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Registered charity · Birmingham

General Trust Fund of the Church Union

General Trust Fund of the Church Union is a registered charity (number 243535) based in Birmingham, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Father Darren Smith SSC since 2011. Latest income £87k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £87k (2024)
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About

What it does
Education/training, Religious Activities, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.churchunion.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£87k£100k
  • 2023£96k£116k
  • 2022£98k£65k
Earlier years
  • 2021£98k£65k
  • 2020£106k£100k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable 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)

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.

7.7y median 6.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (6)

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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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£87k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
243535
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 7TH MAY 1934 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 9 JANUARY 2008
Contact on the register
01213825533 · membership@churchunion.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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