General Trust Fund of the Church Union
Registered charity 243535 Registered since 1966
Operates: Throughout England And Wales
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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.
10 trustees on the board
- Father Darren Smith SSC Chair since 2011
- Claire Denston Epsom since 2022
- Father Martin Ennis SSC since 2017
- Father Steven Kirk since 2017
- Father David Benjamin Fisher since 2022
- Fr Tom Davis since 2024
- Mary Elizabeth Moore since 2015
- Richard Gareth Llewelyn Morgan since 2022
- Sandra Baiden since 2022
- The Right Revd Martyn Jarrett SSC since 2011
7.7y median 6.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Father Darren Smith SSC Chair since 2011
- Father Martin Ennis SSC since 2017
- Father Steven Kirk since 2017
- Mary Elizabeth Moore since 2015
- The Right Revd Martyn Jarrett SSC since 2011
12.2y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Claire Denston Epsom since 2022
- Father Steven Kirk since 2017
- Fr Tom Davis since 2024
- The Right Revd Martyn Jarrett SSC since 2011
Portfolio (6)
- Father Darren Smith SSC Chair since 2011
- Father Martin Ennis SSC since 2017
- Father David Benjamin Fisher since 2022
- Mary Elizabeth Moore since 2015
- Richard Gareth Llewelyn Morgan since 2022
- Sandra Baiden since 2022
1
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 9Religious Activities 9Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Environment/conservation/heritage 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.
Arts and leisure 1Other services 1Transport 1
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
incomespending£87k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.
Related organisations
- The Harry and Katie Pollard Trust 3 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- TOM Amos Charity 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Stephen With ST Mark, Lewisham 1 shared trustee
- Church OR Fabric Estates 1 shared trustee
- Abbess Adelicia Charity 1 shared trustee
- Guild of Servants of the Sanctuary 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.churchunion.co.uk |
| membership@churchunion.co.uk | |
| Phone | 01213825533 |
| Address | c/.o The Additional Curates Society, 16 Commercial Street, BIRMINGHAM, B1 1RS |
Finances
£87,326 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £105,614 | £99,886 |
| 2021 | £98,181 | £64,856 |
| 2022 | £98,181 | £64,856 |
| 2023 | £95,688 | £116,352 |
| 2024 | £87,326 | £99,736 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingReligious ActivitiesHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityWho
Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyCharitable objects
A) TO DEFEND AND MAINTAIN UNIMPAIRED THE DOCTRINE DISCIPLINE AND POSITION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE WHOLE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF CHRIST;B) TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH AND THE DISSEMINATION OF LITERATURE IN ALL BRANCHES OF THEOLOGY AND ETHICS, AND IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS OF PHILOSOPHY, SOCIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, AND NATURAL SCIENCES WHICH ARE CLOSELY RELATED TO RELIGION;(FOR FULLER DETAILS SEE DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 7TH MAY 1934)
Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 7TH MAY 1934 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 9 JANUARY 2008
Trustees (10)
10trustees
75median age
1aged 70+
- Father Darren Smith SSC Chair since 2011
- Claire Denston Epsom since 2022
- Father Martin Ennis SSC since 2017
- Father Steven Kirk since 2017
- Father David Benjamin Fisher since 2022
- Fr Tom Davis since 2024
- Mary Elizabeth Mooreage band 75-79 since 2015
- Richard Gareth Llewelyn Morgan since 2022
- Sandra Baiden since 2022
- The Right Revd Martyn Jarrett SSC since 2011
Connected charities (13)
- The Harry and Katie Pollard Trust 3 shared trustees
- Helen Mathieson Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- Abbess Adelicia Charity 1 shared trustee
- Llwyn ONN Burial Ground Trust 1 shared trustee
- Guild of Servants of the Sanctuary 1 shared trustee
- The Romford County High School 21ST Birthday Leaving Exhibition Trust Fund 1 shared trustee
- Church OR Fabric Estates 1 shared trustee
- TOM Amos Charity 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Mary the Less, Cambridge 1 shared trustee
- Candidates for Ordination Fund of the Guild of Servants of the Sanctuary 1 shared trustee
- ST Martin Relief in Need Charity 1 shared trustee
- Shady Bower Playing Field 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Stephen With ST Mark, Lewisham 1 shared trustee
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