The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Corporation of the Church House

Registered charity 213252 Registered since 1963

Operates: City Of Westminster

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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.

9 trustees on the board

4.4y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

5
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 9Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 4Education 4Other services 2

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 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£8.5m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 43.6 in 2020

35 from 34 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.churchhouse.org.uk
Emailinfo@churchofengland.org
Phone02078981310
AddressCORPORATION OF THE CHURCH HOUSE, 27 GREAT SMITH STREET, LONDON, SW1P 3AZ

Finances

£8,454,947 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£4,370,541£6,446,689
2021£5,561,554£6,526,601
2022£7,357,137£6,153,139
2023£6,735,992£7,344,646
2024£8,454,947£9,178,329

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

8 THE OBJECTS O F THE CORPORATION SHALL BE:-8.1 TO ACQUIRE AND HOLD LAND OR ANY ESTATE OR INTEREST IN LAND OR BUILDINGS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS OUR CHARTER, AND TO HOLD ACQUIRE OR PROVIDE A BUILDING OR BUILDINGS TO BE CALLED THE CHURCH HOUSE AND TO USE OR LET OR AUTHORISE THE SAME LANDS OR BUILDINGS TO BE USED OR LET BY WAY OF LICENCE, LEASE OR OTHERWISE FOR ANY PURPOSE CONNECTED WITH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, OR WITH ANY CHURCH OR BODY IN COMMUNION OR CONNECTION THEREWITH, OR FOR ANY PURPOSE WHICH THE COUNCIL MAY FROM TIME TO TIME CONSIDER TO BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT BY WAY OF RESTRICTION FOR ROOMS FOR THE MEETINGS OR BUSINESS OF THE ARCHBISHOPS' COUNCIL OR OF THE GENERAL SYNOD OR OF THE HOUSES OF THE CONVOCATIONS OF THE PROVINCES OF CANTERBURY AND YORK OR EITHER OF THEM AND OF THE HOUSE OF LAITY AND OF THE COMMITTEES THEREOF RESPECTIVELY, OR OTHER MEETINGS.8.2 TO PROVIDE A LIBRARY OR LIBRARIES AND ROOMS FOR THE CUSTODY AND PRESERVATION OF RECORDS AND REPORTS AND FOR COMMITTEES OR CONFERENCES, AND OFFICES AND ROOMS OR OTHER ACCOMMODATION FOR OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES OF THE CORPORATION.8.3 SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING AND AT THE ABSOLUTE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL TO MAKE GRANTS OF MONEY, PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT SUCH GRANTS SHALL BE MADE ONLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATIONAL BODIES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER OF 22ND MAY 2002AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 08 FEB 2018

Trustees (9)

9trustees
64median age
1aged 70+

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