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.

Objects

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 PROVINCE OF THAT CHURCH.

Area of benefit: THE WESSEX PROVINCE OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH

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: Southampton, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £49.9 million, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of £32 million required to cover core operating costs from investment income. The charity reported a net income of £3.2 million for the year, driven largely by donations from closed churches and investment gains, while maintaining a positive cash position of £3.7 million. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• 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.

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 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~134.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (76% 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: 11.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (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 3 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

Common questions

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 £6.5m
• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (WEST MIDLANDS) TRUST LIMITED income £3.4m
• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (SOUTH WESTERN SYNOD) INCORPORATED income £9.0m
• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE) TRUST LIMITED income £760k
• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (WALES) TRUST COMPANY LIMITED income £1.4m
• UNITED REFORMED CHURCH TRUST income £24.4m

Side by side with its peers

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