THE CONGREGATIONAL FEDERATION LIMITED

Registered charity 267469 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Congregational Federation Ltd has a continuing role to advance the Christian faith through acting as custodian trustee for the churches of The Congregational Federation and also for The Congregational Federation itself. This role varies from time to time according to needs of the churches and the Federation.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. (FOR FULLER DETAILS PLEASE SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM & ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDON AND BEYOND THE SEAS

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net gain of £245,914 for the year ended 31 December 2024, a significant improvement from the previous year's loss. The trustees consider the level of free reserves to be sufficient to meet working capital requirements and provide a buffer for unexpected costs. The charity does not carry out any fundraising activities and relies on investment income and distributions from closed church sales.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01166357

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.

• DUDMAN, Kevin Harry — director, appointed 31/08/2026not on trustee list
• JAMES, Sonia — director, appointed 31/08/2026not on trustee list
• HUNTER, Robert Wilson — director, appointed 17/09/2025on trustee list
• CARRINGTON, Vincent Charles, Rev — director, appointed 17/09/2025on trustee list
• WEIGHTON, Alister Grant, Revd — director, appointed 28/05/2025on trustee list
• BAIRSTOW, Ian Robert — director, appointed 28/05/2025on trustee list
• LEEMING, Ruth Alison, Rev — director, appointed 15/07/2023on trustee list
• SWEENEY-SMITH, Elisabeth Anne — director, appointed 13/05/2023on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Mark — director, appointed 01/01/2020on trustee list
• BAMFORTH DAMP, Christopher John, Reverend — director, appointed 19/07/2019not on trustee list
• KAMARA, Foday Yusufu, Rev — director, appointed 29/04/2019on trustee list
• SIMONIS, Gerard, Rev — director, appointed 26/10/2018on trustee list
• FENWICK, Eric Peter, Rev — director, appointed 18/06/2015on trustee list
• GILLHAM, Christopher Leon, Reverend — director, appointed 23/03/2013not on trustee list
• CAMPBELL, Yvonne — secretary, appointed 01/01/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

211 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (202 freehold); recorded price paid £4.8m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (98% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/12/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/12/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (31/08/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (30/08/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Vincent Charles Carringtonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Elisabeth Sweeney-Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• IAN ROBERT BAIRSTOW · trustee of 2 other charities
• Kevin Harry Dudman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark Taylor · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Alister Grant Weighton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev CHRISTOPHER LEON GILLHAM M A · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Caroline Stott · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Christopher John Bamforth Damp · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev Eric Peter Fenwick · trustee of 5 other charities
• Rev Foday Yusufu Kamara · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Gerard Simonis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Ruth Leeming · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Sandra Joy Turner · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Wilson Hunter · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sonia James · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy John Bateman · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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