THE SOCIETY OF THE FAITH (INCORPORATED)

Registered charity 232821 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SOCIETY OF THE FAITH, THE SOCIETY OF THE FAITH AND CHURCH UNION TRUSTEES (INCORPORATED)

The Society of The Faith carries out a range of charitable activities including providing meeting space and offices for other charities and church groups, holding an annual lecture, awarding grants for advanced theological study and church needlework and sponsoring books about the Christian faith.

Objects

TO ACT AS AN ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIANS IN COMMUNION WITH THE SEE OF CANTERBURY FOR MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN THE WORK OF CHRIST'S CHURCH AND FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE UNDERTAKINGS AS MAY BE FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDED UPON MORE ESPECIALLY FOR THE POPULARISATION OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: St Albans, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,842,883, significantly exceeding its stated policy target of £125,000. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the trustees. The charity underwent an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00214216

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.

• DUMBRECK, Geoffrey James William, The Venerable Dr — director, appointed 10/09/2025on trustee list
• BACZYK-BELL, Charles John Mackinnon, The Reverend Doctor — director, appointed 20/09/2024on trustee list
• GALLOWAY, Peter John, The Revd Canon Professor — director, appointed 13/09/2023on trustee list
• LAWRENCE-MARCH, David, The Reverend — director, appointed 28/09/2021on trustee list
• ABRAHAM, Timothy Patrick — director, appointed 27/10/2020on trustee list
• CHAPMAN, William Edward — director, appointed 24/07/2018not on trustee list
• CHANDLER, Andrew, Dr — director, appointed 24/07/2018on trustee list
• JACOB, William Mungo, The Venerable Dr. — director, appointed 11/07/2017on trustee list
• HOBLEY, Andrew Stephen, Dr — director, appointed 19/07/2007on trustee list
• GASTON, Peter Gerald — director, appointed 15/07/2004on trustee list
• WOODS, Martin Charles — director, appointed 20/07/1999on trustee list
• ROBERTS, Margery Diana — secretary, appointed 21/07/1998

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Andrew Stephen Hobleychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr ANDREW CHANDLER
• Dr William Mungo Jacob · trustee of 5 other charities
• Martin Charles Woods · trustee of 2 other charities
• PETER GERALD GASTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Alison Grant Milbank · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev David Lawrence Lawrence-March
• Rev Peter John Galloway
• The Revd Dr Charles John Mackinnon Baczyk-Bell · trustee of 2 other charities
• Timothy Patrick Abraham · trustee of 6 other charities
• Ven Geoffrey James William Dumbreck · trustee of 3 other charities
• WILLIAM EDWARD CHAPMAN CVO

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TEMPLE OF GOD INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP.

• THE TEMPLE OF GOD INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP income £23k
• THE SEA OF FAITH NETWORK income £17k
• APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES (MANCHESTER CENTRAL ASSEMBLY) income £62k
• TEMPLE OF FAITH MINISTRIES income £144k
• CHAPEL OF LIFE income £285k
• LEEDS PHILOSOPHICAL AND LITERARY SOCIETY LIMITED income £27k

Side by side with its peers

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