The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated)

Registered charity 243134 Registered since 1965

Operates: East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton And Hove

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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.

3.6y median 1y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure
8.9y
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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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.

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.

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Contact

Websitewww.chichester.anglican.org
Emailadminhelpdesk@chichester.anglican.org
Phone01273421021
AddressCHURCH HOUSE, 211 NEW CHURCH ROAD, HOVE, BN3 4ED

Finances

£22,057,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£17,831,000£17,707,000
2021£17,872,000£17,928,000
2022£19,706,000£19,098,000
2023£21,263,000£22,057,000
2024£22,057,000£21,132,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingReligious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

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.

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

Trustees (22)

22trustees
62median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated) · 00133558 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 26/01/1914

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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