Registered charity (CIO) · Lancashire
Chorley Evangelical Free Church
Chorley Evangelical Free Church is a registered charity (number 1187480) based in Lancashire, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Bernard Jack Gooderham since 2019. Latest income £64k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £64k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 11th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.chorleyevangelicalfreechurch.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£64k£66k
- 2023£53k£57k
- 2022£54k£49k
Earlier years
- 2021£42k£40k
- 2020£38k£44k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN LANCASHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINAL BASIS HEREAFTER STATED.2. TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Bernard Jack Gooderham Chair since 2019
- David Palmer since 2023
- Ephraim Baby Thomas since 2019
- Mark Benjamin Bassett since 2019
- Olumuyiwa Segun Odusanya since 2025
- Simeon David Raby since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Bernard Jack Gooderham Chair since 2019
- Ephraim Baby Thomas since 2019
- Mark Benjamin Bassett since 2019
- Simeon David Raby since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Bernard Jack Gooderham Chair since 2019
- David Palmer since 2023
- Ephraim Baby Thomas since 2019
- Mark Benjamin Bassett since 2019
- Olumuyiwa Segun Odusanya since 2025
- Simeon David Raby since 2019
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1187480
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 21 Jan 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01257273058 · hi@chorleyevangelicalfreechurch.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th October 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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