# GENERAL TRUST FUND OF THE CHURCH UNION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 243535
- **Other names:** THE CHURCH UNION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 13, 1966
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=243535


## Contact

- **Address:** c/.o The Additional Curates Society, 16 Commercial Street, BIRMINGHAM
- **Postcode:** B1 1RS
- **Phone:** 01213825533
- **Email:** membership@churchunion.co.uk
- **Website:** www.churchunion.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** A) TO DEFEND AND MAINTAIN UNIMPAIRED THE DOCTRINE DISCIPLINE AND POSITION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE WHOLE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF CHRIST;B) TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH AND THE DISSEMINATION OF LITERATURE IN ALL BRANCHES OF THEOLOGY AND ETHICS, AND IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS OF PHILOSOPHY, SOCIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, AND NATURAL SCIENCES WHICH ARE CLOSELY RELATED TO RELIGION;(FOR FULLER DETAILS SEE DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 7TH MAY 1934)

**Activities:** The Charity publishes an in-house magazine The Church Observer, the magazine "Together", sponsors a number of annual lectures, operates a Website, publishes books under its Tufton Books imprint and seeks to uphold Catholic doctrine, worship, order and discipline in the Church, by renewing and extending Catholic faith and practice in the Church of England and elsewhere.

**Area of benefit:** UNRESTRICTED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Religious Activities, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £87326 | £99736 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £95688 | £116352 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £98181 | £64856 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £98181 | £64856 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £105614 | £99886 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Father Darren Smith SSC** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 28, 2011
- Claire Denston Epsom — appointed Nov. 21, 2022
- FATHER MARTIN ENNIS SSC — appointed April 1, 2017
- FATHER STEVEN KIRK — appointed April 1, 2017
- Father David Benjamin Fisher — appointed Nov. 21, 2022
- Fr Tom Davis — appointed Oct. 5, 2024
- MARY ELIZABETH MOORE — appointed May 27, 2015
- RICHARD GARETH LLEWELYN MORGAN — appointed Nov. 21, 2022
- Sandra Baiden — appointed Nov. 21, 2022
- THE RIGHT REVD MARTYN JARRETT SSC — appointed Oct. 28, 2011