Church Society
Registered charity 249574 Registered since 1967
Operates: Throughout England
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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.
11 trustees on the board
- Amanda Robbie since 2015
- Reverend Doctor James Thomas Hughes since 2017
- Rev Andrew Paul John Towner since 2018
- Rev Christopher Richard Hargave Kilgour since 2013
- Rev Christopher Pierce since 2024
- Rev Dr Robert Speight Munro since 2018
- Rev Edward John Gerald Keene since 2023
- Rev Michael Hayden since 2021
- Rev Nigel Atkinson since 2024
- Rev Stephen Short since 2024
- The Reverend Doctor Jason David Ward since 2018
6.5y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Amanda Robbie since 2015
- Reverend Doctor James Thomas Hughes since 2017
- Rev Andrew Paul John Towner since 2018
- Rev Christopher Richard Hargave Kilgour since 2013
- Rev Dr Robert Speight Munro since 2018
- The Reverend Doctor Jason David Ward since 2018
10.7y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Amanda Robbie since 2015
- Rev Christopher Richard Hargave Kilgour since 2013
- Rev Christopher Pierce since 2024
- Rev Michael Hayden since 2021
- Rev Nigel Atkinson since 2024
- Rev Stephen Short since 2024
Portfolio (5)
- Reverend Doctor James Thomas Hughes since 2017
- Rev Andrew Paul John Towner since 2018
- Rev Dr Robert Speight Munro since 2018
- Rev Edward John Gerald Keene since 2023
- The Reverend Doctor Jason David Ward since 2018
9
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 11Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Environment/conservation/heritage 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 16Business services 3
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- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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£327k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
- Fellowship of Word and Spirit 3 shared trustees
- The Latimer Trust 2 shared trustees
- The Derby Diocesan Board of Finance Limited 2 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST John Houghton With ST Peter Kingmoor 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Nicholas, Stevenage 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Mary's, Chaddesden, Derby 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.churchsociety.org |
| admin@churchsociety.org | |
| Phone | 01923255410 |
| Address | Ground Floor, Centre Block, Hille Business Estate, 132 St Albans Road, Watford, UK |
Finances
£301,208 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £301,032 | £270,648 |
| 2022 | £270,881 | £285,082 |
| 2023 | £319,260 | £304,442 |
| 2024 | £327,118 | £288,507 |
| 2025 | £301,208 | £319,700 |
What it does
What
Religious ActivitiesWho
Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyCharitable objects
TO MAINTAIN THE DOCTRINE AND WORSHIP OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AS SET FORTH IN THE 39 ARTICLES OF RELIGION AND THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER AS REVIEWED AND ADOPTED IN 1662 AND TO RUN SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS. (FOR FULLER DETAILES SEE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION AS ALTERED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12TH JULY 1966).
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 APRIL 1926 AS AMENDED 12 JULY 1966, AS AMENDED BY SCHEME SEALED 21/3/97 as amended on 11 Jun 2016 as amended on 13 May 2017 as amended on 12 May 2018 as amended on 27 Aug 2025
Trustees (11)
11trustees
58median age
0aged 70+
- Amanda Robbieage band 55-59 since 2015
- Reverend Doctor James Thomas Hughes since 2017
- Rev Andrew Paul John Townerage band 45-49 since 2018
- Rev Christopher Richard Hargave Kilgourage band 50-54 since 2013
- Rev Christopher Pierceage band 60-64 since 2024
- Rev Dr Robert Speight Munroage band 60-64 since 2018
- Rev Edward John Gerald Keeneage band 35-39 since 2023
- Rev Michael Haydenage band 30-34 since 2021
- Rev Nigel Atkinsonage band 65-69 since 2024
- Rev Stephen Shortage band 65-69 since 2024
- The Reverend Doctor Jason David Ward since 2018
Linked company (Companies House)
Church Society · 00213142 · Active
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 13/04/1926
6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.
Connected charities (18)
- Fellowship of Word and Spirit 3 shared trustees
- The Derby Diocesan Board of Finance Limited 2 shared trustees
- The Latimer Trust 2 shared trustees
- The Duffield Endowed School Foundation 1 shared trustee
- ST Mary's Episcopal Chapel 1 shared trustee
- Bury Mead 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Mary's, Chaddesden, Derby 1 shared trustee
- Wilmot, Gilbert and Berrysford Charity 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST John Houghton With ST Peter Kingmoor 1 shared trustee
- North Carlisle Christian Ministry 1 shared trustee
- The Duffield Girls' and Infants' Religious Education Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Alkmunds Duffield 1 shared trustee
- The Bates Trust 1 shared trustee
- Edward Potterell's Almshouse Charity 1 shared trustee
- The Friends of ST Nicholas Stevenage 1 shared trustee
- Hawkes Will Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Nicholas, Stevenage 1 shared trustee
- The Brookside Trust 1 shared trustee
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