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THE CHURCH URBAN FUND
Profile
- Company number
- 02138994
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1987-06-09
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 88990
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Accounts
Pending extraction
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual Financial Statements.”
Subsidiaries
- Near Neighbours · charitable company limited by guarantee that builds associations and relationships across faith and ethnic divisions and creates a context where people can come together to develop common values and address community issues.
- The Just Finance Foundation · England and Wales · charitable company limited by guarantee promoting a fairer financial system and equipping people to manage their money better.
Significant events
- “£177,150 in legacies received, £33,033 donated by 80 churches, £231,933 from over 1,000 regular donors, and £136,693 from campaigns.”
- “Look Up Tool relaunched in 2024, guiding outreach efforts for 1,577 people, with over 6,500 total users in 2024.”
- “Growing Good equipped churches; 1,900 people signed up (since launch), 120 attended workshops in 2024.”
- “The Together Network grew significantly, welcoming 12 new Associate Members.”
- “CUF partnered with Clergy Support Trust to host a retreat for clergy and lay leaders from communities affected by the summer riots of 2024.”
- “Near Neighbours awarded £152,719 in 49 small grants.”
- “Windrush Day Grant Scheme funded 27 community projects with £459,690.”
- “Places of Welcome expanded to 821 venues, reaching 22,167 people weekly with 4,105 volunteers.”
- “Catalyst leadership programme had 88 young people participate in 2024.”
- “LifeSavers equipped 154 new schools; 41,377 children accessed for the first time, 111,234 benefited from programmes.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
13 active · 65 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIDAM, Vinyo | Secretary | 2022-09-30 | — | — |
| BARBER-ROWELL, Matthew Stephen, Dr | Director | 2025-10-06 | Apr 1988 | British |
| BROUGHTON, Jacqueline | Director | 2023-11-01 | Mar 1975 | British |
| CHALKLEY, Susan Catherine | Director | 2019-03-01 | Jul 1957 | British |
| CUMMINGS, Christopher James | Director | 2023-03-08 | Nov 1967 | British |
| DISSANAYEKE, Chandru Michael | Director | 2023-11-01 | Feb 1975 | British |
| GIRT, Matthew Toby Nathan | Director | 2023-11-01 | Aug 1974 | British |
| GRIEVE, Alison Esther | Director | 2017-03-07 | Oct 1951 | British |
| HARRIES, Richard Peter | Director | 2025-10-06 | May 1968 | British |
| HUBBARD, Rachel Margaret | Director | 2025-10-06 | Oct 1963 | British |
| MATHEW, Shemil, Revd | Director | 2025-10-06 | Jan 1982 | British |
| SUEN, Louise | Director | 2025-10-06 | Jul 1990 | British |
| YOUNG, Carolyn Margaret | Director | 2025-10-06 | Apr 1970 | British |
Show 65 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECKETT, Frances Mary | Secretary | 2006-12-18 | 2007-02-26 |
| BRISSETT, Michelle Yolanda | Secretary | 2019-12-12 | 2020-09-28 |
| BROWN, Esther Edmund | Secretary | 2013-09-30 | 2019-10-22 |
| CHADWICK, Peter Douglas | Secretary | — | 1995-07-31 |
| EWINS, Peter Colin | Secretary | 2009-01-12 | 2013-09-29 |
| GAYLER, John | Secretary | 2002-08-06 | 2004-09-20 |
| HIGGSMITH, Melissa | Secretary | 2020-09-28 | 2021-03-05 |
| MARSH, Geoffrey | Secretary | 1995-08-01 | 1996-05-10 |
| PALFREYMAN, Lucinda | Secretary | 2007-02-26 | 2008-11-06 |
| READ, Paul David | Secretary | 2004-09-20 | 2006-12-18 |
| SARKIS, Angela | Secretary | 1996-05-13 | 2002-01-25 |
| VACCA, Andrea Federica | Secretary | 2021-03-08 | 2021-03-26 |
| ALLISON, Catherine Frances, Reverend | Director | 2022-11-10 | 2025-10-06 |
| APPELBEE, Elaine | Director | 1997-03-25 | 2000-06-28 |
| ATKINSON, Richard William Bryant | Director | 2003-06-09 | 2008-06-23 |
| AUSTIN, John Michael, Rt Revd | Director | 1999-05-26 | 2007-08-17 |
| BARNETT, Andrew Charles Robert | Director | 2018-05-10 | 2023-10-31 |
| BERNARD, Beverley | Director | 1993-12-07 | 1995-05-31 |
| BROADBENT, Peter Alan, Rt Rev | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2011-03-11 |
| CAREY, George Leonard, The Most Reverend And The Right Honorable Dr | Director | — | 2002-10-31 |
| CARROLL, Brian Dirck | Director | 2009-02-25 | 2019-02-28 |
| CHESSUN, Christopher Thomas James, Rev | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2016-12-31 |
| COLDSTREAM, Patrick John Anson | Director | 1999-03-24 | 2018-07-03 |
| CORNWALL JONES, Mark Ralph | Director | 1994-11-16 | 2004-06-09 |
| DANN, Jill | Director | — | 1995-07-31 |
| DORTON, Andrew Michael | Director | 2010-04-27 | 2020-08-01 |
| DOYLE, Peter Lawrence | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2009-02-25 |
| EASTWOOD, Michael John | Director | 2003-04-15 | 2012-12-31 |
| FARNELL, Richard, Canon Professor | Director | 1994-11-01 | 2008-06-23 |
| FLETCHER, Philip John | Director | 2016-12-15 | 2021-12-14 |
| GIBSON, George Granville, The Venerable | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| GRIMWADE, Alfred Arthur | Director | — | 1992-06-08 |
| HACKWOOD, Paul Colin, Reverend Canon | Director | 2004-05-19 | 2019-01-14 |
| HALLAM, Robert Andrew | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2023-03-03 |
| HAYWARD, John Derek Risdon | Director | — | 1994-06-08 |
| HUDSON-WILKIN, Rose Josephine, Revd | Director | 1997-06-25 | 1998-03-25 |
| HUNTER JOHNSTON, Andrew Malcolm | Director | 2004-06-09 | 2011-03-11 |
| HUTCHINSON, Yvonne | Director | 2003-03-19 | 2009-06-30 |
| ILES, John Graham | Director | 2014-02-26 | 2020-12-09 |
| JEREMIAH, Anderson Harris Mithra, Revd Dr | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2024-02-26 |
| LAKE, Eileen Veronica, Reverend | Director | 1995-06-06 | 2001-03-31 |
| LOVELEOCK, Douglas, Sir | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| LOWE, Stephen Richard, Ven | Director | — | 1997-06-08 |
| MCCURRY, Ruth Marian | Director | — | 1999-06-22 |
| MCLINTOCK, Charles Alan | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| MCPHERSON, Katherine | Director | 2023-07-18 | 2025-01-31 |
| MOCKRIDGE, Michael John | Director | 1995-03-20 | 2002-12-31 |
| NELSON, Paula Miriam | Director | 2017-12-23 | 2020-08-09 |
| NIGHTINGALE, Jennifer | Director | 1995-12-12 | 1996-01-09 |
| O BRIEN, Richard, Sir | Director | — | 1994-06-08 |
| O'BRIEN, Robert Stephen | Director | 1994-06-09 | 2002-09-30 |
| OGUN, Ade | Director | — | 1992-06-19 |
| OLDHAM, Gavin David Redvers, Mr. | Director | 2016-06-27 | 2017-04-25 |
| PICKFORD, Catherine Ruth, Revd | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2020-10-26 |
| POOLE, Denise June, Reverend Canon | Director | 2008-09-16 | 2018-09-16 |
| POULSON, Mark Alban, Reverend | Director | 2020-08-01 | 2020-08-21 |
| REES, Christina Henking Muller | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2023-12-12 |
| SPENCER, Alec | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2023-03-12 |
| STANLEY, John Alexander, The Reverend Canon | Director | — | 2003-06-08 |
| STEWART, Dorothy Elaine | Director | 1999-05-26 | 2005-09-27 |
| SWINSON, Margaret Anne | Director | — | 1997-06-08 |
| THAYER, Betty Lucretia Burton | Director | 2008-06-23 | 2010-07-28 |
| TWINE, Derek Milton | Director | 2008-09-16 | 2018-05-10 |
| WALKER, David Stuart, Rt Revd | Director | 2008-06-23 | 2015-12-31 |
| WOODWARD, Martha Chamberlin | Director | 2011-04-18 | 2017-02-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
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Filing timeline
Last 20 of 256 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-11-16 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-11-16 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-11-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-11-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-11-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-11-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-11-14 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-02-03 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-02-26 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-12-12 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-11-17 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-11-16 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-11-16 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-11-16 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-10-24 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
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