Registered charity · Windsor
The English Clergy Association Benefit Fund
The English Clergy Association Benefit Fund is a registered charity (number 258559) based in Windsor, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Venerable Cassandra Messervy since 2017. Latest income £46k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 10 trustees
- Income £46k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Venerable Cassandra MesservyChair · since 2017
- Anthony John Stuart JenningsTrustee · since 2019
- Canon Romita Jones ShrisunderTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Peter Michael SmithTrustee
- Rev Alec George BrownTrustee · since 2026
- REV Canon Simon Henry Martin Godfrey BD AKC TDTrustee
- Rev Canon Stanley Derek EarisTrustee · since 2015
- Rev Jonathan Desmond HawkinsTrustee · since 2024
- Revd Mark James Binney BD DIP IRTrustee
- The Reverend Canon Peter Frederick Johnson MATrustee · since 2011
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.clergyassoc.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1970
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£46k£57k
- 2024£569k£42k
- 2023£43k£41k
Earlier years
- 2022£38k£41k
- 2021£32k£28k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CLERGY WHO ARE IN NEED OF A REST FROM DUTY AND WHO ARE:A) CLERGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN FULL OR PART-TIME MINISTRY IN THE CHURCH; ORB) CLERGY WHO ARE ENGAGED IN SOME OTHER EMPLOYMENT, OCCUPATION OR CALLING; ORC) CLERGY WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM MINISTRY IN THE CHURCH OR FROM OTHER EMPLOYMENT, OCCUPATION OR CALLING BUT WHO PERFORM DUTIES CALCULATED TO ADVANCE THE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Venerable Cassandra Messervy Chair since 2017
- Anthony John Stuart Jennings since 2019
- Canon Romita Jones Shrisunder since 2024
- Dr Peter Michael Smith
- REV Canon Simon Henry Martin Godfrey BD AKC TD
- Revd Mark James Binney BD DIP IR
- Rev Alec George Brown since 2026
- Rev Canon Stanley Derek Earis since 2015
- Rev Jonathan Desmond Hawkins since 2024
- The Reverend Canon Peter Frederick Johnson MA since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- Venerable Cassandra Messervy Chair since 2017
- Anthony John Stuart Jennings since 2019
- Rev Canon Stanley Derek Earis since 2015
- The Reverend Canon Peter Frederick Johnson MA since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Anthony John Stuart Jennings since 2019
- Canon Romita Jones Shrisunder since 2024
- Dr Peter Michael Smith
- REV Canon Simon Henry Martin Godfrey BD AKC TD
- Revd Mark James Binney BD DIP IR
- Rev Canon Stanley Derek Earis since 2015
- The Reverend Canon Peter Frederick Johnson MA since 2011
Portfolio (3)
- Venerable Cassandra Messervy Chair since 2017
- Rev Alec George Brown since 2026
- Rev Jonathan Desmond Hawkins since 2024
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
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
- 258559
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- REGULATED BY A SCHEME DATED 14 DECEMBER 1994
- Contact on the register
- 01753865914
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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