CONGREGATIONAL & GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST(THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-11 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£222K
+1.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£17M
-0.6% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £708,882 | -£97,189 | |
| Cash | £218,944 | £221,942 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,705,070 | £16,607,881 | |
| Net assets | £16,705,070 | £16,607,881 | |
| Equity | £16,705,070 | £16,607,881 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.1% | 7.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.23x | 0.18x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Wright Vigar Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “2024 has seen a good year for the Trust, with a steady income stream and a marked improvement in investment values.”
- “The Trust has maintained its grant activity this year, supporting 79 (2023: 46) churches with grants paid from the bank of £964k (2023: £542k). This shows the Trust's continued commitment to supporting churches, and significant growth over the past year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASPINALL, Michael, Rev | Director | 2024-12-05 | Aug 1954 | British |
| AUSTIN, Susan Margaret | Director | 2019-06-26 | Jan 1954 | British |
| COOTE, David George | Director | 2017-06-13 | Aug 1949 | British |
| FORSYTH, Alastair Charles | Director | 2018-06-05 | Mar 1959 | British |
| GROSCH-MILLER, David, Reverend | Director | 2019-10-01 | May 1948 | British |
| MCCORMACK, Helen | Director | 2026-03-03 | Aug 1971 | British |
| TURNBULL, Richard Ian, Rev | Director | 2018-09-26 | Oct 1946 | British |
| WARD, Pamela | Director | 2013-10-03 | Nov 1946 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLETT, David John | Secretary | — | 2012-03-26 |
| WADE, Robert Alexander Mercer | Secretary | 2012-03-26 | 2015-10-12 |
| ADAMS, William Raymond Pryde | Director | 2013-10-03 | 2019-06-26 |
| ATKINSON, Margaret Elizabeth | Director | 2009-09-30 | 2024-09-03 |
| BONES, Colin, Rev | Director | 2023-12-05 | 2026-02-01 |
| BURNHAM, Anthony Gerald, Revd | Director | 2001-09-13 | 2013-10-03 |
| COLLETT, David John | Director | — | 2012-03-26 |
| COPLETON, Robert Boyd | Director | — | 2014-04-30 |
| DYSON, Maurice | Director | 2007-03-22 | 2009-08-31 |
| EVANS, Christopher David | Director | 2019-06-26 | 2021-12-08 |
| FOSTER TAYLOR, Michael George | Director | — | 2005-09-23 |
| GALE, William James | Director | — | 2005-09-23 |
| GILBEY, John Edward Mortimer | Director | 1995-09-14 | 2001-11-02 |
| HAMMOND, Wilfred Charles | Director | — | 2002-02-23 |
| HAMNETT, Andrew, Dr | Director | 2023-03-02 | 2025-04-02 |
| HARRISON, Arnold | Director | 2007-03-22 | 2017-06-13 |
| HAWS, Jacqueline | Director | 2016-12-06 | 2018-12-28 |
| HEANEY, Michael, Rev | Director | 2007-07-05 | 2014-07-28 |
| HOLMES, John Francis | Director | 2016-03-08 | 2024-01-05 |
| HUGHFF, Victor William | Director | — | 2001-09-30 |
| LIDDELL, Susan Hilary | Director | 1995-09-14 | 2007-06-10 |
| MELLOWES, Anthony Peter Dennis | Director | 1998-04-22 | 2006-03-24 |
| MELLOWES, Peter Dennis John | Director | — | 1998-04-22 |
| PULLAN, Gordon Waite | Director | 2013-02-04 | 2017-06-13 |
| ROBERTS, Ifan Rhisiart, Reverend | Director | 2006-03-24 | 2011-01-26 |
| SMITH, Barrie Edwin | Director | — | 2010-11-12 |
| TAIT, Eva Margaret, Reverend | Director | 2017-10-05 | 2023-09-07 |
| WADE, Robert Alexander Mercer | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2015-10-12 |
| WADE, Robert Alexander Mercer | Director | 1995-09-14 | 2001-09-13 |
| WOOD, Stephen David | Director | 2009-11-17 | 2017-03-31 |
| YOUNG, Stuart | Director | 2012-05-10 | 2015-10-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+1.4%
£218,944 £221,942
-
Net assets
-0.6%
£16,705,070 £16,607,881
-
Employees
—
Not reported
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers