Open Synod Group
Registered charity 297315 Registered since 1987
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Nigel Bacon Chair since 2023
- Canon Simon John Talbott since 2015
- Canon Julie Patricia Dziegiel since 2023
- John Philip Mason since 2023
- Matthew Frank Edwards since 2023
- Penny Allen since 2015
- Rev Eleanor Elizabeth Mary Robertshaw since 2023
- Rev Timothy Martin Bull since 2026
4.6y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Canon Simon John Talbott since 2015
- Penny Allen since 2015
10.1y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Matthew Frank Edwards since 2023
- Rev Eleanor Elizabeth Mary Robertshaw since 2023
Portfolio (6)
- Nigel Bacon Chair since 2023
- Canon Simon John Talbott since 2015
- Canon Julie Patricia Dziegiel since 2023
- John Philip Mason since 2023
- Penny Allen since 2015
- Rev Timothy Martin Bull since 2026
6
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 2Environment/conservation/heritage 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 5Business services 1Construction 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£1k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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
- Amersham Deanery Trust 1 shared trustee
- Eastern Region Ministry Course 1 shared trustee
- The Lichfield Diocesan Board of Finance (Incorporated) 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Great Chesham 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bunbury 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiatical Parish of ST Guthlac, Market Deeping 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.opensynodgroup.org.uk |
| johnpmason@gmail.com | |
| Phone | 01829733971 |
| Address | Willington Mill, Weetwood, Tarporley, Tarporley, Cheshire, CW6 0NQ |
Finances
£1,442 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £519 | £0 |
| 2022 | £1,167 | £323 |
| 2023 | £1,352 | £2,307 |
| 2024 | £1,478 | £1,939 |
| 2025 | £1,442 | £933 |
What it does
What
Religious ActivitiesWho
Other Defined GroupsHow
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyCharitable objects
PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANGLICAN PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE GROWTH OF UNITY BETWEEN ALL THE CHURCHES AND ON THE RENEWAL OF THE LIFE AND ORGANISATION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN ORDER TO FACILITATE AND STRENGTHEN THE MISSION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND.
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 23 FEB 1987AS AMENDED ON 08 JUL 1994AS AMENDED ON 15 FEB 2017 as amended on 14 Nov 2023
Trustees (8)
8trustees
68median age
2aged 70+
- Nigel Baconage band 70-74 Chair since 2023
- Canon Simon John Talbottage band 65-69 since 2015
- Canon Julie Patricia Dziegielage band 60-64 since 2023
- John Philip Masonage band 65-69 since 2023
- Matthew Frank Edwards since 2023
- Penny Allenage band 75-79 since 2015
- Rev Eleanor Elizabeth Mary Robertshaw since 2023
- Rev Timothy Martin Bullage band 60-64 since 2026
Connected charities (15)
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiatical Parish of ST Guthlac, Market Deeping 1 shared trustee
- The Lincoln Diocesan Trust and Board of Finance LTD 1 shared trustee
- The Mijoda Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Great Chesham 1 shared trustee
- Amersham Deanery Trust 1 shared trustee
- Parish Giving Scheme 1 shared trustee
- The Oxford Diocesan Board of Finance 1 shared trustee
- Diocesan Trustees (Oxford) LTD 1 shared trustee
- The Chester Clergy Family Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bunbury 1 shared trustee
- The John Mason Family Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Chester Diocesan Board of Finance 1 shared trustee
- The Lichfield Diocesan Board of Finance (Incorporated) 1 shared trustee
- Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust 1 shared trustee
- Eastern Region Ministry Course 1 shared trustee
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