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Registered charity · London

Church of England Central Services

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £131m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
Religious Activities, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.churchofengland.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Church of England Central Services
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£131m£128m
  • 2023£23m£23m
  • 2022£19m£19m
Earlier years
  • 2021£17m£17m
  • 2020£17m£17m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) TO ENHANCE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CHARITABLE NATIONAL AND DIOCESAN INSTITUTIONS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND (THE 'CHURCH') AND OF OTHER CHARITIES WITH A CHURCH ETHOS (WHETHER ESTABLISHED FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION OR FOR ANOTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE), BY:-(A) FACILITATING THE PROVISION OF COST-EFFECTIVE SHARED FINANCIAL, LEGAL AND OTHER SERVICES TO THE CHARITABLE NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE CHURCH BY PROVIDING SUCH SERVICES AND ACTING AS THE MANAGING EMPLOYER OF THE STAFF PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES; AND(B) PROVIDING PAYROLL AND OTHER SERVICES TO THE CHARITABLE DIOCSEAN INSTITUTIONS OF THE CHURCH, AND TO OTHER CHARITIES WITH A CHURCH ETHOS, WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO SUIT THE PARTICULAR NEEDS OF THOSE INSTITUTIONS. (2) TO PROMOTE THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE ARCHBISHOPS' COUNCIL, THE CHURCH COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND PENSIONS BOARD.

Grants received

5 grants · £105,178 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.

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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.

6 trustees on the board

3.8y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (5)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 6Religious Activities 5Education/training 2Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Business services 6Other services 6Professional services 5

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£130.7m latest income
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.

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

211 from 178 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
1155158
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15 NOV 2013 as amended on 11 Feb 2020
Companies House
Company number 08776679 · Active
Contact on the register
02078981000 · enquiries@churchofengland.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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