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Registered charity · Blackburn

Blackburn Diocesan Board of Education

Blackburn Diocesan Board of Education is a registered charity (number 1020101) based in Blackburn, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by The Venerable David Picken since 2020. Latest income £1.5m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £1.5m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Religious Activities
Where
Wigan, Lancashire, Blackburn With Darwen, Blackpool
Website
bdeducation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Blackburn Diocesan Board of Education
Registered
1993

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.5m£1.3m
  • 2024£1.3m£1.3m
  • 2023£1.7m£1.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.2m£1.2m
  • 2021£1.0m£1.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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.

Grants received

3 grants · £6,055,816 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Education · £6,055,816 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Education £5,017,5142020-04-01
  • Department for Education £966,9922020-04-01
  • Department for Education £71,3102020-04-01
Board analysis

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.

13 trustees on the board

4.8y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (3)

13
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 13Religious Activities 13Environment/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 21Other 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1020101
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 00557954 · Active
Contact on the register
01254503404 · helen.morris@blackburn.anglican.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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