GUILDFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE

Registered charity 248245 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DIOCESE OF GUILDFORD

Our principal activity is to promote and assist the Church of England in spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ primarily in the Diocese of Guildford. We oversee the funding of the ministry within the Diocese, including the provision of housing and pensions; financing of a variety of support service activities; and the support of parishes and other related bodies.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £522,000 for the year, primarily driven by a clergy housing overspend. While the balance sheet shows strong net assets of £212.1 million, the trustees note that the financial stability of the organisation depends heavily on parish share receipts, which are under pressure due to declining regular givers and strained parish finances.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Forvis Mazars LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Rt Revd Paul Davies — Acting Bishop of Guildford (source)
• The Revd H. David Uffindell — Chair of the Vacancy in See Committee (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

362 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (340 freehold); recorded price paid £15.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% 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: 3.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen Peter Robertschair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anna Margaret Shaw
• CANON PETER NIGEL EDWARD BRUINVELS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Elizabeth Angela Klintworth
• Graeme Roderick Holmes Hampshire · trustee of 1 other charity
• Graham Everness
• Howard Gordon Mason
• Karen Booker
• Keith Robert Malcouronne · trustee of 2 other charities
• Monilola Babatunde · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Alwyn Antonio Basilio Pereira
• Rev Benjamin Harold Beecroft · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Hannah Terese Moore
• Rev Harold David Uffindell · trustee of 6 other charities
• Rev Kirsten Louise Rosslyn-Smith
• Rev Martin Christopher Breadmore · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Robert Gerard Cooper
• Revd Dr Simon David Newman Vibert · trustee of 1 other charity
• The Right Reverend RICHARD PAUL DAVIES · trustee of 1 other charity
• The Venerable Catharine Mary Mabuza · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Kingston Upon Thames · Surrey

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE DURHAM DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £12.5m
• THE GLOUCESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £24.8m
• THE CHELMSFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £23.0m
• THE NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £8.1m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS GUILDFORD income £194k
• THE LICHFIELD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE (INCORPORATED) income £17.0m

Side by side with its peers

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