LEICESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION

Registered charity 1151692 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEICESTER DBE

The charity's principal objectives during the period were the promotion of lifelong learning throughout the Diocese, effect being given to the belief that all true education must be based on Christian principles, and the promotion and stimulation of religious education according to the doctrines of the Church of England.

Objects

The Objects of the Board are to:1.1 promote or assist in the promotion of education in the Diocese that is consistent with the faith and practice of the Church of England;1.2 promote or assist in the promotion of religious education and religious worship in schools in the Diocese;1.3 promote or assist in the promotion of church schools in the Diocese;1.4 promote co-operation between itself and other persons concerned with education in the Diocese.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus on its general fund of £138,386 and holds actual free reserves of £3,313,146, which are significantly higher than the policy target of £93,000. The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 3 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
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/08/2021 (received 02/09/2022, 64 days after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

37 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (36 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/08/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~121.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (43% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/11/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/11/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ADELE LEADBEATER
• Canon Philip Jonathan O'Reilly SSC · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Codra Theresa Spencer · trustee of 1 other charity
• ELIZABETH CLARE WAYNE-HAWKER
• Fiona Brooks
• GWYNNE JONES
• Lat Blaylock
• Linda Joy Hardy
• Martyn James Snow · trustee of 2 other charities
• Natasha Boyce
• Neil Bardsley
• REVEREND CANON Emma Davies
• RUSSELL ANDREWS
• Rev Elizabeth Wilson
• Rev Philip Watson · trustee of 2 other charities
• SADIE BATSTONE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sophie Holder
• THE VENERABLE Claire Wood · trustee of 2 other charities
• Theresa Jackson
• Venerable Richard John Trethewey · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Leicester City · Leicestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

• THE VENERABLE Claire Wood — trustee here and at THE LEICESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
• Venerable Richard John Trethewey — trustee here and at THE LEICESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

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

• OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £6.1m
• LOUIS LAFOSSE EDUCATIONAL CIO income £255k
• LEEDS DIOCESAN TRUST income £13.3m
• BLACKBURN DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £1.5m
• TEACHERS' ENTERPRISE IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION income £87k
• PETERBOROUGH DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £477k

Side by side with its peers

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