THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (WESSEX) TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 282729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as U R C WESSEX TRUST

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £46,699,023, significantly exceeding the nominal invested asset figure of £30,750,000 required to generate sufficient income to cover operating costs. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern, noting that its significant investment funds provide a predictable income stream independent of property disposals.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Michael Hopkins — Synod Moderator (source)
• Karen Bell — Synod Clerk (source)
• Stuart MacLean — Wessex Trust Executive Officer (source)
• David North — Synod Treasurer (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~197.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

• Rev Dr ROMILLY WAKEFIELD MICKLEMchair
• DAVID THOMAS NORTH · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARGARET ROSE CARRICK SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARTIN GLYN THOMAS
• Michelle Howard · trustee of 2 other charities
• RAYMOND MICHAEL DUNNETT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Dr Michael Hopkins · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev GLYN MILLINGTON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev JULIAN JAMES MACRO · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (SOUTH WESTERN SYNOD) INCORPORATED.

• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (SOUTH WESTERN SYNOD) INCORPORATED income £1.0m
• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (WEST MIDLANDS) TRUST LIMITED income £3.2m
• CROSSWAY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £264k
• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (EASTERN PROVINCE) TRUST income £3.3m
• LONDON STREET (BASINGSTOKE) UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £101k
• THE EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED income £596k