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Registered charity · Southampton

The United Reformed Church (Wessex) Trust Limited

The United Reformed Church (Wessex) Trust Limited is a registered charity (number 282729) based in Southampton, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Rev Dr Romilly Wakefield Micklem since 2016. Latest income £11m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as U R C Wessex Trust (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £11m (2024)
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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.urcwessex.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The United Reformed Church (Wessex) Trust Limited
Registered
1981

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£11m£2.8m
  • 2023£1.7m£2.4m
  • 2022£2.6m£11m
Earlier years
  • 2021£2.8m£1.7m
  • 2020£2.0m£1.5m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES PRINCIPLES AND USAGES OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH WITH PARTICULAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WESSEX PROVINCE 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.

2.2y median 0y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12y
average years in governance
7
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 10Education/training 3Disability 2General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 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 10Education 3Business services 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£10.6m 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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

12 from 12 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
282729
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14TH APRIL 1981 AS AMENDED ON 25TH JUNE 1998 AND 22 SEPTEMBER 2005
Companies House
Company number 01555990 · Active
Contact on the register
02380674515 · cosec@urcwessex.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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