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Registered charity · York

The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited

The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited is a registered charity (number 244976) based in York, governed by 24 trustees and chaired by Charles Rodney Barton since 2016. Latest income £14m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as The Diocese of York (Charity Commission)

The objects for which the Charity is established are for the public benefit to assist, promote and further, primarily but not exclusively in the Diocese of York (hereinafter called the Diocese), the work and purposes of the Church of England and to...

  • 24 trustees
  • Income £14m (2024)
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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
Where
North Yorkshire, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar And Cleveland and more
Website
www.dioceseofyork.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£14m£15m
  • 2023£15m£16m
  • 2022£14m£15m
Earlier years
  • 2021£18m£15m
  • 2020£14m£14m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

The objects for which the Charity is established are for the public benefit to assist, promote and further, primarily but not exclusively in the Diocese of York (hereinafter called the Diocese), the work and purposes of the Church of England and to that end to be the Diocesan Board of Finance within the meaning of the Diocesan Boards of Finance Measure 1925 for the Diocese whatever may for the time being be the area thereof and to act as the Committee of the Diocesan Synod of the Diocese.

Grants received

9 grants · £662,780 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £570,600 (4 grants)
  • Department for Education · £68,680
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £13,500 (3 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000

Most recent

  • Garfield Weston Foundation £10,0002021-09-17
  • Department for Education £68,6802020-04-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £250,6002017-09-07
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £135,1002016-06-23
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £3,5002006-03-17
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.

3.1y median 3y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
9.3y
average years in governance
20
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 24The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4General Charitable Purposes 3Disability 2Accommodation/housing 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1Environment/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 22Education 7Arts and leisure 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£14.2m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

4.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 7.5 in 2020

75 from 79 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
244976
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20/10/1927. AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 19 JUNE 1974, 5 FEBRUARY 2000, 24 MARCH 2001, 16 JUNE 2004 AND 1 JULY 2009. as amended on 26 Jul 2024 as amended on 26 Jul 2024 as amended on 26 Jul 2024 as amended on 26 Jul 2024
Companies House
Company number 00225234 · Active
Contact on the register
01904699500 · office@yorkdiocese.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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