# CHURCH URBAN FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 297483
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 18, 1987
- **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=297483


## Contact

- **Address:** The Foundry, 17 Oval Way, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SE11 5RR
- **Phone:** 02037525655
- **Email:** hello@cuf.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.cuf.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE IN URBAN AREAS WITHIN THE PROVINCES OF CANTERBURY AND YORK WHICH ARE IN NEED OF SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE BY REASON OF SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CHANGES WITH A VIEW TO REINFORCING THE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THOSE AREAS.

**Activities:** Church Urban Fund works to catalyse social action and bring about positive change in lives and communities across England. Through a combination of community-based projects, capacity-building support and research and policy activity, we work with churches and a wide range of partners towards our goal of seeing people and communities flourish and enjoy life in all its fullness.

**Area of benefit:** PROVINCES OF CANTERBURY AND YORK




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £3753802 | £3606088 | £4049745 | 29 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £3969688 | £3448009 | £3826031 | 32 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £4570412 | £3298429 | £3304352 | 29 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £5129566 | £6254514 | £2032339 | 37 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £6163632 | £5825862 | £3157317 | 65 |



## Trustees

- Alison Esther Grieve — appointed March 7, 2017
- Carolyn Margaret Young — appointed Oct. 6, 2025
- Chandru Michael Dissanayeke — appointed Nov. 1, 2023
- Christopher James Cummings — appointed March 8, 2023
- Dr Matthew Stephen Barber-Rowell — appointed Oct. 6, 2025
- Jacqueline Broughton — appointed Nov. 1, 2023
- Louise Suen — appointed Oct. 6, 2025
- Matthew Toby Nathan Girt — appointed Nov. 1, 2023
- Rachel Margaret Hubbard — appointed Oct. 6, 2025
- Rev Shemil Mathew — appointed Oct. 6, 2025
- Richard Peter Harries — appointed Oct. 6, 2025
- Susan Catherine Chalkley OBE FCIH — appointed March 1, 2019