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Registered charity (CIO) · Norfolk

The Mercy Ward Church Trust

The Mercy Ward Church Trust is a registered charity (number 1177763) based in Norfolk, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Michael John Pawley since 2018. Latest income £9k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £9k (2024)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Oxfordshire
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£9k£1k
  • 2023£7k£66
  • 2022£1k£9k
Earlier years
  • 2021£36£7k
  • 2020£298£2k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

‘THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, BY:A. SUPPORTING THE MISSION AND MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE PARISHES OF LONG AND LITTLE WITTENHAM, OXFORDSHIRE ('THE PARISH') AND THE DORCHESTER TEAM MINISTRY;B. IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, HELPING PRESERVE, MAINTAINING AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, DEVELOPING THE FABRIC OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY LONG WITTENHAM, OXFORDSHIRE; ANDC. SUPPORTING ANY PURPOSE INTENDED TO FURTHER THE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND THE SPIRITUAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK.’

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.

4 trustees on the board

6y median 7y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

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company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Environment/conservation/heritage 4Religious Activities 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 3Arts and leisure 1Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£9k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1177763
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 29 Mar 2018
Contact on the register
01865238655 · michaelpawley60@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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