Counties

Registered charity 264278 Registered since 1972

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

7 trustees on the board

5.8y median 4y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Dr Stephen Mcquoid since 2013
James Davies since 2017

18.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Dr Rachel Jordan Wolf since 2025
James Andrew Fielder since 2024

Portfolio (5)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 7General Charitable Purposes 2Education/training 1Other Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 14Finance 4Manufacturing 3

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£903k latest income

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.

4.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 7.2 in 2020

9 from 7 in 2020

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Church Growth Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
Western Counties & South Wales Evangelisation Trust 1 shared trustee
Albany Church 1 shared trustee
The Toad Hall Trust 1 shared trustee
Herefordshire Vennture 1 shared trustee
The Cracknell Trust CIO 1 shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.countiesuk.org
Email	office@countiesuk.org
Phone	01373823013
Address	COUNTIES, 30 HAYNES ROAD, WESTBURY, BA13 3HD

Finances

£1,241,745 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£919,808	£856,012
2022	£713,025	£837,732
2023	£1,403,818	£942,695
2024	£903,429	£1,105,919
2025	£1,241,745	£1,182,384

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY SUCH MEANS BEING CHARITABLE AS THE TRUST MAY DETERMINE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 9TH FEBRUARY 1972 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 14TH OCTOBER 1995 as amended on 23 Apr 2022 as amended on 20 Apr 2024 as amended on 20 Apr 2024

Trustees (7)

7trustees

61median age

1aged 70+

Dr Rachel Jordan Wolf since 2025
Dr Stephen Mcquoidage band 60-64 since 2013
James Andrew Fielderage band 50-54 since 2024
James Daviesage band 60-64 since 2017
Peter Singletonage band 65-69 since 2022
Richard Canhamage band 70-74
Simon Bennettage band 55-59

Linked company (Companies House)

Counties · 01041761 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 09/02/1972

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (8)

The Cholmeley Evangelical Church (Second Century) Trust Fund 1 shared trustee
Herefordshire Vennture 1 shared trustee
The Brookside Trust 1 shared trustee
Church Growth Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
Albany Church 1 shared trustee
The Toad Hall Trust 1 shared trustee
Western Counties & South Wales Evangelisation Trust 1 shared trustee
The Cracknell Trust CIO 1 shared trustee

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