EAST CHESHIRE UNION OF UNITARIAN AND FREE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

Registered charity 234359 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EAST CHESHIRE UNION (ECU)

Promoting the spread of liberal theology and the growth of the Christian life by establishing and nurturing congregations and Sunday Schools in and around East Cheshire (the historic county) which today is mainly Tameside and Staffordshire by providing practical support and advice and grant assistance to the member congregations.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE SPREAD OF LIBERAL THEOLOGY AND THE GROWTH OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE BY ESTABLISHING AND NURTURING CONGREGATIONS AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

Area of benefit: EAST CHESHIRE

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: Tameside, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 09/02/2022, 9 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROL ANN REDFERN · trustee of 2 other charities
• Claire Louise Ayres · trustee of 1 other charity
• Eric Geoffrey Durber
• KEVIN LOWE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kenneth Howard
• Margaret Barber · trustee of 1 other charity
• PATRICIA ANN WINTERBOTTOM
• REV ANDREW R PARKER
• Rev Andrew Robert Parker
• SYLVIA COOKE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Shaw · trustee of 1 other charity
• Wendy Maher · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Staffordshire · Tameside

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