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Registered charity · Gloucestershire

Modern Church

Modern Church is a registered charity (number 281573) based in Gloucestershire, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Professor Elaine Louise Graham since 2021. Latest income £30k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as M C U, The Modern Churchpeople's Union (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £30k (2025)
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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.modernchurch.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1981

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£30k£59k
  • 2024£40k£63k
  • 2023£40k£74k
Earlier years
  • 2022£36k£78k
  • 2021£27k£56k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):(A) THE PROMOTION OF OPEN AND CRITICAL STUDY OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND ITS RELEVANCE IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD; AND(B) OFFERING RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS IN PARISHES, INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC LIFE TO SUPPORT AN OPEN-MINDED AND THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO MATTERS OF FAITH AND RELIGION

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.

3.4y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

4
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 9Education/training 1Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Education 2Agriculture 1Arts and leisure 1

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£40k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
281573
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 31ST DECEMBER 1926, AMENDED 23RD JULY 1986 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION TO CHANGE NAME 14 JULY 2010 AND BY RESOLUTION OF 14 JULY 2010 UNDER S.74D TO AMEND CONSTITUTIONAS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 30 JAN 2017
Contact on the register
08453451909 · office@modernchurch.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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