THE CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE

Registered charity 248968 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · listed website unreachable when last crawled

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £1,145k for the year, contrasting with a net income of £714k in the prior period. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £3m, which the Board considers adequate to maintain cash flow given the voluntary nature of its income. The charity relies heavily on parish share contributions, which stabilized at approximately 87% collection, to fund its primary commitments to clergy stipends and housing.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP.

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/07/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• Canon David Anthony Hermitt · trustee of 1 other charity
• DR GRAHAM CAMPBELL
• Dr Alan Dowen
• Dr Peter Jonathon Marshall
• Esme Angela Hammer · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gillian White
• JOHN JEREMY COLLIER FREEMAN · trustee of 5 other charities
• JOHN STEPHEN HASLAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Philip Mason · trustee of 4 other charities
• Julie Withers
• Peter Ball-Foster
• REVD MICHAEL IAN ANTONY SMITH · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev Anna Louise Leyden · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Christina Phoebe Upton · trustee of 4 other charities
• Rev Daud Gill · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev David Andrew Vestergaard · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev Gabrielle Clair Jaquiss
• Rev George Crowder
• Rev Hana Jane Amner
• Rev Lesley Sarah Currie
• Rev Michael Laurence Ridley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev NIGEL TERENCE ATKINSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Ruth Elizabeth Mock · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Samuel Jon Clint Corley · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Stephen Dunton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rt Revd Julie Anne Conalty · trustee of 1 other charity
• Samuel Harvey Wilson
• THE RT REVD DR MARK SIMON AUSTIN TANNER · trustee of 6 other charities
• The Ven Jane Proudfoot
• The Very Reverend Dr TIMOTHY RICHARD STRATFORD · trustee of 3 other charities
• VEN DR MICHAEL GILBERTSON · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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