This year, we’re focusing on the theme Keeping Unity – Exploring the Partnership of Leaders and Trustees.
Meet the Speakers Joining Us at FCIF 2027
Our speakers bring experience in charity governance, financial management, church leadership, and the wider faith charity sector. Through practical presentations and discussion, they will share insights to help trustees and senior leaders work together effectively.
The Speakers
Ed Marsh
Senior Charity Adviser, Burton Sweet
Trustee, The Woodlands Church Family
Ed qualified as a Chartered Accountant with a Big Four audit practice. He has over 20 years of experience supporting charities, and he has developed a thorough knowledge of the sector. He gained the highly regarded ICAEW Diploma in Charity Accounting by demonstrating his ability to handle complex issues regarding accounting, reporting, tax, governance, fundraising, and external scrutiny
As Head of Charity Development for Burton Sweet, Ed is a respected adviser to charities. He regularly speaks at charity training events, helping to train charity boards, staff and other professionals.
Over half of the Burton Sweet Charities and Civil Society team’s clients are faith-based organisations and churches.
Ed is also Chair of Trustees for the Woodlands Church Family.
Josh Kingston
Charities Director, Burton Sweet
Before joining the Burton Sweet team in 2014, Josh worked for a medium-sized practice, serving organisations of all shapes and sizes. He is now Charities Director at Burton Sweet, overseeing the Bristol office and the Charities and Civil Society team. He also spent six months in Nigeria with a Christian mission organisation providing accountancy support and training for local staff.
Josh is a Trustee of the George Muller Charitable Trust and actively involved in his local church.
Rosalind Hunter
Charities Engagement Manager, Charity Commission for England and Wales
Rosalind has worked in the non-profit and private sectors in the UK and overseas, with both charities and a communications consultancy. She has also volunteered in education and community sports initiatives.
Rosalind joined the Charity Commission in 2018, supporting the Directors in the Corporate Office. She then moved into faith outreach and is currently a Charities Engagement Manager, providing proactive support to faith charities.
Gavin Smith
Founder, The Church Office
Gavin Smith is founder of The Church Office and a director of UCAN. He has 22 years’ experience in church management and administration at Christchurch Newport. He is passionate about the gospel and strengthening the church by supporting the work that happens behind the scenes.
Before working for churches, Gavin worked with the local council in the Youth and Community department. While there, he gained a degree in Youth and Community and was seconded to the Welsh Assembly Government to work with the Youth Policy Team. His other interests include paddleboarding, barbecuing, and football.
Nigel Davies
Association of Church Accountants & Treasurers (ACAT)
Nigel is a Chartered Certified Accountant with over twenty-five years’ experience in the charity sector. Since July 2023, he has been a director of the Association of Church Accountants and Treasurers (ACAT). He regularly speaks on charity financial reporting issues and has written several articles on topical accountancy issues. Nigel’s articles include the ACCA Factsheets: ESG reporting for smaller charities (October 2022) and Going concern and the alternate basis of accounts preparation for charities reporting under UK-Ireland GAAP (November 2023). Nigel has also volunteered with the International Non-Profit Reporting Foundation on its Practitioners’ Advisory Group since March 2022.
Before taking up part-time consultancy in March 2022, Nigel was Assistant Director, Accountancy Services, at the Charity Commission for England and Wales, and Joint Chair of the UK-Ireland Charities SORP Committee (2014-2022). He also co-authored the 2014 Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (FRS 102). He was also the principal author of the 2015 ACCA Companion Guide for Not-for-profits to the International Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Medium-sized Entities (IFRS for SMEs), which was the first global financial reporting initiative for non-profit organisations.
Angela Moseley
Church Leader, Hebron Church
Angela has had a portfolio career encompassing pharmaceutical research, science teaching, painting, and decorating. She has also worked in HR and recruitment, growing a contract research start-up from 5 to 50 employees. This blend of skills, training and experience has more recently paved the way for a new chapter in church leadership.
After a long association with Woodlands Church, Angela began leading Alma Church in Clifton in 2021 before recruiting a successor in 2023. She now leads Hebron Church in Long Ashton. Both are independent evangelical churches seeking refreshment, new energy and growth. Angela aims to lead through periods of change by updating policies, processes and practices, while injecting fresh life into the vision and purpose. Leading a small church means being a jack-of-all-trades and master of everything. From heating systems to hermeneutics, from cooking to courage, church leadership requires continuous, careful balancing of operational, spiritual and strategic leadership.
Angela is married to Jonathan, and they have 3 children and 3 young grandchildren. Angela is energised by problem-solving, teamwork, and new challenges. She enjoys partnering with God to encourage and enable the flourishing of both people and organisations.
Stephen Mathews
Stewardship
Stephen has been at Stewardship for 20 years, advising churches and Christian charities on a range of issues around money, culture and governance. Before that, he gained valuable experience through 20 years of working in the accountancy profession.
In addition, Stephen has been involved in three church plants: as part of Newfrontiers church leadership (before becoming Newfrontiers), as a trustee of Newground, and currently with Grace Church Salisbury. He is also attempting to be a husband, father and grandparent to two grandkids.
Stephen has also been involved in resolving endemic issues in the UK such as youth violence and racial inequality (especially as Chair of Trustees for ‘Power the Fight’). He has also supported overseas issues around international aid, with a particular focus on educational development in Africa.
Rachel Steeden
Stewardship
Rachel is a solicitor with 20 years’ experience advising private clients and charities. She enjoys working closely with clients and their advisers to help donors make complex gifts effectively and tax-efficiently.
Alongside her work with Stewardship, Rachel is a member of the Charity Law Association, Lawyers in Charities, and Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship. She has also been included in CityWealth’s Leaders List 2026.
Rachel is passionate about church planting in the UK and overseas, Bible translation and the local church.
Join us at Faith Charities in Focus 2027
Hear from experienced speakers, exchange ideas with fellow church leaders and trustees, and explore practical ways to strengthen governance and partnership within your organisation.
9 am–1.30 pm on Saturday 30 January 2027
Woodlands Church, Belgrave Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2AA
