THE PETERBOROUGH DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
Registered charity 250569 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Finance and Administration for the Church of England
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £1,557,447 for the year ended 31 December 2024, following a budgeted deficit of £1,746,081. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves fell to £1,478,196, which is below the stated policy target of £1,866,437 (60 days of annual expenditure). The trustees acknowledge the deficit and note that achieving a balanced budget remains a strategic aim while managing rising costs and parish share challenges.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.5m; policy: 60 days of annual expenditure)
“At 31 December 2024, the level of funds which are unrestricted, undesignated and not held as fixed assets totalled £1,478,196. This equates to approximately 48 days of annual expenditure (2023 - 106 days).” — page 11
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: PDBF provides financial support to the PDBE by way of an annual grant and also accounting and payroll services at no cost to the PDBE. Trustees Richard Ormston and Katrina Hutchins are trustees of both PDBF and PDBE.
“The Venerable Richard Ormston and The Revd Katrina Hutchins are trustees of the PDBF and also the Peterborough Diocesan Board of Education (PDBE). The PDBF provides financial support to the PDBE by way of an annual grant and also accounting and payroll services at no cost to the PDBE.” — page 53
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- The Right Reverend Debbie Sellin — Bishop of Peterborough (source)
- Russ Beese — Diocesan Secretary / Chief Executive Officer (source)
- The Very Revd Chris Dalliston — Dean of Peterborough (source)
- The Venerable Alison Booker — Archdeacon of Oakham (source)
- The Venerable Richard Ormston — Archdeacon of Northampton (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)
315 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (310 freehold); recorded price paid £8.9m. 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)
Cost of raising funds
£667k
Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (73% 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: 6.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Leicestershire · Northamptonshire · Oxfordshire · Peterborough City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE PETERBOROUGH DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £1,557,447 for the year ended 31 December 2024, following a budgeted deficit of £1,746,081. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves fell to £1,478,196, which is below the stated policy target of £1,866,437 (60 days of annual expenditure). The trustees acknowledge the deficit and note that achieving a balanced budget remains a strategic aim while managing rising costs and parish share challenges. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Price Bailey LLP.
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