Registered charity · Leicestershire
The General Baptist Church Minister's Support Fund
The General Baptist Church Minister's Support Fund is a registered charity (number 249558) based in Leicestershire, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by John Martin Shepherd since 2018. Latest income £521k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £521k (2025)
The people who lead this organisation are listed below. Create a free account to save it, get alerts and check how you are connected.
Official record Charity Commission · updated 18th October 2026 · Sources · Free, no card or password
Network
The large node is The General Baptist Church Minister's Support Fund. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Click any node to explore.
Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
Similar charities are matched by type of organisation or purpose and listed by latest income; shared trustees are formal board links. Neither is proof the organisations work together.
About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Leicestershire
- Registered
- 1967
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£521k£28k
- 2024£8k£17k
- 2023£20k£22k
Earlier years
- 2022£14k£8k
- 2021£12k£16k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
PAYMENT TO THE MINISTER OF THE CONGREGATION OF GENERAL BAPTISTS AT BARTON IN THE BEANS, TOWARDS HIS SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE EXTRACT FROM INDENTURE).
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.
5 trustees on the board
- John Martin Shepherd Chair since 2018
- Jason Elliot Duffin since 2018
- Lynda Kelly since 2018
- Marilyn Bell
- Robert Holmes
Trustees past 6 years
- John Martin Shepherd Chair since 2018
- Jason Elliot Duffin since 2018
- Lynda Kelly since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
Portfolio (4)
- John Martin Shepherd Chair since 2018
- Jason Elliot Duffin since 2018
- Lynda Kelly since 2018
- Robert Holmes
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 249558
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- INDENTURE DATED 3 JULY 1801 AND SCHEME OF 1 JUNE 1979AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 11 JUN 2026
- Contact on the register
- 01455290576
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data