The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The General Conference of the NEW Church

Registered charity 253206 Registered since 1967

Operates: Throughout England, Scotland

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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.

8 trustees on the board

2.9y median 2.5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

0
company-linked trustees

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.5m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

69.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 120.0 in 2021

21 from 17 in 2021
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.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.generalconference.org.uk
Emailenquiries@generalconference.org.uk
Phone01827712370
AddressPurley Chase Centre, Purley Chase Lane, Mancetter, Atherstone, CV9 2RQ

Finances

£1,500,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£920,315£936,763
2022£978,295£1,014,474
2023£1,121,238£1,123,720
2024£1,196,939£1,434,822
2025£1,500,000£1,513,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious Activities

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

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)

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

Trustees (8)

8trustees
78median age
6aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

General Conference of the NEW Church(the) · 00006039 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 16/02/1872

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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