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

To advance the Christian religion and propagate the Gospel in accordance with the doctrines, principles and usages of the United Reformed Church, with particular responsibility for the Wessex Synod of that Church.

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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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

183 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (175 freehold); recorded price paid £10.8m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (62% 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: 7.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Dr ROMILLY WAKEFIELD MICKLEMchair
• DAVID THOMAS NORTH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kirsty Ann Genevieve Mabbott
• MARTIN GLYN THOMAS
• Michelle Howard · trustee of 2 other charities
• RAYMOND MICHAEL DUNNETT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev GLYN MILLINGTON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev JULIAN JAMES MACRO · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev Michael Hopkins Dr · trustee of 5 other charities
• Rev Wayne CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS
• Timothy Peter Lancaster

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (SOUTHERN SYNOD) TRUST LIMITED.

• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (SOUTHERN SYNOD) TRUST LIMITED income £7.4m
• 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 £3.9m
• LONDON STREET (BASINGSTOKE) UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £162k

Side by side with its peers

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