Good Stewards Trust - Essex and East London

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£192,794 latest income

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THIS TRUST EXISTS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AS SET FORTH IN THE JERUSALEM DECLARATION OF ANGLICAN DOCTRINE AS ORIGINALLY ENACTED ON 22ND JUNE 2008, PARTICULARLY THAT ÆWHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THE NATURE OF CANTERBURY AS AN HISTORIC SEE, WE DO NOT ACCEPT THAT ANGLICAN IDENTITY IS DETERMINED NECESSARILY THROUGH RECOGNITION BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. BUILDING ON THE ABOVE DOCTRINAL FOUNDATION OF ANGLICAN IDENTITY, WE HEREBY PUBLISH THE JERUSALEM DECLARATION AS THE BASIS OF OUR FELLOWSHIP.ÆFOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC MAINLY IN THE DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD OR THE NEIGHBOURING AREAS OF SUFFOLK, NORFOLK, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, LONDON AND KENT BY SUPPORTING, THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND OTHERWISE, A) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP, B) THE PROVISION OF MINISTERS FOR THE CONDUCT OF PUBLIC WORSHIP AND PROVISION OF PASTORAL CARE, C) OUTREACH AND EVANGELISATION, AND D) THE PROMOTION OF THE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF ANGLICAN DOCTRINE AS DEFINED ABOVE. EVEN IF OTHER PARTS OF THIS GOVERNING DOCUMENT ARE AGREED TO BE CHANGED, THE PURPOSES OF THIS TRUST FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION WITH THE LATTER DEFINED AS ABOVE CANNOT BE CHANGED.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 21 Sep 2017 as amended on 24 Oct 2025

Trustees (8)

• Rev Kieran Bush Chair since 2017
• Helen Lyons since 2021
• Joel Kim Edwardsage 57 since 2019
• Mark Daniel James Holdaway since 2017
• Rev Colin John Taylor since 2021
• Rev Robert Antony Hudson since 2021
• Sandra Jane Turner since 2022
• Stuart Kerr Brooksage 69 since 2021

Connected charities (8)

• The Buckle Home 1 shared trustee
• Dagenham Church of England Educational Centre 1 shared trustee
• The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST John, Walthamstow 1 shared trustee
• The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Kirby LE Soken 1 shared trustee
• The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Cross, Felsted 1 shared trustee
• The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST. Peter, Harold Wood 1 shared trustee
• The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Dagenham 1 shared trustee
• Crosslinks 1 shared trustee