Registered charity · Rochester
Incorporated Rochester Diocesan Board of Education
- 12 trustees
- Income £1.7m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Right Reverend Simon David Burton-JonesChair · since 2018
- Cathryn JohnstonTrustee · since 2025
- Christine BostockTrustee · since 2025
- Claudet HedmanTrustee · since 2025
- Jeremy James KingTrustee · since 2009
- John WilloughbyTrustee · since 2026
- Rev Belinda Santana Perpetua BeckhellingTrustee · since 2025
- Rev John Forristall CasterTrustee · since 2019
- Rev Julie BowenTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Melanie JemmettTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Nigel BourneTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Roger BristowTrustee · since 2012
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Bexley, Bromley, Kent, Medway
- Website
- rochester.anglican.org/education/index.html (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Incorporated Rochester Diocesan Board of Education
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£1.7m£1.9m
- 2023£1.7m£1.9m
- 2022£1.6m£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2021£1.6m£1.7m
- 2020£215k£290k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 74%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) TO MAINTAIN AND EXTEND EDUCATION IN AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN GENERAL AND IN PARTICULAR THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AMONGST ALL SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER 2) TO CARRY OUT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE DIOCESAN BOARDS OF EDUCATION MEASURE 1991 AND ANY LEGISLATION AMENDING, SUPPLEMENTING OR REPLACING THE SAME.
Grants received
1 grant · £1,303,694 total360Giving 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 · £1,303,694
Most recent
- Department for Education
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Right Reverend Simon David Burton-Jones Chair since 2018
- Cathryn Johnston since 2025
- Christine Bostock since 2025
- Claudet Hedman since 2025
- Jeremy James King since 2009
- John Willoughby since 2026
- Rev Belinda Santana Perpetua Beckhelling since 2025
- Rev John Forristall Caster since 2019
- Rev Julie Bowen since 2022
- Rev Melanie Jemmett since 2025
- Rev Nigel Bourne since 2022
- Rev Roger Bristow since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Right Reverend Simon David Burton-Jones Chair since 2018
- Jeremy James King since 2009
- Rev John Forristall Caster since 2019
- Rev Roger Bristow since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Christine Bostock since 2025
- Claudet Hedman since 2025
- John Willoughby since 2026
- Rev John Forristall Caster since 2019
- Rev Melanie Jemmett since 2025
- Rev Nigel Bourne since 2022
Portfolio (6)
- Right Reverend Simon David Burton-Jones Chair since 2018
- Cathryn Johnston since 2025
- Jeremy James King since 2009
- Rev Belinda Santana Perpetua Beckhelling since 2025
- Rev Julie Bowen since 2022
- Rev Roger Bristow since 2012
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.7 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1031550
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19TH NOVEMBER 1895; MEMORANDUM AMENDED 9 MARCH 1950, 20 OCTOBER 1953, 3 NOVEMBER 1993; ARTICLES AMENDED 2 OCTOBER 1974, 9 MAY 19
- Companies House
- Company number 00046014 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01634560019 · education@rochester.anglican.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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