Registered charity · Atherstone
The General Conference of the NEW Church
- 7 trustees
- Income £1.5m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England, Scotland
- Website
- www.generalconference.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The General Conference of the NEW Church
- Registered
- 1967
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.5m£1.5m
- 2024£1.2m£1.4m
- 2023£1.1m£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£978k£1.0m
- 2021£920k£937k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE FORMATION INTO A CORPORATE BODY UNDER THE ABOVE TITLE FOR THE PURPOSES OF RELIGION AND NOT FOR THE PURPOSES OF GAIN OF THE MINISTERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VARIOUS SOCIETIES OF RECEIVERS OF THE DOCTRINES OF THE NEW CHURCH, SIGNIFIED BY THE NEW JERUSALEM IN THE APOCALYPSE OR REVELATION OF JOHN AS CONTAINED IN THE THEOLOGICAL WRITINGS OF THE HONOURABLE EMANUEL SWEDENBORG. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM)
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 trustees on the board
- Barry Friend Chair since 2023
- Alison Presland since 2026
- Dr John Berridge since 2026
- Janice Millar since 2026
- Joanne Walton since 2025
- Margaret Langslow Cowie since 2021
- Susan Chesworth since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Barry Friend Chair since 2023
- Alison Presland since 2026
- Dr John Berridge since 2026
- Janice Millar since 2026
- Joanne Walton since 2025
- Margaret Langslow Cowie since 2021
- Susan Chesworth since 2021
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
69.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 120.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 253206
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/01/1872AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/06/1954AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/07/1977AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/07/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/07/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/07/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/07/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/07/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/07/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/07/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/07/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/07/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/07/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 JUL 2016 as amended on 28 Jul 2021 as amended on 25 Jul 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 00006039 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01827712370 · enquiries@generalconference.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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.
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