Registered charity · Thetford

ST. Mary's Church, Watton

18 trustees
Income £106k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does: Religious Activities
Where: Norfolk
Website: STMARYSWATTON.ORG (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 2023

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£106k£105k
2024£122k£113k
2023£112k£104k

Income trend, 2023 to 2025.

Charitable objects

PROMOTING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.

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.

18 trustees on the board

Rev David James Cossey Chair since 2023
Andrew Guy Turner since 2021
Elaine Victoria Rodgers since 2021
Eileen Wendy Kittell since 2024
Gillian Mary Smith since 2023
Janet Roma Selvey since 2016
Linda Kathleen Benton since 2017
Margaret Cator since 2003
Mervyn Wilcox since 2015
Michael Selvey since 2019
Mirjam Johanna Johnson since 2023
Paul Douglas Weatherill since 2021
Pamela Rose Burrows since 2025
Rev Christina Mary Mason since 2023
Stephen Andrew Bibby since 2023
Valerie Semlyen since 2023
Weiwei Cui since 2024
Wendy Ann Round since 2025

5.5y median 3y

average tenure

23y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Janet Roma Selvey since 2016
Linda Kathleen Benton since 2017
Margaret Cator since 2003
Mervyn Wilcox since 2015
Michael Selvey since 2019

5.9y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (5)

Rev David James Cossey Chair since 2023
Andrew Guy Turner since 2021
Linda Kathleen Benton since 2017
Stephen Andrew Bibby since 2023
Weiwei Cui since 2024

company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 18Environment/conservation/heritage 4Education/training 2Accommodation/housing 1Other Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on 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 3 years.

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£106k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details

Registered charity number: 1203822
Status: Registered
Governing document: PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL POWERS MEASURE (1956) AS AMENDED AND CHURCH REPRESENTATION RULES THAT CAME INTO FORCE ON 02 JAN 1957
Contact on the register: 01953881252 · WATTONCHURCH@GMAIL.COM
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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