The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Church Army

Registered charity 226226 Registered since 1963

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

3.4y median 3y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (3)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 13The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 13Accommodation/housing 11Religious Activities 2

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

Hospitality 11Other services 3Education 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£7.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

4.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 12.2 in 2021

181 from 178 in 2021
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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.churcharmy.org
Emailinfo@churcharmy.org
Phone03001232113
AddressBlock 5 Level 7, Pennine Five Campus, 41 Silver Street Head, SHEFFIELD, S1 2DD

Finances

£7,144,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£6,348,000£7,627,000
2022£6,373,000£8,722,000
2023£6,117,000£10,024,000
2024£7,284,000£11,147,000
2025£7,144,000£11,093,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingReligious Activities

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO BRING PEOPLE TO A PERSONAL FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST BY (A) PROVIDING TRAINED EVANGELISTS AND LAY AGENTS TO ASSIST THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, (B) PREACHING THE NEED OF CONVERSION, HOLINESS OF LIFE AND CHURCH MEMBERSHIP, (C) RELIEVING POVERTY AND DISTRESS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 5TH JULY 1955, 21ST MAY 1990, 22ND NOVEMBER 2002, 17TH NOVEMBER 2005 AND 27TH NOVEMBER 2008 as amended on 22 Nov 2018 as amended on 11 Jul 2026

Trustees (13)

13trustees
53median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Church Army(the) · 00037169 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 14/09/1892

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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