The United Reformed Church (Wessex) Trust Limited
Registered charity 282729 Registered since 1981
Operates: Throughout England
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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.
9 trustees on the board
- Rev Dr Romilly Wakefield Micklem Chair since 2016
- David Thomas North since 2023
- Margaret Rose Carrick Smith
- Martin Glyn Thomas since 2026
- Michelle Howard since 2026
- Raymond Michael Dunnett
- Rev Glyn Millington since 2021
- Rev Julian James Macro
- Rev Michael Hopkins since 2024
3.3y median 2.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Dr Romilly Wakefield Micklem Chair since 2016
17.5y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Rev Dr Romilly Wakefield Micklem Chair since 2016
- Martin Glyn Thomas since 2026
Portfolio (7)
- David Thomas North since 2023
- Margaret Rose Carrick Smith
- Michelle Howard since 2026
- Raymond Michael Dunnett
- Rev Glyn Millington since 2021
- Rev Julian James Macro
- Rev Michael Hopkins since 2024
9
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 8Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 14Education 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.
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.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- United Reformed Church Trust 1 shared trustee
- Churches Together in Surrey 1 shared trustee
- London Street (Basingstoke) United Reformed Church Charity 1 shared trustee
- Guildford United Reformed Church Charity 1 shared trustee
- ST Columba's Oxford United Reformed Charity 1 shared trustee
- DR Daniel Williams (Commonly Known AS DR Williams's Trust) 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.urcwessex.org.uk |
| cosec@urcwessex.org.uk | |
| Phone | 02380674515 |
| Address | 120 ALMA ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO14 6UW |
Finances
£10,601,391 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £1,966,322 | £1,541,037 |
| 2021 | £2,767,259 | £1,723,423 |
| 2022 | £2,628,296 | £10,744,807 |
| 2023 | £1,720,112 | £2,374,000 |
| 2024 | £10,601,391 | £2,844,693 |
What it does
What
Religious ActivitiesWho
The General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyCharitable 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.
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14TH APRIL 1981 AS AMENDED ON 25TH JUNE 1998 AND 22 SEPTEMBER 2005
Trustees (9)
9trustees
65median age
3aged 70+
- Rev Dr Romilly Wakefield Micklemage band 65-69 Chair since 2016
- David Thomas Northage band 35-39 since 2023
- Margaret Rose Carrick Smithage band 75-79
- Martin Glyn Thomasage band 60-64 since 2026
- Michelle Howardage band 60-64 since 2026
- Raymond Michael Dunnettage band 75-79
- Rev Glyn Millingtonage band 65-69 since 2021
- Rev Julian James Macroage band 80-84
- Rev Michael Hopkinsage band 50-54 since 2024
Linked company (Companies House)
United Reformed Church (Wessex) Trust Limited(the) · 01555990 · Active
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 14/04/1981
5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.
Connected charities (14)
- London Street (Basingstoke) United Reformed Church Charity 1 shared trustee
- Guildford United Reformed Church Charity 1 shared trustee
- Rotary Club of Farnham Weyside Trust Fund 1 shared trustee
- Churches Together in Surrey 1 shared trustee
- DR Daniel Williams (Commonly Known AS DR Williams's Trust) 1 shared trustee
- The United Reformed Church History Society 1 shared trustee
- United Reformed Church Trust 1 shared trustee
- The CMW Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Retired Ministers' and Widows' Fund 1 shared trustee
- ST Columba's Oxford United Reformed Charity 1 shared trustee
- Bluebells DAY Centre 1 shared trustee
- Henley on Thames Churches Debt Centre 1 shared trustee
- Broadstone Evening Women's Institute 1 shared trustee
- Dorset Community Foundation 1 shared trustee
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