The United Reformed Church (Eastern Province) Trust

Registered charity 248796 Registered since 1966

Operates: Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk

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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.

6 trustees on the board

Andrew East since 2014
Clifford Patten since 2015
David John Bird since 2023
IAN Reid Miller since 2024
Reverend DR. Janet Elizabeth Tollington since 2018
Rev Lythan Nevard since 2023

6.5y median 5.5y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Andrew East since 2014
Clifford Patten since 2015
Reverend DR. Janet Elizabeth Tollington since 2018

16.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Andrew East since 2014

Portfolio (5)

Clifford Patten since 2015
David John Bird since 2023
IAN Reid Miller since 2024
Reverend DR. Janet Elizabeth Tollington since 2018
Rev Lythan Nevard since 2023

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 6Accommodation/housing 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4Education/training 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Other services 9Health and social care 3Business services 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£3.3m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 120.0 in 2020

11 from 6 in 2020

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

52 days

Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

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.

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	urceastern.org.uk
Email	finance@urceastern.org.uk
Phone	01223830770
Address	UNITED REFORMED CHURCH EASTERN SYNOD, 36 DUXFORD ROAD, WHITTLESFORD, CAMBRIDGE, CB22 4ND

Finances

£3,252,746 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£2,222,324	£762,840
2021	£805,538	£4,950,054
2022	£1,257,702	£1,633,965
2023	£2,358,782	£1,241,847
2024	£3,252,746	£2,374,121

What it does

What

Accommodation/housingReligious Activities

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS {"THE OBJECTS") ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES, PRINCIPLES AND USAGES OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE EASTERN SYNOD OF THAT CHURCH.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22 FEBRUARY 1909 AS AMENDED BY SECTION 74 RESOLUTION MADE UNDER CHARITIES ACT 1993 AND AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 13 JUNE 2008

Trustees (6)

6trustees

72median age

3aged 70+

Andrew Eastage band 65-69 since 2014
Clifford Pattenage band 75-79 since 2015
David John Birdage band 65-69 since 2023
IAN Reid Millerage band 75-79 since 2024
Reverend DR. Janet Elizabeth Tollingtonage band 75-79 since 2018
Rev Lythan Nevardage band 60-64 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

The United Reformed Church (Eastern Province) Trust · 00101685 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 22/02/1909

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

The Isabel Adams Charity for Poor and Deserving People and Other Purposes 5 shared trustees
Institute of Alcohol Studies 1 shared trustee
Alliance House Foundation 1 shared trustee
Colchester City Mission Trust 1 shared trustee

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