Registered charity · Smethwick
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST. Mary the Virgin, Bearwood
- 15 trustees
- Income £466k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Benjamin Adam BakerChair · since 2023
- Alison Loraine CarterTrustee · since 2026
- Benjamin Henry PrenticeTrustee · since 2022
- Benjamin Roger TuckerTrustee · since 2023
- Bernard Hugo de WaalTrustee · since 2022
- Christine Midgley M.EdTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Elizabeth BrazellTrustee · since 2026
- Eric NgugiTrustee · since 2024
- Francis William HerbertTrustee · since 2023
- Ian ChadwellTrustee · since 2025
- Ian James ThorleyTrustee · since 2022
- Jennie WaldenTrustee · since 2026
- John William Francis BamfordTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Sarah DownTrustee · since 2023
- William TomlinsonTrustee · since 2025
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
- Sandwell
- Website
- www.stmarysbearwood.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2023
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£466k£208k
- 2024£208k£136k
Income trend, 2024 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Rev Benjamin Adam Baker Chair since 2023
- Alison Loraine Carter since 2026
- Benjamin Henry Prentice since 2022
- Benjamin Roger Tucker since 2023
- Bernard Hugo de Waal since 2022
- Christine Midgley M.Ed since 2025
- Dr Elizabeth Brazell since 2026
- Eric Ngugi since 2024
- Francis William Herbert since 2023
- Ian Chadwell since 2025
- Ian James Thorley since 2022
- Jennie Walden since 2026
- John William Francis Bamford since 2025
- Rev Sarah Down since 2023
- William Tomlinson since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Alison Loraine Carter since 2026
- Benjamin Henry Prentice since 2022
- Benjamin Roger Tucker since 2023
- Bernard Hugo de Waal since 2022
- Christine Midgley M.Ed since 2025
- Dr Elizabeth Brazell since 2026
- Eric Ngugi since 2024
- Francis William Herbert since 2023
- Jennie Walden since 2026
- John William Francis Bamford since 2025
- Rev Sarah Down since 2023
- William Tomlinson since 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Rev Benjamin Adam Baker Chair since 2023
- Ian Chadwell since 2025
- Ian James Thorley since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1206076
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCILS (POWERS) MEASURE 1956 AS AMENDED AND THE CHURCH REPRESENTATION RULES (CONTAINED IN SCHEDULE 3 TO THE SYNODICAL GOVERNMENT MEASURE 1969 AS AMENDED).
- Contact on the register
- 07726956901 · info@stmarysbearwood.org
- 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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