The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Church Commissioners for England

Registered charity 1140097 Registered since 2011

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

3.3y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure
6.3y
average years in governance
8
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 25Education/training 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5General Charitable Purposes 2Accommodation/housing 1Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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 6Arts and leisure 5Education 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£207.4m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

184 from 82 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.

Related organisations

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Contact

Websitewww.cofe.anglican.org/about/churchcommissioners/
Emailcommissioners.enquiry@churchofengland.org
Phone02078981000
AddressCHURCH HOUSE, GREAT SMITH STREET, LONDON, SW1P 3AZ

Finances

£207,417,455 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£134,822,897£319,642,153
2021£148,127,625£226,338,653
2022£148,459,318£246,247,909
2023£192,121,024£494,354,476
2024£207,417,455£370,068,024

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE MISSION AND MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE WAYS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN: THE CHURCH COMMISSIONERS MEASURE 1947; THE PASTORAL MEASURE 1983; AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS MEASURE 1998

Governing document: THE CHURCH COMMISSIONERS MEASURE (1947), THE PASTORAL MEASURE (1983), THE NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS MEASURE (1998)

Trustees (27)

27trustees
60median age
0aged 70+

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