Registered charity (CIO) · London
The General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
- 8 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Sarah Bridget BenfieldChair · since 2025
- Alexander John BatesTrustee · since 2025
- Andrew AppleyardTrustee · since 2026
- Arkadiusz Piotr MaleckiTrustee · since 2025
- Joseph CalvertTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Donna Stephanie BisbyTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Winniefred Joan GordonTrustee · since 2025
- Zachariah Reuben Amos BakerTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 8 other charities:
- The General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches · 7 shared trustees
- The Nightingale Centre (Unitarian) · 1 shared trustee
- Unitarian Chapel Trust Property · 1 shared trustee
- South East Wales Unitarian Society · 1 shared trustee
- Ministers' Pension Fund · 1 shared trustee
- The Inquirer Publishing Company (2004) · 1 shared trustee
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- Cross Street Chapel Manchester · 1 shared trustee
- Unitarian College · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.unitarian.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2025
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE A FREE AND INQUIRING RELIGION THROUGH THE WORSHIP OF GOD AND THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE; THE SERVICE OF HUMANITY AND RESPECT FOR ALL CREATION; AND THE UPHOLDING OF THE LIBERAL CHRISTIAN TRADITION.
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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
- Sarah Bridget Benfield Chair since 2025
- Alexander John Bates since 2025
- Andrew Appleyard since 2026
- Arkadiusz Piotr Malecki since 2025
- Joseph Calvert since 2025
- Rev Donna Stephanie Bisby since 2025
- Rev Winniefred Joan Gordon since 2025
- Zachariah Reuben Amos Baker since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Sarah Bridget Benfield Chair since 2025
Portfolio (7)
- Alexander John Bates since 2025
- Andrew Appleyard since 2026
- Arkadiusz Piotr Malecki since 2025
- Joseph Calvert since 2025
- Rev Donna Stephanie Bisby since 2025
- Rev Winniefred Joan Gordon since 2025
- Zachariah Reuben Amos Baker since 2025
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.
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
- 1214831
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 05 Sep 2025
- Contact on the register
- 02072402384 · info@unitarian.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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