Registered charity · Bicester
Church Lands
Church Lands is a registered charity (number 254122) based in Bicester, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £49k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as The Church Lands Trust (Charity Commission)
- 8 trustees
- Income £49k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Oxfordshire
- Registered
- 1967
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£49k£329k
- 2024£713k£385k
- 2023£21k£29k
Earlier years
- 2022£18k£15k
- 2021£19k£14k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
INCOME TO BE EMPLOYED FOR THE USE REPARATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF AMBROSDEN.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Carol Andrews since 2019
- David Rhodes since 2017
- Graham Watson since 2011
- Lucia Handley since 2023
- Martin Richardson since 2021
- Russell Thompson OBE since 2014
- Vince Bailey since 2020
- Wendy Cheeseman since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Carol Andrews since 2019
- David Rhodes since 2017
- Graham Watson since 2011
- Russell Thompson OBE since 2014
- Wendy Cheeseman since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Carol Andrews since 2019
- David Rhodes since 2017
- Graham Watson since 2011
- Lucia Handley since 2023
- Martin Richardson since 2021
- Russell Thompson OBE since 2014
- Vince Bailey since 2020
- Wendy Cheeseman since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 254122
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- P.R. VOL 12 PAGES 219-221
- Contact on the register
- 01869321380 · churchlandstrust@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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.
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