Registered charity · Plymouth
The Society for the Relief of Poor Clergymen
The Society for the Relief of Poor Clergymen is a registered charity (number 232634) based in Plymouth, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by The Venerable Ian Leslie Stewart Watson. Latest income £28k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.
Also known as S R P C (Charity Commission)
- 11 trustees
- Income £28k (2025)
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Who leads it
- The Venerable Ian Leslie Stewart WatsonChair
- Andrew Richard Thorburn Mrics FrnsTrustee · since 2022
- John Keith HonniballTrustee · since 2026
- Mrs Cathy ShearnTrustee · since 2018
- Paula Honniball BA Dip TMMTrustee · since 2026
- Rev Adam Stewart WatsonTrustee · since 2021
- Rev Cannon Jonathan Leitch ScammanTrustee · since 2023
- Rev David John EamesTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Joseph Thomas KinsellaTrustee · since 2021
- Rev Martin William HaywardTrustee
- Rev Preb Graham Michael CotterTrustee · since 2013
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- SRPC-AID.COM (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£28k£28k
- 2024£29k£32k
- 2023£28k£25k
Earlier years
- 2022£28k£31k
- 2021£26k£17k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
RELIEF OF POOR, PIOUS, MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, THE CHURCH IN WALES, THE CHURCH OF IRELAND AND THE SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH, WHETHER CLERGY, DEACONESSES, OR ACCREDITED LAY WORKERS, OF GOOD CHARACTER, AND WHOSE MINISTRY ACCORDS FAITHFULLY WITH THE ARTICLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
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.
11 trustees on the board
- The Venerable Ian Leslie Stewart Watson Chair
- Andrew Richard Thorburn Mrics Frns since 2022
- John Keith Honniball since 2026
- Mrs Cathy Shearn since 2018
- Paula Honniball BA Dip TMM since 2026
- Rev Adam Stewart Watson since 2021
- Rev Cannon Jonathan Leitch Scamman since 2023
- Rev David John Eames since 2022
- Rev Joseph Thomas Kinsella since 2021
- Rev Martin William Hayward
- Rev Preb Graham Michael Cotter since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Mrs Cathy Shearn since 2018
- Rev Preb Graham Michael Cotter since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- The Venerable Ian Leslie Stewart Watson Chair
- John Keith Honniball since 2026
- Mrs Cathy Shearn since 2018
- Paula Honniball BA Dip TMM since 2026
- Rev Adam Stewart Watson since 2021
- Rev Cannon Jonathan Leitch Scamman since 2023
- Rev David John Eames since 2022
- Rev Joseph Thomas Kinsella since 2021
- Rev Martin William Hayward
- Rev Preb Graham Michael Cotter since 2013
Portfolio (1)
- Andrew Richard Thorburn Mrics Frns since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 232634
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES AS REVISED ON 5 MARCH 1925, 3 MAY 1928, 21 MAY 1973, 10 JUNE 1983, 6 JUNE 1986, 30 SEPTEMBER 1998, 16 SEPTEMBER 1999, 19 SEPTEMBER 2000 AND 20 SEPTEMBER 2005.
- Contact on the register
- 07967505509 · athorburn@hotmail.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th 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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