THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND PENSIONS BOARD

Registered charity 236627 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BISHOP MORLEY COLLEGE, CHURCH WORKERS PENSIONS AUGMENTATION FUND, CLERGY (WIDOWS AND DEPENDANTS) PENSIONS AUGMENTATION FUND, CLERGY PENSIONS AUGMENTATION FUND, CLERGY RETIREMENT HOUSING TRUST, CLERGY WIDOWS AND DEPENDANTS PENSIONS AUGMENTATION FUND

Provides the best possible support and care, within available resources, to those who have retired from stipendiary and lay ministry within the Church of England, and to their dependants, through the provision of retirement and supported housing, and through discretionary grants to ensure beneficiaries have a minimum income standard.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds free reserves in the region of £30m - £35m, which the trustees regard as appropriate to provide considerable cover in the case of a one-off significant financial stress event. The charity's total funds stood at £152.4m at the end of the year, with unrestricted funds representing expenditure recovered from pension schemes rather than retained reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

What the charity says about itself (2025)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1,191 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1091 freehold); recorded price paid £144.9m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The Church Of England Pensions Board — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 23/11/2016.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• HAROLD CLIVE MATHERchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• ANTHONY NEIL KING
• Hannah Gore-Randall
• Ian Wilson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michaela Southworth
• Nikesh Patel
• Rev Caroline Titley
• Rev Eleanor Robertshaw
• Rev Trudie Anne Wigley · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sandra Shadrack
• Victoria Paramour
• Wendy Davis

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WORCESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED.

• WORCESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED income £10.6m
• THE CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £15.0m
• CHURCH COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND income £207.4m
• THE COVENTRY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LTD income £11.0m
• HYTHE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £131k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, LECKHAMPTON income £180k

Side by side with its peers

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