Registered charity · Gloucester
The Vernon Smith Church Trust Charity
The Vernon Smith Church Trust Charity is a registered charity (number 261207) based in Gloucester, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Anthony John Beard. Latest income £28k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Vernon Smith Trust (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £28k (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
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Gloucestershire
- Registered
- 1970
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£28k£11k
- 2024£27k£16k
- 2023£26k£32k
Earlier years
- 2022£21k£20k
- 2021£20k£4k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY 50 PER CENT OF THE NET INCOME OF THE CHARITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF FURTHERING THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE EDGE AND THE REMAINING 50 PER CENT FOR THE SAID PURPOSE IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PITCHCOMBE
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Anthony John Beard Chair
- MR Mike Sanderson
- Roger Brian Stewart since 2013
- Rob Little since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Roger Brian Stewart since 2013
- Rob Little since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Anthony John Beard Chair
- MR Mike Sanderson
- Roger Brian Stewart since 2013
- Rob Little since 2018
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
- 261207
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONVEYANCE DATED 26/05/1932 AS VARIED BY SCHEMES OF 07/02/1978 AND 24/06/1993
- Contact on the register
- 07977486004 · roblittle@btinternet.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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