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CHURCH COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND

Registered charity 1140097 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q1094524 · Wikipedia · also known as CHURCH COMMISSIONERS

Promoting the mission and ministry of the Church of England especially by supporting poorer dioceses with ministry costs, providing funds to support mission activities, paying for bishops' ministry and some cathedral costs, administering the legal framework for pastoral reorganisation and closed church buildings, paying clergy pensions for service prior to 1998 and running the clergy payroll.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE MISSION AND MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE WAYS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN: THE CHURCH COMMISSIONERS MEASURE 1947; THE PASTORAL MEASURE 1983; AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS MEASURE 1998

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£212.6m
Latest spending
£603.2m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Church Commissioners for England maintains a substantial investment fund valued at £11.6bn, which has delivered a positive return of 8.0% in 2025, exceeding its long-term target of CPIH+4%. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, with sufficient liquidity to meet obligations for at least 18 months and distributions through 2028. Unrestricted reserves are reported at £1.5m, while the total endowment fund stands at £10.2bn, supporting significant charitable expenditure of £504.9m in the year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: CPIH+4% (reserves figure: £10228.6m)
“Second, support the Church of tomorrow, which means meeting our long-term through the cycle return target of CPIH+4%.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 98 (£60,001–£70,000: 17; £70,001–£80,000: 8; £80,001–£90,000: 10; £90,001–£100,000: 8; £100,001–£110,000: 8; £110,001–£120,000: 7; £120,001–£130,000: 7; £130,001–£140,000: 2; £140,001–£150,000: 2; £150,001–£200,000: 10; £200,001–£250,000: 5; £250,001–£300,000: 5; £300,001–£350,000: 3; £400,001–£450,000: 2; over £500,000: 4)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 91 (£60,001–£70,000: 12; £70,001–£80,000: 12; £80,001–£90,000: 12; £90,001–£100,000: 9; £100,001–£110,000: 3; £110,001–£120,000: 8; £120,001–£130,000: 5; £130,001–£140,000: 3; £140,001–£150,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 10; £200,001–£250,000: 7; £250,001–£300,000: 4; £300,001–£350,000: 1; £400,001–£450,000: 1; £450,001–£500,000: 1; over £500,000: 2)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 72 (£60,001–£70,000: 15; £70,001–£80,000: 8; £80,001–£90,000: 10; £90,001–£100,000: 6; £100,001–£110,000: 7; £110,001–£120,000: 2; £120,001–£130,000: 3; £130,001–£140,000: 1; £140,001–£150,000: 2; £150,001–£200,000: 8; £200,001–£250,000: 2; £250,001–£300,000: 2; £300,001–£350,000: 1; £350,001–£400,000: 3; over £500,000: 2)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

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Corporate structure

CEDARVALE — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Profit before tax: £-11.4m
CC LINCOLN LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Profit before tax: £-13.5m
  • Amounts owed to the ultimate parent undertaking: £233,943,000

Property (HM Land Registry)

12,570 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (12528 freehold); recorded price paid £102.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£212.6m
Total spending
£603.2m
Cost of raising funds
£98.3m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
191

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 2.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (98% 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: 46.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£212.6m£603.2m
31/12/2024£207.4m£370.1m
31/12/2023£192.1m£494.4m
31/12/2022£148.5m£246.2m
31/12/2021£148.1m£226.3m

Common questions

Is CHURCH COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Church Commissioners for England maintains a substantial investment fund valued at £11.6bn, which has delivered a positive return of 8.0% in 2025, exceeding its long-term target of CPIH+4%. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, with sufficient liquidity to meet obligations for at least 18 months and distributions through 2028. Unrestricted reserves are reported at £1.5m, while the total endowment fund stands at £10.2bn, supporting significant charitable expenditure of £504.9m in the year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP.

Who funds CHURCH COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHURCH COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND as a grant recipient include THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE LAMBETH TRUST, THE TUFTON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£475kTo advance the Christian religion
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£317kTo advance the Christian religion (Obj. 1)
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£299kTo advance the Christian religion
THE LAMBETH TRUSTFY2023£262kEvangelism (Church Commissioners)
THE LAMBETH TRUSTFY2022£110kEvangelism
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£71kTo advance Christian education (Obj. 2)
THE LAMBETH TRUSTFY2024£45kSupport for work and mission of Archbishop of Canterbury
THE TUFTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£39k
THE LAMBETH TRUSTFY2022£38kWomen on Frontline
THE LAMBETH TRUSTFY2022£23kAssistant to Mrs Welby
THE LAMBETH TRUSTFY2022£20kSpeechwriter for AB Justin
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£15kTo promote the religious and other charitable work of the Church
THE TUFTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/07/2026£89k"Save the Roof of St Peter's, Little Cheverell"
Community Foundation North East23/05/2024£3kGrant to Kirkwhelpington with Kirkharle PCC
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/05/2024£53k"Unfolding Time: An interactive exhibition of medieval pocket calendars at Lambeth Palace Library"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ARCHBISHOPS' COUNCIL1£21.2m
THE HOME OF DEVENISH1£145k
MRS R P TINDALL'S CHARITABLE TRUST1£18k
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUST1£9k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CLERGY STIPEND TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHURCH COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND£212.6m——unclear—no doubt
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CLERGY STIPEND TRUST FY2025£78k—0unclear—no doubt
CHURCH OF ENGLAND CENTRAL SERVICES FY2025£140.1m——below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, CAMBRIDGE FY2025£1.8m——above—no doubt
CHURCH COMMUNITIES UK FY2025£28.5m—0within—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. LAWRENCE WITH ST. PAUL, LONGRIDGE FY2025£199k——below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.