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The Blackburn Diocesan Board of Finance Limited

The Blackburn Diocesan Board of Finance Limited is a registered charity (number 247647) based in Guide, governed by 26 trustees and chaired by Rev Paul David Howard since 2026. Latest income £16m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 26 trustees
  • Income £16m (2024)
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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Wigan, Lancashire
Website
www.blackburn.anglican.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Blackburn Diocesan Board of Finance Limited
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£16m£15m
  • 2023£16m£15m
  • 2022£17m£15m
Earlier years
  • 2021£13m£13m
  • 2020£13m£12m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, AID AND FURTHER, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE SPIRITUAL TEACHING OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND MAINTAIN THE SPIRIT OF THE DOCTRINES AND OBSERVANCES ON WHICH IT RESTS AND IN WHICH IT FINDS EXPRESSION.

Grants received

3 grants · £36,000 total

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Most recent

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.

4y median 1y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
10.9y
average years in governance
23
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 26Education/training 6Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 2Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 26Education 4Arts and leisure 2

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£15.9m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

6.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

71 from 42 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
247647
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29/10/1927 AS AMENDED 1/01/1971 as amended on 14 Jul 2018
Companies House
Company number 00225457 · Active
Contact on the register
01254503070 · diocese@blackburn.anglican.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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