Company · Bury St. Edmunds
The Christian Evidence Society
Book publishing
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 33
- Eleanor Hunter 2025-2025 View profile
- Johnson, Victoria Louise, Reverend Canon Dr 2017-2024 View profile
- Revd Gillian Straine 2015-2024 View profile
- Daniel John Rodger 2013-2022 View profile
- Ruth Marianne Preston 2013-2019 View profile
- Calum Miller 2013-2019 View profile
- Robert Peter Byrom 2013-2018 View profile
- James Robert Abbott 2009-2017 View profile
- Simon Jenkins 2007-2011 View profile
- Anthony David Miles 2006-2012 View profile
- Beverley Ann Thomas 2006-2016 View profile
- Michelle Mary Moran 2003-2007 View profile
- Charles Gerard Clapson 2003-2007 View profile
- Geoffrey Marshall-Taylor 2003-2013 View profile
- Reverend Cindy Kent Winsley 2001-2016 View profile
- Edward David Cook 2001-2002 View profile
- Jagger, Ian, Revd Canon 1999-2000 View profile
- Christina Henking Muller Rees 1999-2005 View profile
- Revd Peter Brain 1999-2000 View profile
- Margaret Mary Killingray 1999-2003 View profile
- Reverend Michael Stuart Starkey 1999-2002 View profile
- Burridge, Richard Alan, the Revd Canon Prof 1994-2025 View profile
- Frances Gumley 1994-2000 View profile
- Reverend Stephen John Oliver 2000 View profile
- Gray, Donald Clifford, Reverend Canon 2001 View profile
- Margaret Sentamu 1996 View profile
- Saward, Michael John, the Reverend Canon 1999 View profile
- Winter, David Brian, Canon 2012 View profile
- Dr Pauline Mary Webb 1999 View profile
- Scharf, Eduard Erich Julian, Reverend Doctor Ulrich 2005 View profile
- Reverend Reginald James Albert Askew 2002 View profile
- Bovey, Nigel, Major 1999-2023 View profile
- Reverend John West Gann 2005 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Book publishing; Activities of religious organizations
- Incorporated
- 01/11/1934
- Registered office
- Bury St. Edmunds
- Also a registered charity
- The Christian Evidence Society (Incorporated)
Financials
- Net assets
- £218,827
- Total assets
- £218,827
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. 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.
5 directors on the board
- Carter, Edward John, Revd Canon Director · appointed 2015
- Peter Stephen Williams Director · appointed 2013
- Reverend Jennifer Brown Director · appointed 2017
- Clare Williams Director · appointed 2023
- Justin Brierley Director · appointed 2012
Directors past 6 years
- Carter, Edward John, Revd Canon Director · appointed 2015
- Peter Stephen Williams Director · appointed 2013
- Reverend Jennifer Brown Director · appointed 2017
- Justin Brierley Director · appointed 2012
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Peter Stephen Williams Director · appointed 2013
- Reverend Jennifer Brown Director · appointed 2017
- Clare Williams Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Carter, Edward John, Revd Canon Director · appointed 2015
- Justin Brierley Director · appointed 2012
Also govern a charity
- Carter, Edward John, Revd Canon ST Peter Mancroft Mission Hall Trust, Mancroft Advice Project (MAP), Benevolent Association for the Relief of Decayed Tradesmen, Their Widows and Orphans, John Risebrow's Charity
- Reverend Jennifer Brown Science and Religion Forum, The Anglican Society for the Welfare of Animals
- Clare Williams Masterclass
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.
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
- 00293615
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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