Essex Hall
Registered charity 248442 Registered since 1967
Operates: City Of Westminster
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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.
9 trustees on the board
- Andrew Gavin Mason
- Diane Romano-Woodward since 2023
- Dr David Lewis Wykes since 2016
- Elizabeth Slade since 2019
- Jenny Jacobs since 2026
- Joanne Teresa O'Sullivan since 2020
- Raymond Harding since 2023
- Rev Martin Whitell since 2016
- Sarah Boyce since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr David Lewis Wykes since 2016
- Elizabeth Slade since 2019
- Joanne Teresa O'Sullivan since 2020
- Rev Martin Whitell since 2016
- Sarah Boyce since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Diane Romano-Woodward since 2023
- Elizabeth Slade since 2019
- Jenny Jacobs since 2026
- Raymond Harding since 2023
Portfolio (5)
- Andrew Gavin Mason
- Dr David Lewis Wykes since 2016
- Joanne Teresa O'Sullivan since 2020
- Rev Martin Whitell since 2016
- Sarah Boyce since 2020
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
33.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 120.0 in 2020
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.
Connected through a shared trustee
- The British and Foreign Unitarian Association (Incorporated) 1 shared trustee
- Great Meeting (Endowment Fund) Charity 1 shared trustee
- The London District and South Eastern Provincial Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (Incorporated) 1 shared trustee
- Wood Green Trust 1 shared trustee
- East Midland Unitarians 1 shared trustee
- South East Wales Unitarian Society 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| amason@unitarian.org.uk | |
| Phone | 02072402384 |
| Address | ESSEX HALL, 1-6 ESSEX STREET, LONDON, WC2R 3HY |
Finances
£592,082 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £557,676 | £507,302 |
| 2022 | £445,650 | £395,508 |
| 2023 | £413,835 | £409,657 |
| 2024 | £568,328 | £481,399 |
| 2025 | £592,082 | £462,661 |
What it does
What
Religious ActivitiesWho
Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceCharitable objects
2 OBJECTSThe objects for which the Company is established are specifically restricted to: 2.1 the promotion of religion in accordance with the principles of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches; and2.2 such other object or objects, religious, educational or otherwise exclusively charitable, and in such manner in all respects as the Directors of the Company shall from time to time in their unfettered discretion decide.
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 AUGUST 1886. as amended on 20 May 2019 as amended on 23 Jul 2019
Trustees (9)
- Andrew Gavin Masonage band 45-49
- Diane Romano-Woodwardage band 70-74 since 2023
- Dr David Lewis Wykesage band 70-74 since 2016
- Elizabeth Sladeage band 45-49 since 2019
- Jenny Jacobs since 2026
- Joanne Teresa O'Sullivanage band 55-59 since 2020
- Raymond Hardingage band 75-79 since 2023
- Rev Martin Whitellage band 75-79 since 2016
- Sarah Boyceage band 65-69 since 2020
Linked company (Companies House)
Essex Hall · 00023132 · Active
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 13/09/1886
3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.
Connected charities (13)
- The British and Foreign Unitarian Association (Incorporated) 1 shared trustee
- The Charity of Francis Hopkinson for the Poor 1 shared trustee
- South East Wales Unitarian Society 1 shared trustee
- Great Meeting (Endowment Fund) Charity 1 shared trustee
- Annesley (CLW) Trust 1 shared trustee
- Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust 1 shared trustee
- East Midland Unitarians 1 shared trustee
- Wood Green Trust 1 shared trustee
- John Pounds Charity 1 shared trustee
- Simplegifts: Unitarian Centre for Social Action 1 shared trustee
- Ministers Benevolent Society 1 shared trustee
- The Send A Child to Hucklow Fund CIO 1 shared trustee
- The London District and South Eastern Provincial Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (Incorporated) 1 shared trustee
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