The Ecclesiastical LAW Society
Registered charity 1181002 CIO Registered since 2018
Operates: Throughout England And Wales
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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.
9 trustees on the board
- Lee Coley Chair since 2021
- Frances Mary Godden since 2018
- Olamide Olajide since 2024
- Paul Barber since 2018
- Rebecca Cattermole since 2025
- Rev Christopher Matthew Smith since 2019
- Rt Revd Moira Anne Elizabeth Astin since 2022
- Samuel Robert Henry Maginnis since 2021
- The Right Reverend Dr Martin Clive Warner since 2022
4.9y median 5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Frances Mary Godden since 2018
- Paul Barber since 2018
- Rev Christopher Matthew Smith since 2019
10.5y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Frances Mary Godden since 2018
- Rebecca Cattermole since 2025
- Samuel Robert Henry Maginnis since 2021
Portfolio (6)
- Lee Coley Chair since 2021
- Olamide Olajide since 2024
- Paul Barber since 2018
- Rev Christopher Matthew Smith since 2019
- Rt Revd Moira Anne Elizabeth Astin since 2022
- The Right Reverend Dr Martin Clive Warner since 2022
4
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Education/training 9Religious Activities 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Accommodation/housing 1General Charitable Purposes 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 7Other services 5Hospitality 2
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£91k latest income
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- The DON Broome Scout Trust 1 shared trustee
- Saint William of York Youth Group 1 shared trustee
- Edmund Plowden Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Chartered College of Teaching 1 shared trustee
- The Mother Agnes Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Cathedrals Group of Universities 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | https://ecclawsoc.org.uk/ |
| admin@ecclawsoc.org.uk | |
| Phone | 07989205926 |
| Address | Flat 4 Fernbank, 33 Rushams Road, Horsham, RH12 2NU |
Finances
£90,707 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £29,632 | £28,503 |
| 2022 | £39,079 | £36,252 |
| 2023 | £43,670 | £40,184 |
| 2024 | £50,972 | £51,330 |
| 2025 | £90,707 | £87,390 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingWho
Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankindHow
Provides Other FinanceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchCharitable objects
TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN ECCLESIASTICAL LAW FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:A) THE CLERGY AND LAITY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND;B) THOSE WHO HOLD AUTHORITY OR JUDICIAL OFFICE IN, OR PRACTISE IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS OF, THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; ANDC) STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OF ECCLESIASTICAL LAW.
Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 05 Dec 2018 as amended on 14 Dec 2020 as amended on 15 Jun 2023
Trustees (9)
9trustees
49median age
0aged 70+
- Lee Coleyage band 50-54 Chair since 2021
- Frances Mary Goddenage band 45-49 since 2018
- Olamide Olajideage band 35-39 since 2024
- Paul Barber since 2018
- Rebecca Cattermole since 2025
- Rev Christopher Matthew Smith since 2019
- Rt Revd Moira Anne Elizabeth Astin since 2022
- Samuel Robert Henry Maginnis since 2021
- The Right Reverend Dr Martin Clive Warner since 2022
Connected charities (19)
- Formatio 1 shared trustee
- Saint William of York Youth Group 1 shared trustee
- Edmund Plowden Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Chartered College of Teaching 1 shared trustee
- Christ's and Notre Dame College, Liverpool 1 shared trustee
- The Cathedrals Group of Universities 1 shared trustee
- Stafford's Charity 1 shared trustee
- ST Ursula's Home 1 shared trustee
- Bromfield's Educational Foundation 1 shared trustee
- ST Wilfrid's Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Church Army 1 shared trustee
- The DON Broome Scout Trust 1 shared trustee
- The John Booth Charitable Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Society of ST Stephen's House 1 shared trustee
- ST Andrew Holborn and Stafford's Charity 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Alban the Martyr, Holborn With Saint Peter, Saffron Hill 1 shared trustee
- Church Commissioners for England 1 shared trustee
- Reginald Baker Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Peter's, ST Albans 1 shared trustee
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