Registered charity · Bridgend
The Llandaff Diocesan Board of Finance
The Llandaff Diocesan Board of Finance is a registered charity (number 242452) based in Bridgend, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Michael Anthony Lawley since 2015. Latest income £6.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
2.1 The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit to promote, aid, further and assist wholly charitable objects and work of The Church in Wales (wherever carried out but in particular in the ecclesiastical area known as the Diocese...
- 13 trustees
- Income £6.2m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Michael Anthony LawleyChair · since 2015
- Christian SalisburyTrustee · since 2026
- David Julian LukeTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Elizabeth Heather PayneTrustee · since 2026
- Patricia Anne BlackwellTrustee · since 2026
- Rev Richard GrattonTrustee · since 2026
- Rev Robert John McdonaldTrustee · since 2026
- Revd Canon Michael David GableTrustee · since 2024
- Rhys EvansTrustee · since 2026
- The Right Reverend Mary Kathleen Rose StallardTrustee · since 2023
- The Venerable Anne-Marie Louise RenshawTrustee · since 2025
- Venerable Mark Richard PreeceTrustee · since 2024
- Wendy Anne XerriTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Accommodation/housing, Religious Activities
- Where
- Powys, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff and more
- Website
- llandaff.churchinwales.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Llandaff Diocesan Board of Finance
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6.2m£7.4m
- 2024£7.1m£8.1m
- 2023£7.2m£8.0m
Earlier years
- 2022£6.5m£7.5m
- 2021£8.2m£8.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
2.1 The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit to promote, aid, further and assist wholly charitable objects and work of The Church in Wales (wherever carried out but in particular in the ecclesiastical area known as the Diocese of Llandaff).
Grants received
11 grants · £1,845,487 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,778,600 (5 grants)
- National Churches Trust · £43,000 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £15,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £8,887 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Michael Anthony Lawley Chair since 2015
- Christian Salisbury since 2026
- David Julian Luke since 2026
- Dr Elizabeth Heather Payne since 2026
- Patricia Anne Blackwell since 2026
- Rev Richard Gratton since 2026
- Rev Robert John Mcdonald since 2026
- Revd Canon Michael David Gable since 2024
- Rhys Evans since 2026
- The Right Reverend Mary Kathleen Rose Stallard since 2023
- The Venerable Anne-Marie Louise Renshaw since 2025
- Venerable Mark Richard Preece since 2024
- Wendy Anne Xerri since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael Anthony Lawley Chair since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Christian Salisbury since 2026
- David Julian Luke since 2026
- Patricia Anne Blackwell since 2026
- Rev Richard Gratton since 2026
- Rev Robert John Mcdonald since 2026
- Rhys Evans since 2026
- Wendy Anne Xerri since 2026
Portfolio (6)
- Michael Anthony Lawley Chair since 2015
- Dr Elizabeth Heather Payne since 2026
- Revd Canon Michael David Gable since 2024
- The Right Reverend Mary Kathleen Rose Stallard since 2023
- The Venerable Anne-Marie Louise Renshaw since 2025
- Venerable Mark Richard Preece since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
14.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.3 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 242452
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21/11/1950 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 25/05/1959, 3/07/1959, 6/07/1983, 24/9/2003 AND 24/9/2008. as amended on 08 Jan 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 00488549 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01656868868 · diocese.llandaff@churchinwales.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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