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The Society for Irish Church Missions

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Previous officers 36

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Ruth Smith 2022-2025 Director View profile
Joanna Carroll 2018-2023 Director View profile
Rev Timothy George Anderson 2018-2021 Director View profile
Rev Edmond James Coulter 2017-2020 Director View profile
Reverend John Mcclure 2015-2018 Director View profile
Christopher Wray 2011-2025 Director View profile
Grant Carroll 2011-2018 Director View profile
Blacoe, Brian Thomas, Canon 2009-2021 Director View profile
Reverend Neville Joseph Hughes 2006-2023 Director View profile
Courtney, Brian Joseph, Canon 2006-2023 Director View profile
Shelagh Mary Mcalpine 2006-2020 Director View profile
Right Rev Samuel Ferran Glenfield 2004-2024 Director View profile
Rev Mark Andrew Jones 2004-2023 Director View profile
Tracy Jane Merry 2004-2005 Director View profile
Rev Edmond James Coulter 2001-2003 Director View profile
Derek George Langran 2001-2009 Director View profile
Rev Bryan Thomas Kerr 2001-2007 Director View profile
Rev Trevor Samuel Johnston 2001-2011 Director View profile
Reverend Frederick James Reilly 2001-2004 Director View profile
Jeremy Gordon Stuart Hill 2001-2002 Director View profile
Brian Elliot Sloan 2001-2005 Director View profile
Reverend Gerald Norman Sproule 2001-2003 Director View profile
John Rountree 2001-2001 Director View profile
Eric Cyril Last 1994-2007 Director View profile
Twaddell, William Reginald, Rev. Canon 1994-2011 Director View profile
Rt Rev Dr David Norman Samuel 1992-1998 Director View profile
Reverend Edward Malcolm 1991-1998 Director View profile
Rev Martin Wyatt Garner 2008 Director View profile
Reverend Maurice Handford 2004 Director View profile
Reverend Anthony Greville Pouncy 1993 Director View profile
Reverend William George Lee 1994 Director View profile
Rev Harold Gordon Haynes Hill 2001 Director View profile
Colin George Logue 2015-2024 Secretary View profile
Rev Michael Leonard Eric Last 2014-2015 Secretary View profile
Murray Hunter 2008-2014 Secretary View profile
Revd Michael Leonard Eric Last 1999-2018 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does: Activities of religious organizations
Incorporated: 14/10/1925
Registered office: Eastbourne
Also a registered charity: The Society for Irish Church Missions

Financials

Employees: 0.05
Turnover: Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-04-05. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

7 directors on the board

Dorothy Jones Director · appointed 2019
Rev Edmond James Coulter Director · appointed 2024
Andre Paul Mcclean Director · appointed 2024
Rev Richard Espin-Bradley Director · appointed 2009
Rev Simon Donohoe Director · appointed 2019
Thomas Ross Neill Director · appointed 2024
Right Reverend Wallace Parke Benn Director · appointed 2013

7.1y median 6.6y

average tenure

16.8y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Dorothy Jones Director · appointed 2019
Rev Richard Espin-Bradley Director · appointed 2009
Rev Simon Donohoe Director · appointed 2019
Right Reverend Wallace Parke Benn Director · appointed 2013

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Dorothy Jones Director · appointed 2019
Rev Edmond James Coulter Director · appointed 2024
Rev Richard Espin-Bradley Director · appointed 2009
Rev Simon Donohoe Director · appointed 2019
Thomas Ross Neill Director · appointed 2024

Portfolio (2)

Andre Paul Mcclean Director · appointed 2024
Right Reverend Wallace Parke Benn Director · appointed 2013

also govern a charity

left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Other services 1Professional services 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving directors could step down together
No director brings board experience from anywhere else
Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Company number: 00209009
Status: Active
Type: PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due: 05/01/2027
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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