Registered charity · Ely
The ELY Diocesan Board of Finance
The ELY Diocesan Board of Finance is a registered charity (number 245456) based in Ely, governed by 23 trustees. Latest income £11m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 23 trustees
- Income £11m (2024)
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Who leads it
- Canon Dr Mary Felicity CookeTrustee · since 2022
- Canon Francis William Miles BurkittTrustee · since 2019
- Canon Simon John KershawTrustee
- Christopher Denis Anton FalveyTrustee · since 2025
- Christopher Jeffrey Jonathan SmithTrustee · since 2025
- Christopher John TownsendTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Christopher Andrew Stanford-BealeTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Jonathan Paul ChaplinTrustee · since 2025
- Elain Margaret LevittTrustee · since 2019
- Felicity Ann WatsonTrustee · since 2025
- Janet Rosemary PerrettTrustee
- John PigottTrustee · since 2022
- Lindsay Jane DaviesTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Canon Robert MackleyTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Daniel John DriverTrustee · since 2025
- REV Daniel John DriverTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Dr Elizabeth Ruth CopeTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Natalie Janis AndrewsTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Neil James Blandford-BakerTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Philip Michael HowsonTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Richard HarlowTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Sarah Catherine GowerTrustee · since 2022
- Sarah Margaret RobinsonTrustee · since 2019
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
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk
- Website
- www.elydiocese.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The ELY Diocesan Board of Finance
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£11m£12m
- 2023£11m£12m
- 2022£12m£11m
Earlier years
- 2021£11m£11m
- 2020£10m£11m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2020: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST THE WORK AND PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DIOCESE OF ELY, AND IN PARTICULAR TO ORGANISE AND PROVIDE FUNDS IN AID OF THE WORK OF THE CHURCH AND FOR THE ESSENTIAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE CHURCH'S WORK. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).
Grants received
42 grants · £1,698,080 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
- Department for Education · £924,040 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £500,559 (13 grants)
- Cambridgeshire Community Foundation · £108,086 (8 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £69,000 (6 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £30,910 (3 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.
23 trustees on the board
- Canon Dr Mary Felicity Cooke since 2022
- Canon Francis William Miles Burkitt since 2019
- Canon Simon John Kershaw
- Christopher Denis Anton Falvey since 2025
- Christopher Jeffrey Jonathan Smith since 2025
- Christopher John Townsend since 2022
- Dr Christopher Andrew Stanford-Beale since 2025
- Dr Jonathan Paul Chaplin since 2025
- Elain Margaret Levitt since 2019
- Felicity Ann Watson since 2025
- Janet Rosemary Perrett
- John Pigott since 2022
- Lindsay Jane Davies since 2022
- REV Daniel John Driver since 2025
- Rev Canon Robert Mackley since 2022
- Rev Daniel John Driver since 2025
- Rev Dr Elizabeth Ruth Cope since 2025
- Rev Neil James Blandford-Baker since 2022
- Rev Natalie Janis Andrews since 2025
- Rev Philip Michael Howson since 2025
- Rev Richard Harlow since 2022
- Rev Sarah Catherine Gower since 2022
- Sarah Margaret Robinson since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Canon Francis William Miles Burkitt since 2019
- Elain Margaret Levitt since 2019
- Sarah Margaret Robinson since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Christopher Denis Anton Falvey since 2025
- Dr Christopher Andrew Stanford-Beale since 2025
- Dr Jonathan Paul Chaplin since 2025
- Elain Margaret Levitt since 2019
- Felicity Ann Watson since 2025
- Janet Rosemary Perrett
- John Pigott since 2022
- REV Daniel John Driver since 2025
- Rev Canon Robert Mackley since 2022
- Rev Natalie Janis Andrews since 2025
Portfolio (13)
- Canon Dr Mary Felicity Cooke since 2022
- Canon Francis William Miles Burkitt since 2019
- Canon Simon John Kershaw
- Christopher Jeffrey Jonathan Smith since 2025
- Christopher John Townsend since 2022
- Lindsay Jane Davies since 2022
- Rev Daniel John Driver since 2025
- Rev Dr Elizabeth Ruth Cope since 2025
- Rev Neil James Blandford-Baker since 2022
- Rev Philip Michael Howson since 2025
- Rev Richard Harlow since 2022
- Rev Sarah Catherine Gower since 2022
- Sarah Margaret Robinson since 2019
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
4.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 7.1 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 245456
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19/11/1915 as amended on 27 May 1994 as amended on 09 Jun 2007
- Companies House
- Company number 00142183 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01353652700
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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