelle Anne Stobie since 2024
- Michael Lawrence Badham-Thornhill since 2018
- Richard Essberger since 2014
- Sarah Dawnay Provis since 2026
Portfolio (3)
- Hilda Rose Renshaw since 2018
- Lady Sarah Diana Rowena Perceval Gooch since 2014
- Simon David William Shepherd since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1173846
- 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
- 07486355674 · parishoffice@salisburyplainbenefice.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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