LINCOLN DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION

Registered charity 1151733 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LINCOLN DBE

Provides support for Church of England Schools throughout the diocese of Lincoln (Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire). Promotes a christian ethos within these schools and their communities. Provides training in the teaching of Religious Education, school Improvement consultancy and services, governor and senior teacher training. Hosts schools festivals and other events.

Objects

OBJECTS 1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE BOARD ARE: TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE DIOCESE. 1.2 THE OBJECTS SHALL BE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

Area of benefit: LINCOLN

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

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lincoln, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £956,165, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of 12 months of operating costs. The charity reports a net movement in funds of £350,620 for the year, driven by significant investment gains and income, resulting in total net assets of £8,074,765.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac 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
• 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)

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08334622

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.

• BURGESS, Jean Ann, Rt Revd — director, appointed 09/06/2026on trustee list
• WEBB, Michelle Dawn, Revd — director, appointed 09/04/2025on trustee list
• BOOTH, Fiona Beth — director, appointed 14/01/2025on trustee list
• HOLMES, Leanne — director, appointed 14/01/2025on trustee list
• LAWRENCE, Victoria, Revd — director, appointed 01/01/2025on trustee list
• SARVANANTHAN, Sudharshan, The Revd Canon — director, appointed 15/07/2023on trustee list
• BREWSTER, Paul David — director, appointed 01/03/2022on trustee list
• ROBINSON, Ian, Revd Canon — director, appointed 01/03/2022on trustee list
• STERN, Julian, Prof — director, appointed 01/03/2022on trustee list
• BACON, Julie Kathleen — director, appointed 21/11/2020on trustee list
• ELY, Sonya Yvonne — director, appointed 12/03/2020on trustee list
• MACHELL, Georgina, Revd — director, appointed 07/05/2019on trustee list
• WHITEOAK, Daphne, Dr — director, appointed 12/03/2019on trustee list
• ADNITT, Michael Iain — director, appointed 01/01/2019on trustee list
• EDWARDS OBE, Cherry Anne — director, appointed 01/01/2016not on trustee list
• BEVERLEY, Joan Hilary, Dr — director, appointed 01/01/2016on trustee list
• WARRICK, Alison — director, appointed 01/01/2016on trustee list
• FISHER, Nicolete Anne — director, appointed 16/12/2013on trustee list
• THOMPSON, Paul Jackson Edward — secretary, appointed 01/09/2021

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

29 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (29 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 ~18.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (47% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Daphne Whiteoakchair
• Alison Mary Warrick
• CHERRY ANNE EDWARDS OBE
• Dr Hilary Beverley
• Fiona Beth Booth
• Julie Kathleen Bacon
• Leanne Holmes
• Micheal Iain Adnitt
• Nicolete Fisher
• PAUL DAVID BREWSTER · trustee of 7 other charities
• Prof Julian Stern
• Rev Georgina Machell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev MICHELLE DAWN WEBB · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Victoria Lawrence
• Revd Canon Ian Robinson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rt Revd Dr Nicholas Alan Chamberlain · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rt Revd Jean Ann Burgess · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sonya Yvonne Ely
• The Revd Canon Sudharshan Sarvananthan · trustee of 6 other charities

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire · North East Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• BLACKBURN DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £1.5m
• LEICESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £452k
• OXFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £6.1m
• DERBY DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £345k
• THE LONDON DIOCESAN BOARD FOR SCHOOLS income £7.4m
• MANCHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £865k

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