PORTSMOUTH AND WINCHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION

Registered charity 1206508 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objects

(A) PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION IN EACH DIOCESE THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FAITH AND PRACTICE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND;(B) PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS WORSHIP IN SCHOOLS IN EACH DIOCESE;(C) PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF CHURCH SCHOOLS IN EACH DIOCESE;(D) PROMOTE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN ITSELF AND OTHER PERSONS CONCERNED WITH EDUCATION IN EITHER OR BOTH OF THE DIOCESES.

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Portsmouth, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves are minimal, with a general fund balance of only £3,037 at year-end, though the trustees consider this appropriate given their funding model. The charity is heavily reliant on grant funding from the Portsmouth and Winchester Diocesan Boards of Finance, which have committed to providing funds for at least the next two years. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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

• ANDREW TIMOTHY PIKE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alastair James Lamont Barron · trustee of 1 other charity
• CATHARINA PETRONELLA MARIA VAN DEN AKKER
• Ian Wollam · trustee of 2 other charities
• Julie Anne Kelly · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lucy Clare Docherty · trustee of 2 other charities
• Mary Rebecca Honeychurch · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor William Robert Lucas · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev ANDREW MARK MICKLEFIELD
• Rev Kathryn Percival · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephanie Claire Bryant

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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• TAYYIBAH EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £670k
• WORCESTER CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TRUST income £925k
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• N D EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £27k

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