EASTERN REGION MINISTRY COURSE

Registered charity 1090989 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ERMC

ERMC trains men and women for the ministry of the Churches of a region which includes the Anglican Dioceses of Ely, St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, Norwich and Peterborough, Chelmsford and the Diocese of St Albans. We serve the Methodist and United Reformed Churches in the same region and also the Anglican Diocese of Europe.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £74,638 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total unrestricted free reserves of £470,927. Per the trustees' report, these reserves exceed the policy target of three months' expenditure, currently standing at approximately ten months to mitigate sector uncertainty. The going concern basis is supported by the trustees' assessment that the charity is well-placed to manage its business risks successfully.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Chater Allan LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04258802

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ERMC (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Dioceses of Chelmsford, Ely, Europe, Norwich, Peterborough, St Albans and St Edmundsbury & Ipswich — “ERMC is sponsored by the Dioceses of Chelmsford, Ely, Europe, Norwich, Peterborough, St Albans and St Edmundsbury & Ipswich.” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SMITH, Christopher Jeffrey Jonathan — director, appointed 29/07/2026on trustee list
• COOKE, Mary Felicity, Canon Dr — director, appointed 29/07/2026on trustee list
• WOODS, George Thomas, Dr — director, appointed 29/07/2026on trustee list
• LEECH, Pieter-Jan Bosdin, The Revd — director, appointed 17/04/2026on trustee list
• MAINWARING, Jane Frances, The Rt Revd Dr — director, appointed 12/04/2024on trustee list
• HARLOW, Richard John St Clair, The Venerable — director, appointed 23/06/2023on trustee list
• MUSIWACHO, Taurayi Theresa — director, appointed 16/03/2023on trustee list
• SPENCELEY, Haydon Du Garde, The Revd — director, appointed 16/03/2023on trustee list
• HILL, Joyce Margaret, Professor — director, appointed 17/06/2016on trustee list
• GULLIFORD, William Douglas Fitzgerald, Revd — director, appointed 26/02/2010on trustee list
• JENSEN, Alexander Soenderup, Revd Dr — secretary, appointed 01/01/2016

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• The Venerable Richard John StClair Harlowchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Canon Dr Mary Felicity Cooke · trustee of 2 other charities
• Christopher Jeffrey Jonathan Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr George Thomas Woods · trustee of 2 other charities
• PROFESSOR JOYCE MARGARET HILL
• Rev Haydon du Garde Spenceley
• Rev Lucy Joanne Clair Dallas
• Rev Pieter-Jan Bosdin Leech · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Taurayi Theresa Musiwacho · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Timothy Martin Bull · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev WILLIAM DOUGLAS FITZGERALD GULLIFORD · trustee of 1 other charity
• The Rt Revd Dr Jane Frances Mainwaring · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EAST ANGLIA ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST.

• EAST ANGLIA ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST income £8.1m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CAMBRIDGE ST. BARNABAS income £442k
• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ( NORTHERN PROVINCE) TRUST LTD. income £2.0m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF UPMINSTER income £385k
• EAST ANGLIA DISTRICT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH income £1.5m
• THE NORFOLK BROADS CIRCUIT income £276k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.