Registered charity (CIO) · Newcastle upon Tyne
The ST Joseph's Benwell Church Trust
- 8 trustees
- Income £456k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Thomas Riddall SmythChair · since 2023
- Dr Anabel RedfearnTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Chris TaskerTrustee · since 2023
- Jennifer Chuen DawesTrustee · since 2025
- Joanna Rachel FinlayTrustee · since 2023
- Julie Kathryn McgraneTrustee · since 2023
- Kenneth John MatthewsTrustee · since 2023
- Rev Jonathan Justin Speaight PrykeTrustee · since 2023
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
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- Website
- www.stjosephsbenwell.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2023
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£456k£406k
- 2024£1.8m£189k
Income trend, 2024 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PROPERTY (INCLUDING ACCOMMODATION FOR CLERGY), FINANCE, MINISTRY AND OTHER HELP FOR THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH, PASTORAL, EVANGELISTIC, SOCIAL AND ECUMENICAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ANGLICAN DOCTRINE THAT IS "GROUNDED IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, AND IN SUCH TEACHINGS OF THE ANCIENT FATHERS AND COUNCILS OF THE CHURCH THAT ARE AGREEABLE TO THE SAID SCRIPTURES. IN PARTICULAR SUCH DOCTRINE IS TO BE FOUND IN THE 39 ARTICLES OF RELIGION, THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER AND THE ORDINAL" (C OF E CANON A5) AND EXPOUNDED IN THE (ANGLICAN) REFORM COVENANT; AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 19TH CENTURY MISSION OF JESMOND PARISH CHURCH (THE FOUNDER OF ST JOSEPH?S BENWELL CHURCH) FOR "THE MAINTENANCE AND PROMULGATION OF SOUND, SCRIPTURAL AND EVANGELICAL TRUTH," FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Dr Thomas Riddall Smyth Chair since 2023
- Dr Anabel Redfearn since 2023
- Dr Chris Tasker since 2023
- Jennifer Chuen Dawes since 2025
- Joanna Rachel Finlay since 2023
- Julie Kathryn Mcgrane since 2023
- Kenneth John Matthews since 2023
- Rev Jonathan Justin Speaight Pryke since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Dr Anabel Redfearn since 2023
- Dr Chris Tasker since 2023
- Jennifer Chuen Dawes since 2025
- Joanna Rachel Finlay since 2023
- Julie Kathryn Mcgrane since 2023
- Kenneth John Matthews since 2023
- Rev Jonathan Justin Speaight Pryke since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Thomas Riddall Smyth Chair since 2023
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
- 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
- 1201951
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 15 Feb 2023
- Contact on the register
- 01913371490 · info@stjosephsbenwell.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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