Registered charity · Crowborough
Premier Christian Media Trust
Premier Christian Media Trust is a registered charity (number 287610) based in Crowborough, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £12m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 9 trustees
- Income £12m (2025)
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Who leads it
- David Geoffrey KnightTrustee · since 2026
- Emmanuel MbakweTrustee · since 2021
- Graeme PottsTrustee · since 2019
- Jonathan TemplemanTrustee · since 2023
- Mark Gerald SpelmanTrustee · since 2022
- Nicholas Larkland Barnaby MyersTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Jillian Louise Calland DuffTrustee · since 2021
- Sandy MuirheadTrustee · since 2018
- The Lady Andrea LenzieTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.premier.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Premier Christian Media Trust
- Registered
- 1983
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£12m£11m
- 2024£11m£11m
- 2023£12m£12m
Earlier years
- 2022£11m£11m
- 2021£11m£9.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE PROMOTION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PRODUCING AND DISSEMINATING CONTENT WHICH DELIVERS THE MESSAGE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH VIA RADIO, DIGITAL AND PRINT MEDIA CHANNELS AND EVENTS.
Grants received
2 grants · £203,420 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £103,420
- The Jerusalem Trust · £100,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
9 trustees on the board
- David Geoffrey Knight since 2026
- Emmanuel Mbakwe since 2021
- Graeme Potts since 2019
- Jonathan Templeman since 2023
- Mark Gerald Spelman since 2022
- Nicholas Larkland Barnaby Myers since 2025
- Rev Jillian Louise Calland Duff since 2021
- Sandy Muirhead since 2018
- The Lady Andrea Lenzie since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Graeme Potts since 2019
- Sandy Muirhead since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Emmanuel Mbakwe since 2021
- Graeme Potts since 2019
- Mark Gerald Spelman since 2022
- Rev Jillian Louise Calland Duff since 2021
- Sandy Muirhead since 2018
- The Lady Andrea Lenzie since 2022
Portfolio (3)
- David Geoffrey Knight since 2026
- Jonathan Templeman since 2023
- Nicholas Larkland Barnaby Myers 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.
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
2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 287610
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28TH JULY 1983 AS AMENDED ON MARCH 6 2000. AS AMENDED ON 10 FEB 2004 AS AMENDED ON 08 OCT 2024AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06 MAR 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 01743091 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02073161350 · premier@premier.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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