Registered charity · Rotherham
Sheffield Diocesan Board of Finance
- 16 trustees
- Income £12m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Anna Rose De CastroTrustee · since 2025
- Canon IAN Geoffrey WalkerTrustee · since 2015
- Dr Jacqueline Anne ButcherTrustee · since 2016
- Isobel Julia NewtonTrustee · since 2019
- Michael MacdonaldTrustee · since 2019
- Neill Andrew BirchenallTrustee · since 2017
- Peter RainfordTrustee
- Rev Benjamin Michael TannerTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Canon Claire Louise DawsonTrustee · since 2019
- Rev Canon Matthew Ivan RhodesTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Edward John Scott MorrisonTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Javaid IqbalTrustee · since 2020
- Rev Leah Beverley Vasey-SaundersTrustee · since 2025
- RT Revd DR Peter Jonathan WilcoxTrustee · since 2017
- The Very Revd Abigail Laura ThompsonTrustee · since 2021
- Venerable David Ian GerrardTrustee · since 2025
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
- Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City
- Website
- www.sheffield.anglican.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Sheffield Diocesan Board of Finance
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£12m£13m
- 2024£10m£12m
- 2023£10m£12m
Earlier years
- 2022£9.9m£11m
- 2021£10m£10m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ASSIST AND PROMOTE THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD.
Grants received
10 grants · £735,074 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £497,147 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £136,340 (2 grants)
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £76,018 (2 grants)
- Department for Education · £17,589
- Two Ridings Community Foundation · £2,769
Most recent
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Education
Board analysis for researchers
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.
16 trustees on the board
- Anna Rose De Castro since 2025
- Canon IAN Geoffrey Walker since 2015
- Dr Jacqueline Anne Butcher since 2016
- Isobel Julia Newton since 2019
- Michael Macdonald since 2019
- Neill Andrew Birchenall since 2017
- Peter Rainford
- RT Revd DR Peter Jonathan Wilcox since 2017
- Rev Benjamin Michael Tanner since 2025
- Rev Canon Claire Louise Dawson since 2019
- Rev Canon Matthew Ivan Rhodes since 2022
- Rev Edward John Scott Morrison since 2025
- Rev Javaid Iqbal since 2020
- Rev Leah Beverley Vasey-Saunders since 2025
- The Very Revd Abigail Laura Thompson since 2021
- Venerable David Ian Gerrard since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Canon IAN Geoffrey Walker since 2015
- Dr Jacqueline Anne Butcher since 2016
- Isobel Julia Newton since 2019
- Michael Macdonald since 2019
- Neill Andrew Birchenall since 2017
- RT Revd DR Peter Jonathan Wilcox since 2017
- Rev Canon Claire Louise Dawson since 2019
- Rev Javaid Iqbal since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Dr Jacqueline Anne Butcher since 2016
- Neill Andrew Birchenall since 2017
- Peter Rainford
- Rev Edward John Scott Morrison since 2025
- Rev Leah Beverley Vasey-Saunders since 2025
Portfolio (11)
- Anna Rose De Castro since 2025
- Canon IAN Geoffrey Walker since 2015
- Isobel Julia Newton since 2019
- Michael Macdonald since 2019
- RT Revd DR Peter Jonathan Wilcox since 2017
- Rev Benjamin Michael Tanner since 2025
- Rev Canon Claire Louise Dawson since 2019
- Rev Canon Matthew Ivan Rhodes since 2022
- Rev Javaid Iqbal since 2020
- The Very Revd Abigail Laura Thompson since 2021
- Venerable David Ian Gerrard since 2025
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
3.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 7.5 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 245861
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/02/1924AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/11/1950AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/09/1976AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/06/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/11/2010
- Companies House
- Company number 00196087 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01709309117 · reception@sheffield.anglican.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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