Registered charity · London
The Guild of OUR Lady of Ransom
- 8 trustees
- Income £622k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Mgr Jonathan ArmitageChair · since 2020
- Dr Peter Ryden MA MSCTrustee
- Eileen Patricia ColeTrustee · since 2022
- Fr Matthew Thomas Roche-SaundersTrustee · since 2025
- Fr Paschal Ikechukwu UcheTrustee · since 2024
- Fr Patrick Eddy Lea van der VorstTrustee · since 2024
- Gregory Francis Marius Thomas WheatleyTrustee
- Vanessa Donegan MATrustee
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
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.guild-ransom.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£622k£597k
- 2024£449k£446k
- 2023£402k£463k
Earlier years
- 2022£424k£379k
- 2021£311k£298k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE RE-CONVERSION OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND THE FURTHERANCE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH THEREIN
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Mgr Jonathan Armitage Chair since 2020
- Dr Peter Ryden MA MSC
- Eileen Patricia Cole since 2022
- Fr Matthew Thomas Roche-Saunders since 2025
- Fr Paschal Ikechukwu Uche since 2024
- Fr Patrick Eddy Lea van der Vorst since 2024
- Gregory Francis Marius Thomas Wheatley
- Vanessa Donegan MA
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Mgr Jonathan Armitage Chair since 2020
- Dr Peter Ryden MA MSC
- Eileen Patricia Cole since 2022
- Fr Matthew Thomas Roche-Saunders since 2025
- Fr Paschal Ikechukwu Uche since 2024
- Fr Patrick Eddy Lea van der Vorst since 2024
- Gregory Francis Marius Thomas Wheatley
- Vanessa Donegan MA
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 232716
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION DATED 1933AS AMENDED ON 20 JUN 2012
- Contact on the register
- 020 7476 4129 · info@guild-ransom.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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