THE YORK DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED

Registered charity 244976 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DIOCESE OF YORK

The shared mission of the Diocese of York is defined as:'Mutually Resourcing to build up the Body of Chist, to grow in Christ-likeness, Commitment, Partnership, Influence and Numbers.'The York Diocesan Board of Finance aims to promote, facilitate and assist with this mission for the advancement of the Christian faith in the Diocese of York and elsewhere.

Objects

The objects for which the Charity is established are for the public benefit to assist, promote and further, primarily but not exclusively in the Diocese of York (hereinafter called the Diocese), the work and purposes of the Church of England and to that end to be the Diocesan Board of Finance within the meaning of the Diocesan Boards of Finance Measure 1925 for the Diocese whatever may for the time being be the area thereof and to act as the Committee of the Diocesan Synod of the Diocese.

Area of benefit: DIOCESE OF YORK

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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Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Diocese operated at a net deficit of £279,000 for the year, driven by an operational shortfall of £2.3 million which was partially offset by investment gains. The Trustees report that free reserves of £6.0 million remain above their policy target of four months' expenditure, providing adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future despite declining parish contributions and inflationary pressures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery 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
• 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)

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00225234

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.

• EARLL, Victoria Jane, Reverend — director, appointed 17/04/2026on trustee list
• SELVARATNAM, Christian Nathan, Revd Canon Dr — director, appointed 17/04/2026on trustee list
• BAKER, Andrew James, Revd — director, appointed 01/01/2025on trustee list
• STALLYBRASS, Michael Oswald — director, appointed 01/01/2025on trustee list
• TEAL, Susan Elizabeth — director, appointed 01/01/2025on trustee list
• HILL, Barry Leon, Rt Revd — director, appointed 10/10/2024on trustee list
• WINFIELD, Flora Jane Louise, Rt Revd Dr — director, appointed 10/10/2024on trustee list
• SUEKARRAN, Robert Patrick, Revd — director, appointed 11/12/2023on trustee list
• ROLLS, Mary, Revd — director, appointed 11/12/2023on trustee list
• BARRINGTON, Dominic Matthew Jesse, The Very Reverend — director, appointed 12/11/2022on trustee list
• SANDERSON, Eleanor Ruth, The Rt Revd Dr — director, appointed 22/09/2022on trustee list
• PARR, Graham Duncan, Dr — director, appointed 10/02/2022on trustee list
• LUMLEY, Rebecca Alison, Reverend — director, appointed 01/01/2022on trustee list
• MILLICAN, William Adam David — director, appointed 01/01/2022on trustee list
• HASSALL, Elizabeth Claire, The Venerable — director, appointed 01/01/2022on trustee list
• COTTRELL, Stephen Geoffrey, Rt Revd — director, appointed 09/07/2020on trustee list
• BLOOR, Amanda Elaine, The Venerable — director, appointed 15/06/2020on trustee list
• BANKS, Karen Michelle — director, appointed 01/01/2019on trustee list
• BARTON, Charles Rodney — director, appointed 24/02/2016on trustee list
• LAND, Nicholas Mark, Dr — director, appointed 22/01/2010not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

349 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (332 freehold); recorded price paid £8.8m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (70% 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: 2.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHARLES RODNEY BARTONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• CANON RICHARD LIVERSEDGE · trustee of 3 other charities
• Canon Rosalind Patricia Anne Brewer · trustee of 1 other charity
• DANIEL BROOKES · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Millican · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Graham Parr
• Dr NICK LAND
• Karen Michelle Banks · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Stallybrass
• Most Revd and Rt Hon Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Andrew Baker
• Rev Mary Rolls
• Rev Rebecca Lumley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Robert Suekarran · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Victoria Earll
• Revd Canon Dr Christian Selvaratnam
• Rt Revd Barry Hill
• Rt Revd Dr Eleanor Sanderson
• Rt Revd Flora Winfield
• Susan Teal
• The Venerable Amanda Bloor · trustee of 1 other charity
• The Venerable Dr Timothy Kelly
• The Venerable Elizabeth Claire Hassall
• The Very Rev Dominic Barrington

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Hartlepool · Kingston Upon Hull City · Middlesbrough · North East Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire · North Yorkshire · Redcar And Cleveland · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YORK EVANGELICAL CHURCH.

• YORK EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £175k
• THE NORWICH DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED income £14.3m
• FRIENDS OF YORK MINSTER income £146k
• THE LINCOLN DIOCESAN TRUST AND BOARD OF FINANCE LTD income £11.1m
• YORK BAPTIST CHURCH income £228k
• THE LICHFIELD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE (INCORPORATED) income £17.7m

Side by side with its peers

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