The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Lichfield Diocesan Board of Finance (Incorporated)

Registered charity 1107827 Registered since 2005

Operates: Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Telford & Wrekin

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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.

4.7y median 2.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure
10.1y
average years in governance
24
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 28General Charitable Purposes 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3Education/training 2Other Charitable Purposes 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 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 37Education 13Health and social care 2

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£17.0m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.9 in 2020

72 from 88 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.

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Contact

Websitewww.lichfield.anglican.org
Emailinfo@lichfield.anglican.org
Phone01543306030
AddressLichfield Diocesan Board Of Finance Inc, St. Marys House, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7LD

Finances

£16,974,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£16,557,000£17,470,000
2021£17,063,000£18,034,000
2022£27,990,000£18,918,000
2023£17,249,000£19,517,000
2024£16,974,000£19,223,000

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO DO ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING THINGS IF AND SO FAR AS ALLOWED BY LAW AND OBSERVING AND PERFORMING WHATEVER MAY BE REQUIRED BY LAW IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT SUCH OBJECTS, NAMELY:TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST THE WORK AND PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/05/1927AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/02/1968AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/06/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/03/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/06/2015

Trustees (29)

29trustees
62median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Lichfield Diocesan Board of Finance(Incorporated)(the) · 00239561 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 14/05/1929

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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