THE Overseas Bishoprics' Fund

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£514,002 latest income

What it does

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE FUND SHALL BE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE SENIOR NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEADERSHIP OF THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH, AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF BISHOPRICS WITHIN THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION.(2) IN RELATION TO ANY AREA OF THE WORLD OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM WHERE THERE EXISTS A CHURCH THAT IS PART OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION OR IN COMMUNION WITH THE SEE OF CANTERBURY, THE FUND MAY:(A) PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TOWARDS THE SETTING UP AND MAINTENANCE OF THE BISHOPRICS OF SUCH A CHURCH; AND(B) HOLD ENDOWMENT FUNDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH BISHOPRICS;(3) IN RELATION TO ANY AREA OF THE WORLD OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE FUND MAY:(A) PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TOWARDS THE SETTING UP AND MAINTENANCE OF THE BISHOPRICS OF ANY CHURCH WHOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS SUCH THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE FUND, HAVING SOUGHT THE ADVICE OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, JUDGES IT SUITABLE THAT SUCH ASSISTANCE BE GIVEN; AND(B) HOLD ENDOWMENT FUNDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH BISHOPRICS.(4) IN RELATION TO ANY CHURCH IN ANY OF THE ABOVE CATEGORIES OR IN RELATION TO ANY PART OF SUCH A CHURCH, WHERE THERE IS NOT IN PLACE FOR THE TIME BEING A SYSTEM OF EPISCOPAL LEADERSHIP, ANY REFERENCE IN THE ABOVE PROVISIONS TO A BISHOPRIC SHALL HAVE EFFECT AS IF IT WERE TO THE OFFICE AND WORK OF A SENIOR NATIONAL OR REGIONAL LEADER OF STATUS EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF A BISHOP.

Governing document: RULES AS AMENDED ON 12/11/1958AS AMENDED ON 05/12/1991AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 06/11/1998AS AMENDED ON 24/06/2002AS AMENDED ON 23/11/2012 as amended on 12 Nov 2019 as amended on 09 Jun 2022

Trustees (12)

• Bishop Anthony Poggo since 2017
• Canon Andrew James Roberts MBE since 2021
• Colin Graham Birdage 76 since 2017
• Dr Liyanaarachchige Sanjeevani Ranjana Perera since 2025
• Edward Graham Mellish Chaplinage 75 since 2021
• Fiona Janice Proud since 2021
• Rev Davidson Samuel Solankiage 61 since 2025
• Rev Mark Oxbrowage 75 since 2013
• Rev Rana Khanage 54 since 2022
• Rt Revd Dr Gulnar Eleanor Francis-Dehqani since 2021
• Stephen Slack CBE since 2020
• Sarah Louise Newnham since 2025

Connected charities (20)

• THE Hockerill Educational Company Limited 1 shared trustee
• Hockerill Educational Foundation 1 shared trustee
• Parish House Charity 1 shared trustee
• Christians Aware 1 shared trustee
• THE Percy Davies Institution 1 shared trustee
• THE Chelmsford Diocesan Board OF Finance 1 shared trustee
• THE Mara Rianda Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
• THE Parochial Church Council OF THE Ecclesiastical Parish OF ALL Saints With ST John, Hertford 1 shared trustee
• ALL Saints Church Funds FOR Organist 1 shared trustee
• SIR John Harrison'S Charity 1 shared trustee
• Roger Daniel (FOR Poor Prisoners) 1 shared trustee
• Roger Daniel FOR Sermon AND Poor 1 shared trustee
• Solomon Academic Trust 1 shared trustee
• Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative 1 shared trustee
• Llangattock Community Education Trust 1 shared trustee
• THE Henry Martyn Trust 1 shared trustee
• ANN Williams Almshouses 1 shared trustee
• Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust (2016) 1 shared trustee
• Governors OF THE Charity FOR Relief OF THE Poor Widows AND Children OF Clergymen (Commonly Called Clergy Support Trust) 1 shared trustee
• Churches Together IN Essex AND East London 1 shared trustee