Registered charity · Sutton
The Biddestone Trust
- 8 trustees
- Income £127k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- John Leslie RawlinsonTrustee · since 2025
- Mr G BradyTrustee · since 2014
- R I HaffendenTrustee · since 2005
- Rev Gareth Norman BurkeTrustee · since 2025
- Rev John Watson KeddieTrustee · since 2019
- Rev Mark ThomasTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Peter Lawrence MackenzieTrustee · since 2025
- REV R W FAYTrustee · since 2012
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
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Registered
- 1974
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£127k£140k
- 2024£115k£141k
- 2023£110k£241k
Earlier years
- 2022£92k£184k
- 2021£91k£71k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT RELIEF OR AID OF SUCH CHRISTIAN MINISTERS MISSIONARIES OR CHURCHES AS ARE OR HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN FAITH AS MOST PURELY REPRESENTED IN THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION THE SAVOY CONFESSION AND THE LONDON BAPTIST CONFESSION OF 1689. 2. THE RELIEF OF THE DEPENDENTS OF CHRISTIAN MINISTERS OR MISSIONARES. 3. GENERALLY THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE OF THE BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND IN PARTICULAR THAT ASPECT OF THE SAID FAITH AS TAUGHT BY THE PROTESTANTS REFORMERS AND ENGLISH PURITANS.
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
- John Leslie Rawlinson since 2025
- Mr G Brady since 2014
- R I Haffenden since 2005
- REV R W FAY since 2012
- Rev Gareth Norman Burke since 2025
- Rev John Watson Keddie since 2019
- Rev Mark Thomas since 2025
- Rev Peter Lawrence Mackenzie since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Mr G Brady since 2014
- R I Haffenden since 2005
- REV R W FAY since 2012
- Rev John Watson Keddie since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- John Leslie Rawlinson since 2025
- R I Haffenden since 2005
- Rev John Watson Keddie since 2019
Portfolio (5)
- Mr G Brady since 2014
- REV R W FAY since 2012
- Rev Gareth Norman Burke since 2025
- Rev Mark Thomas since 2025
- Rev Peter Lawrence Mackenzie since 2025
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.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 267587
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 9 MAY 1974 AS AMENDED BY DEED OF VARIATION DATED 18 SEPTEMBER 1996
- Contact on the register
- 02086431166 · jcs@jcssutton.co.uk
- 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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