Registered charity · St. Albans
The Society of the Faith (Incorporated)
- 11 trustees
- Income £201k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Andrew Stephen HobleyChair
- Dr Andrew ChandlerTrustee · since 2018
- Dr William Mungo JacobTrustee · since 2017
- Martin Charles WoodsTrustee
- Peter Gerald GastonTrustee
- Rev David Lawrence Lawrence-MarchTrustee · since 2021
- Rev Peter John GallowayTrustee · since 2023
- The Revd Dr Charles John Mackinnon Baczyk-BellTrustee · since 2024
- Timothy Patrick AbrahamTrustee · since 2020
- Ven Geoffrey James William DumbreckTrustee · since 2025
- William Edward Chapman CVOTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.societyofthefaith.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Society of the Faith (Incorporated)
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£201k£118k
- 2025£198k£152k
- 2024£218k£156k
Earlier years
- 2023£210k£170k
- 2022£157k£106k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Charitable objects
TO ACT AS AN ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIANS IN COMMUNION WITH THE SEE OF CANTERBURY FOR MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN THE WORK OF CHRIST'S CHURCH AND FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE UNDERTAKINGS AS MAY BE FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDED UPON MORE ESPECIALLY FOR THE POPULARISATION OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH.
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
- Dr Andrew Stephen Hobley Chair
- Dr Andrew Chandler since 2018
- Dr William Mungo Jacob since 2017
- Martin Charles Woods
- Peter Gerald Gaston
- Rev David Lawrence Lawrence-March since 2021
- Rev Peter John Galloway since 2023
- The Revd Dr Charles John Mackinnon Baczyk-Bell since 2024
- Timothy Patrick Abraham since 2020
- Ven Geoffrey James William Dumbreck since 2025
- William Edward Chapman CVO since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Andrew Chandler since 2018
- Dr William Mungo Jacob since 2017
- William Edward Chapman CVO since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Dr Andrew Chandler since 2018
- Rev David Lawrence Lawrence-March since 2021
- Rev Peter John Galloway since 2023
- William Edward Chapman CVO since 2018
Portfolio (7)
- Dr Andrew Stephen Hobley Chair
- Dr William Mungo Jacob since 2017
- Martin Charles Woods
- Peter Gerald Gaston
- The Revd Dr Charles John Mackinnon Baczyk-Bell since 2024
- Timothy Patrick Abraham since 2020
- Ven Geoffrey James William Dumbreck 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.
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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
- 232821
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED THE 7 JUNE 1926 AS AMENDED 12 DECEMBER 1972 AND 16 JULY 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 MAR 2017 as amended on 11 Sept 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 00214216 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01727856626
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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