Registered charity · Nottingham
Congregational Federation
- 17 trustees
- Income £886k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Vincent Charles CarringtonChair · since 2025
- Elisabeth Sweeney-SmithTrustee · since 2023
- IAN Robert BairstowTrustee · since 2025
- Margaret Mcewen Carbarns McguinnessTrustee · since 2015
- Mark TaylorTrustee · since 2020
- Rev Alister Grant WeightonTrustee · since 2025
- REV C L GillhamTrustee
- Rev Caroline StottTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Christopher John Bamforth DampTrustee · since 2019
- Rev Eric Peter FenwickTrustee · since 2015
- Rev Foday Yusufu KamaraTrustee · since 2019
- Rev Gerard SimonisTrustee · since 2018
- Rev Ruth GreenTrustee · since 2023
- Rev Ruth LeemingTrustee · since 2023
- Rev Sandra Joy TurnerTrustee · since 2024
- Robert Wilson HunterTrustee · since 2025
- Timothy John BatemanTrustee · since 2024
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
- Scotland, Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.congregational.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1972
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£886k£1.4m
- 2023£1.2m£1.3m
- 2022£1.7m£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2021£1.2m£1.1m
- 2020£920k£1.1m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
Grants received
1 grant · £5,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
17 trustees on the board
- Rev Vincent Charles Carrington Chair since 2025
- Elisabeth Sweeney-Smith since 2023
- IAN Robert Bairstow since 2025
- Margaret Mcewen Carbarns Mcguinness since 2015
- Mark Taylor since 2020
- REV C L Gillham
- Rev Alister Grant Weighton since 2025
- Rev Caroline Stott since 2022
- Rev Christopher John Bamforth Damp since 2019
- Rev Eric Peter Fenwick since 2015
- Rev Foday Yusufu Kamara since 2019
- Rev Gerard Simonis since 2018
- Rev Ruth Green since 2023
- Rev Ruth Leeming since 2023
- Rev Sandra Joy Turner since 2024
- Robert Wilson Hunter since 2025
- Timothy John Bateman since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Margaret Mcewen Carbarns Mcguinness since 2015
- Mark Taylor since 2020
- Rev Christopher John Bamforth Damp since 2019
- Rev Eric Peter Fenwick since 2015
- Rev Foday Yusufu Kamara since 2019
- Rev Gerard Simonis since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
Portfolio (16)
- Rev Vincent Charles Carrington Chair since 2025
- Elisabeth Sweeney-Smith since 2023
- IAN Robert Bairstow since 2025
- Margaret Mcewen Carbarns Mcguinness since 2015
- Mark Taylor since 2020
- Rev Alister Grant Weighton since 2025
- Rev Caroline Stott since 2022
- Rev Christopher John Bamforth Damp since 2019
- Rev Eric Peter Fenwick since 2015
- Rev Foday Yusufu Kamara since 2019
- Rev Gerard Simonis since 2018
- Rev Ruth Green since 2023
- Rev Ruth Leeming since 2023
- Rev Sandra Joy Turner since 2024
- Robert Wilson Hunter since 2025
- Timothy John Bateman since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
11.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 14.9 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 264839
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 14TH OCTOBER 1972
- Contact on the register
- 01159111460 · admin@congregational.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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