INCORPORATED ROCHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION

Registered charity 1031550 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support and encourage the work of schools, churches and parishes across the Diocese of Rochester in Christian distinctiveness through excellent education of children and young people.

Objects

1) TO MAINTAIN AND EXTEND EDUCATION IN AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN GENERAL AND IN PARTICULAR THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AMONGST ALL SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER 2) TO CARRY OUT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE DIOCESAN BOARDS OF EDUCATION MEASURE 1991 AND ANY LEGISLATION AMENDING, SUPPLEMENTING OR REPLACING THE SAME.

Area of benefit: CHURCH OF ENGLAND DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operational deficit of £194,698 for the year ended 31 December 2024, which was covered by investment gains and transfers from the unapplied total return fund. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £427,304, and while the long-term viability is noted to be dependent on investment portfolio income which may reduce, the charity considers itself a going concern with adequate resources.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00046014
• Trading subsidiary: THE DIOCESAN SCHOOLS AGENCY LIMITED Companies House 02892269

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• PETTERSEN, Sally-Anne — director, appointed 20/04/2026not on trustee list
• BECKHELLING, Belinda Santana Perpetua, The Reverend — director, appointed 01/01/2025on trustee list
• EVANS, Robert John — director, appointed 01/01/2025not on trustee list
• HEDMAN, Claudet Andrea — director, appointed 01/01/2025on trustee list
• JEMMETT, Melanie Jane, Reverend — director, appointed 01/01/2025on trustee list
• JOHNSTON, Cathryn Ruth — director, appointed 01/01/2025on trustee list
• KING, Jeremy James — director, appointed 01/01/2022on trustee list
• BURTON-JONES, Simon David, Right Reverend — director, appointed 10/09/2018on trustee list
• HITCH, Gemma Marie — secretary, appointed 01/09/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

90 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (89 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Right Reverend Simon David Burton-Joneschair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Cathryn Johnston · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Bostock
• Claudet Hedman
• Jeremy James King · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Willoughby
• Rev Belinda Santana Perpetua Beckhelling · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev John Forristall Caster
• Rev Julie Bowen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Melanie Jemmett
• Rev Nigel Bourne
• Rev Roger Bristow · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bexley · Bromley · Kent · Medway

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DERBY DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION.

• DERBY DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £345k
• COVENTRY DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £491k
• THE ROCHESTER DIOCESAN SOCIETY AND BOARD OF FINANCE income £13.1m
• CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £2.4m
• MANCHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £804k
• ROCHESTER BAPTIST CHURCH income £199k

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