THE ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE

Registered charity 245456 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves increased to £197.8m, with unrestricted reserves at £33m. However, the trustees note that actual free reserves were £4.8m, which is slightly lower than the minimum required level of £5.6m determined by their reserves policy. The trustees expect reserves to align with the required level in the future.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 6 (FY2023) → 10 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Ely Diocesan Board Of Finance (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Growing Faith Foundation

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/05/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/01/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• Canon Dr Mary Felicity Cooke · trustee of 1 other charity
• Canon Francis William Miles Burkitt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Canon Simon John Kershaw · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Denis Anton Falvey
• Christopher Jeffrey Jonathan Smith
• Christopher John Townsend · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr CHRISTOPHER ANDREW STANFORD-BEALE
• Dr Jonathan Paul Chaplin
• Elain Margaret Levitt
• Felicity Ann Watson
• Janet Rosemary Perrett
• John Pigott
• Lindsay Jane Davies
• REV DANIEL JOHN DRIVER
• Rev Canon Robert Mackley
• Rev Daniel John Driver · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Dr Elizabeth Ruth Cope · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev NEIL JAMES BLANDFORD-BAKER · trustee of 4 other charities
• Rev Natalie Janis Andrews
• Rev Philip Michael Howson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Richard Harlow · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Sarah Catherine Gower · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sarah Margaret Robinson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Norfolk

Income and spending

Common questions

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