Congregational and General Charitable Trust

Registered charity 297013 Registered since 1987

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

8 trustees on the board

6.8y median 7.5y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (5)

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 1Other Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 15Education 1Professional services 1

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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.

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2024

incomespending£549k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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: 4.0 months · was 0.0 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 Stockport Circuit 1 shared trustee
The Congregational Memorial Hall Trust 1 shared trustee
The United Reformed Church (North Western Province) Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
The Yorkshire Congregational Union (Incorporated) 1 shared trustee
Congregational Federation (North East Area) 1 shared trustee
The Dunamis Fellowship Trust 1 shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.candgtrust.org.uk
Email	admin@candgtrust.org.uk
Phone	07983522064
Address	Con & Gen Charitable Trust, PO Box 1111, LINCOLN, LN5 0WJ

Finances

£548,548 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£472,323	£579,003
2021	£473,620	£755,170
2022	£514,051	£699,325
2023	£533,720	£837,532
2024	£548,548	£1,385,080

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND IN PARTICULAR UNITED REFORMED CHURCH AND CONGREGATIONAL DENOMINATIONS AND OTHER CHURCHES (WHETHER WHOLLY INDEPENDENT OR ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER CHURCH OR GROUP OF CHURCHES) WHICH ARE OF THE PROTESTANT TRADITION (2) TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUNDS OF ANY CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS ASSOCIATIONS FUNDS OR OBJECTS AND TO CARRY OUT ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24TH MARCH 1987 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 22 APRIL 1998, 15 APRIL 1999, 19 APRIL 2000 AND 5 JULY 2007

Trustees (8)

8trustees

72median age

5aged 70+

Alastair Charles Forsythage band 65-69 since 2018
Helen Mccormackage band 50-54 since 2026
Reverend David George Cooteage band 75-79 since 2017
Rev David Grosch-Miller since 2019
Rev Michael Aspinallage band 70-74 since 2024
Rev Pamela Wardage band 75-79 since 2013
Rev Richard IAN Turnbullage band 75-79 since 2018
Susan Austinage band 70-74 since 2019

Linked company (Companies House)

Congregational & General Charitable Trust(the) · 02114948 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 24/03/1987

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (8)

The United Reformed Church (North Western Province) Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
Congregational Federation (North East Area) 1 shared trustee
The Yorkshire Congregational Union (Incorporated) 1 shared trustee
United Stockport Circuit 1 shared trustee
Chapel ST Community Arts 1 shared trustee
The Congregational Memorial Hall Trust 1 shared trustee
The Grindleton Women's Institute 1 shared trustee
The Dunamis Fellowship Trust 1 shared trustee

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