ANGLICAN MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER

Registered charity 292594 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER ANGLICAN EXPRESSION

6 Marriage Encounter weekends were held, attended by 36 couples, and 1 Engaged Encounter weekend, attended by 3 couples.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE UNION OF A MAN AND A WOMAN WITHIN THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS AND WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOPING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND ENRICHING FAMILY LIFE TO DEEPEN SUCH RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MARRIAGE PARTNERS.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small net deficit of £132 for the year ended 30 June 2025, which was deducted from reserves. The trustees describe the charity as financially secure, noting that donations remained steady despite fewer weekend attendees and venue costs being managed through a new provider.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Ian Scott-Thompsonchair
• ANN LORRAINE ROBERTS
• CHRISTINE ELIZABETH PERCIVAL
• DAVID MALCOLM ROBERTS
• DAVID ROBIN PERCIVAL · trustee of 2 other charities
• ELIZABETH JANE SCOTT-THOMPSON
• MALCOLM ALFRED HARRISON
• MARGARET PEARL HARRISON
• Nicholas Hugh Drayton
• REVEREND Ian Scott-Thompson
• Vivienne Drayton

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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