The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Blackburn Diocesan Board of Education

Registered charity 1020101 Registered since 1993

Operates: Wigan, Lancashire, Blackburn With Darwen, Blackpool

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4.9y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure
7.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (3)

14
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 15Religious Activities 15Environment/conservation/heritage 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 22Other services 2Business services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.3m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

17.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 16.2 in 2020

10 from 23 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

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Contact

Websitebdeducation.org.uk
Emailhelen.morris@blackburn.anglican.org
Phone01254503404
AddressBLACKBURN DIOCESAN BOARD OF, EDUCATION, CLAYTON HOUSE, WALKER OFFICE PARK, BLACKBURN, BB1 2QE

Finances

£1,321,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,036,000£1,128,000
2021£1,026,000£1,145,000
2022£1,186,000£1,172,000
2023£1,686,000£1,392,000
2024£1,321,000£1,261,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious Activities

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED IS TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION IN THE DIOCESE OF BLACKBURN THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FAITH AND PRACTICE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY:3.1 PROMOTING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS WORSHIP IN SCHOOLS IN THE DIOCESE;3.2 PROMOTING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROMOTION OF CHURCH SCHOOLS IN THE DIOCESE;3.3 PROMOTING CO-OPERATION BETWEEN ITSELF AND OTHER PERSONS CONCERNED WITH EDUCATION IN THE DIOCESE;3.4 DISCHARGING WITHIN THE DIOCESE THE FUNCTIONS ASSIGNED TO DIOCESAN BOARDS OF EDUCATION BY SECTION 2 AND SECTIONS 7 TO 15 OF THE DIOCESAN BOARDS OF EDUCATION MEASURE 2021 OR BY AMENDING LEGISLATION; AND3.5 DISCHARGING WITHIN THE DIOCESE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE FUNCTIONS AS MAY BE ASSIGNED TO THE BOARD BY THE DIOCESAN SYNOD, OTHER THAN FUNCTIONS RELATING TO CHURCH SCHOOLS OR CHURCH EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30 NOV 1955AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 APR 1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17 NOV 2022

Trustees (15)

15trustees
58median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Blackburn Diocesan Board of Education · 00557954 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 30/11/1955

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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