Registered charity · North Shields
The Newcastle Diocesan Board of Finance
The Newcastle Diocesan Board of Finance is a registered charity (number 247233) based in North Shields, governed by 15 trustees and chaired by Simon Robert Harper. Latest income £8.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 15 trustees
- Income £8.1m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Simon Robert HarperChair
- Carol GriffithsTrustee · since 2025
- Dominic LlewellynTrustee · since 2025
- John Christopher ApplebyTrustee · since 2013
- Joshua JeeTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Benjamin DoolanTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Claire MaximTrustee · since 2025
- Rev David GloverTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Lee BatsonTrustee · since 2023
- Rev Louise Taylor-KenyonTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Robert LawranceTrustee · since 2025
- Right Revd Helen-Ann HartleyTrustee · since 2023
- Right Reverend Mark WroeTrustee · since 2019
- Venerable Catherine Sourbut GrovesTrustee · since 2020
- Venerable Rachel WoodTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland
- Website
- www.newcastle.anglican.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Newcastle Diocesan Board of Finance Limited
- Registered
- 1966
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8.1m£8.4m
- 2024£7.7m£8.1m
- 2023£8.1m£7.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£8.1m£7.9m
- 2021£9.6m£8.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST THE WORK AND PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DIOCESE OF NEWCASTLE.
Grants received
15 grants · £960,659 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 Heritage Fund · £913,670 (7 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £13,530 (2 grants)
- Northern Rock Foundation · £12,159
- National Churches Trust · £10,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £7,500
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- 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.
15 trustees on the board
- Simon Robert Harper Chair
- Carol Griffiths since 2025
- Dominic Llewellyn since 2025
- John Christopher Appleby since 2013
- Joshua Jee since 2025
- Rev Benjamin Doolan since 2025
- Rev Claire Maxim since 2025
- Rev David Glover since 2025
- Rev Lee Batson since 2023
- Rev Louise Taylor-Kenyon since 2022
- Rev Robert Lawrance since 2025
- Right Revd Helen-Ann Hartley since 2023
- Right Reverend Mark Wroe since 2019
- Venerable Catherine Sourbut Groves since 2020
- Venerable Rachel Wood since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- John Christopher Appleby since 2013
- Right Reverend Mark Wroe since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Carol Griffiths since 2025
- Dominic Llewellyn since 2025
- Joshua Jee since 2025
- Rev Louise Taylor-Kenyon since 2022
- Rev Robert Lawrance since 2025
- Right Reverend Mark Wroe since 2019
Portfolio (9)
- Simon Robert Harper Chair
- John Christopher Appleby since 2013
- Rev Benjamin Doolan since 2025
- Rev Claire Maxim since 2025
- Rev David Glover since 2025
- Rev Lee Batson since 2023
- Right Revd Helen-Ann Hartley since 2023
- Venerable Catherine Sourbut Groves since 2020
- Venerable Rachel Wood since 2021
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
3.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.7 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 247233
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 MARCH 1960 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 8 JUNE 1970 AND 17 DECEMBER 2003
- Companies House
- Company number 00650977 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01912704100 · info@newcastle.anglican.org
- 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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