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Registered charity · Worcestershire

The Church of England Pensions Board

The Church of England Pensions Board is a registered charity (number 236627) based in Worcestershire, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Harold Clive Mather since 2019. Latest income £42m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Bishop Morley College, Church Workers Pensions Augmentation Fund, Clergy (Widows and Dependants) Pensions Augmentation Fund, Clergy Pensions Augmentation Fund, Clergy Retirement Housing Trust, Clergy Widows and Dependants Pensions Augmentation Fund, Suffolk Clergy Housing Trust, The Church Workers Pensions Augmentation Fund, The REV Joshua Case Trust (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £42m (2025)
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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.cofepensionsboard.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£42m£43m
  • 2024£64m£41m
  • 2023£44m£38m
Earlier years
  • 2022£32m£35m
  • 2021£29m£30m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE ADMINISTRATION OF CLERGY PENSIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CLERGY PENSIONS MEASURE 1961. SEE SCHEME FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

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

4.2y median 5.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

4
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 12Accommodation/housing 11Religious Activities 2Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 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 5Professional services 5Finance 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£63.7m latest income · income exceeded spending 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 174 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
236627
Status
Registered
Governing document
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND PENSIONS MEASURE 2018 AS AMENDED BY THE LEGISLATIVE REFORM (CHURCH OF ENGLAND PENSIONS) ORDER 2021
Contact on the register
02078981000 · housingservices@churchofengland.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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