The Archbishops' Council
Registered charity 1074857 Registered since 1999
Operates: Throughout England, Isle Of Man
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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.
18 trustees on the board
- Alan Nigel Smith since 2021
- Christopher Gill since 2025
- Canon Alison Coulter since 2020
- Canon Dr James Herbert Harrison since 2015
- Canon Mark Sheard since 2017
- Carl David Hughes since 2023
- Dr Rachel Margaret Elizabeth Jepson since 2020
- Joseph Diwakar since 2019
- Julie Marie Jones since 2025
- Most Revd and Rt Hon Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell since 2020
- Peter Lawrence Doyle since 2025
- Rev William Francis Harwood since 2025
- Revd Canon Kate Wharton since 2020
- The RT Revd DR Mark Simon Austin Tanner since 2022
- The Most Revd Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally since 2026
- The Rt Revd Deborah Mary Sellin since 2026
- The Venerable Dr Miranda Threlfall-Holmes since 2023
- The Venerable Luke Jonathan Miller since 2020
4.2y median 4.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Canon Dr James Herbert Harrison since 2015
- Canon Mark Sheard since 2017
- Joseph Diwakar since 2019
- Most Revd and Rt Hon Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell since 2020
12.6y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Canon Alison Coulter since 2020
- Canon Mark Sheard since 2017
- Joseph Diwakar since 2019
- Julie Marie Jones since 2025
- Revd Canon Kate Wharton since 2020
- The Rt Revd Deborah Mary Sellin since 2026
Portfolio (12)
- Alan Nigel Smith since 2021
- Christopher Gill since 2025
- Canon Dr James Herbert Harrison since 2015
- Carl David Hughes since 2023
- Dr Rachel Margaret Elizabeth Jepson since 2020
- Most Revd and Rt Hon Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell since 2020
- Peter Lawrence Doyle since 2025
- Rev William Francis Harwood since 2025
- The RT Revd DR Mark Simon Austin Tanner since 2022
- The Most Revd Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally since 2026
- The Venerable Dr Miranda Threlfall-Holmes since 2023
- The Venerable Luke Jonathan Miller since 2020
9
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 18Religious Activities 17The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 15Economic/community Development/employment 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 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.
Other services 17Education 13Business services 8
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.
incomespending£234.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.
0.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.8 in 2021
206 from 162 in 2021
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.
Related organisations
- Church Commissioners for England 2 shared trustees
- Church of England Central Services 2 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- The Liverpool Diocesan Board of Finance 1 shared trustee
- University of Chester 1 shared trustee
- The London Diocesan Fund 1 shared trustee
- Eltham College 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.churchofengland.org |
| info@churchofengland.org | |
| Phone | 02078981000 |
| Address | CHURCH HOUSE, GREAT SMITH STREET, LONDON, SW1P 3AZ |
Finances
£234,940,000 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £128,092,018 | £128,742,626 |
| 2022 | £153,231,155 | £152,488,623 |
| 2023 | £186,036,537 | £182,447,488 |
| 2024 | £235,636,067 | £229,408,033 |
| 2025 | £234,940,000 | £232,178,000 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious ActivitiesEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentWho
Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyCharitable objects
TO CO-ORDINATE, PROMOTE, AID AND FURTHER THE WORK AND MISSION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
Governing document: NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS MEASURE 1998.
Trustees (18)
18trustees
64median age
2aged 70+
- Alan Nigel Smithage band 60-64 since 2021
- Christopher Gill since 2025
- Canon Alison Coulter since 2020
- Canon Dr James Herbert Harrisonage band 70-74 since 2015
- Canon Mark Sheard since 2017
- Carl David Hughesage band 60-64 since 2023
- Dr Rachel Margaret Elizabeth Jepsonage band 55-59 since 2020
- Joseph Diwakar since 2019
- Julie Marie Jonesage band 65-69 since 2025
- Most Revd and Rt Hon Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell since 2020
- Peter Lawrence Doyleage band 70-74 since 2025
- Rev William Francis Harwood since 2025
- Revd Canon Kate Wharton since 2020
- The RT Revd DR Mark Simon Austin Tannerage band 55-59 since 2022
- The Most Revd Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullallyage band 60-64 since 2026
- The Rt Revd Deborah Mary Sellinage band 60-64 since 2026
- The Venerable Dr Miranda Threlfall-Holmes since 2023
- The Venerable Luke Jonathan Miller since 2020
Connected charities (35)
- Church of England Central Services 2 shared trustees
- Church Commissioners for England 2 shared trustees
- The Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Birmingham Parish Church (ST. Martin in the Bull Ring) 1 shared trustee
- Alderman Samuel Wilson Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Andrew BY the Wardrobe, London 1 shared trustee
- The Guild of ALL Souls 1 shared trustee
- The London Diocesan Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Reverend Dr George Richards Charity for Poor Clergy 1 shared trustee
- Bishop of London's Fund 1 shared trustee
- The London Diocesan Board of Finance 1 shared trustee
- The Church of England Clergy Stipend Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Castle Baynard Educational Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Lambeth Conference 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ALL Saints With Holy Trinity, Wandsworth 1 shared trustee
- ST John's College, Durham 1 shared trustee
- The Koinonia (Quickley Lane) Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Chester Clergy Family Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- Chester Diocesan Moral AID Charity 1 shared trustee
- The Chester Diocesan Board of Finance 1 shared trustee
- University of Chester 1 shared trustee
- Bishop Jacobson Memorial Scholarship Fund 1 shared trustee
- The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited 1 shared trustee
- The Truro Churches Trust 1 shared trustee
- Safe Spaces England and Wales 1 shared trustee
- Liverpool Diocesan Pensions Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Liverpool Diocesan Board of Finance 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Andrew, the Westlands 1 shared trustee
- The Lichfield Diocesan Trust NO 1439 ST Andrew the Westlands 1 shared trustee
- The Archbishop of Canterbury's Anglican Communion Fund 1 shared trustee
- Anglican Consultative Council 1 shared trustee
- The Archbishop of Canterbury's Charitable Foundation 1 shared trustee
- Canterbury Diocesan Board of Finance 1 shared trustee
- Eltham College 1 shared trustee
- Development of the Youth of Chester Charity 1 shared trustee
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