Registered charity · Somerset
The United Reformed Church (South Western Synod) Incorporated
- 4 trustees
- Income £1.0m (2024)
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
- Throughout England, Scotland
- Website
- www.urcsouthwest.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The United Reformed Church (South Western Synod) Incorporated
- Registered
- 1978
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£1.0m£1.3m
- 2023£4.3m£1.1m
- 2022£1.4m£736k
Earlier years
- 2021£1.7m£3.7m
- 2020£749k£565k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES, PRINCIPLES AND USAGES OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE SOUTH WESTERN SYNOD OF THAT CHURCH.
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
- Dr IAN Bishop Harrison since 2012
- Rev David Michael Downing since 2024
- Rev Richard Gillies Gray since 2026
- Rev Richard Keith Pope since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr IAN Bishop Harrison since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Dr IAN Bishop Harrison since 2012
- Rev Richard Keith Pope since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Rev David Michael Downing since 2024
- Rev Richard Gillies Gray since 2026
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
9.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 44.5 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 275364
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 SEPTEMBER 1977 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 19 NOVEMBER 1997 AND 16 SEPTEMBER 2009
- Companies House
- Company number 01328728 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01823275470 · synodoffice@urcsouthwest.org.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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