RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COUNCIL OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Registered charity 1116543 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REC, THE RE COUNCIL

The RE Council's object is the advancement of education through the promotion of Religious Education in schools and places of further education and higher education.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AND PLACES OF FURTHER EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Area of benefit: ENGLAND AND WALES

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Nottingham, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £18,305 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total reserves of £244,410. The trustees' report notes that the reserves policy was increased to £100,000 to cover contractual obligations and contingencies, and the actual free reserves of £189,943 exceed this target. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention to suggest non-compliance with accounting standards or the Companies Act.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05907308

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.

• DONNELLAN, Luke Samuel — director, appointed 05/10/2026not on trustee list
• GILLINGHAM, Thomas — director, appointed 05/10/2026not on trustee list
• HUTCHINGS, Timothy, Dr — director, appointed 07/05/2026not on trustee list
• DOWNES, Jennifer Susan — director, appointed 15/04/2026not on trustee list
• KUEH, Richard Ian, Dr — director, appointed 18/10/2024on trustee list
• SHUKLA, Tanuja — director, appointed 01/09/2024on trustee list
• ALDERTON, Caroline Alice Rowan — director, appointed 01/09/2024on trustee list
• GEWOLB, Sheila Jeanne, Dr — director, appointed 18/11/2023on trustee list
• AZAM, Aliya — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
• SMALLEY, Paul Simon — director, appointed 01/09/2021on trustee list
• RIDDICK, Kathy Nicola — director, appointed 01/09/2021on trustee list
• CAWTE, Sarah Lane — director, appointed 01/09/2019on trustee list
• WRIGHT, Kathryn, Dr — director, appointed 01/09/2018on trustee list
• RIDDICK, Kathy Nicola — secretary, appointed 14/01/2026

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sarah Lane Cawtechair
• Aliya Azam · trustee of 2 other charities
• Caroline Alice Alderton
• Dr Kathryn Wright
• Dr Richard Ian Kueh · trustee of 1 other charity
• Edward Francis Pawson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kathy Nicola Riddick
• Paul Simon Smalley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philip Robinson
• Rosemary Rivett
• Sheila Jeanne Gewolb · trustee of 2 other charities
• Tanuja Shukla

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Dr Richard Ian Kueh — trustee here and at CULHAM ST GABRIEL'S TRUST

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CULHAM ST GABRIEL'S TRUST.

• CULHAM ST GABRIEL'S TRUST income £773k
• THE CONFERENCE OF RELIGIOUS OF ENGLAND AND WALES income £265k
• THE NATIONAL SOCIETY (CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND CHURCH IN WALES) FOR THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION income £6.4m
• REVO EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £9k
• EDUCATE A CHILD - INTERNATIONAL income £153k
• THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND AND WALES income £19.2m

Side by side with its peers

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