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The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated)

The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated) is a registered charity (number 243134) based in Hove, governed by 22 trustees. Latest income £22m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 22 trustees
  • Income £22m (2025)

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Religious Activities
Where
East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton And Hove
Website
www.chichester.anglican.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated)
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£22m£22m
  • 2024£22m£21m
  • 2023£21m£22m
Earlier years
  • 2022£20m£19m
  • 2021£18m£18m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, CARRY ON, ASSIST, BENEFIT AND ADVANCE THE WORK, WHICH, IS LEGALLY CHARITABLE, OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER OR ELSEWHERE, IN ALL OR ANY OF ITS BRANCHES.

Grants received

7 grants · £2,938,629 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.

Top funders

  • Department for Education · £2,741,142 (2 grants)
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · £149,607
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £33,100
  • Sussex Community Foundation · £13,280 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,500

Most recent

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.

3.6y median 1y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure
9y
average years in governance
17
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 22Education/training 21General Charitable Purposes 18Disability 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Environment/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 19Education 6Health and social care 3

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£22.1m 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.

2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 3.9 in 2020

63 from 53 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
243134
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 22 OCTOBER 1926 AND CONFIRMED ON 10 NOVEMBER 1926. LATEST SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23 OCTOBER 1971AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 OCT 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 APR 2015
Companies House
Company number 00133558 · Active
Contact on the register
01273421021 · adminhelpdesk@chichester.anglican.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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