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Registered charity · Guildford

Guildford Diocesan Board of Finance

Guildford Diocesan Board of Finance is a registered charity (number 248245) based in Guildford, governed by 20 trustees and chaired by Stephen Peter Roberts since 2016. Latest income £16m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Diocese of Guildford (Charity Commission)

  • 20 trustees
  • Income £16m (2024)
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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
Kingston Upon Thames, Hampshire, Surrey
Website
www.cofeguildford.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Guildford Diocesan Board of Finance
Registered
1967

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£16m£16m
  • 2023£15m£16m
  • 2022£16m£15m
Earlier years
  • 2021£15m£14m
  • 2020£14m£14m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

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

Charitable objects

4. THE COMPANY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: 4.1. TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST THE WORK, OBJECTS AND PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CHURCH") FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN THE DIOCESE; AND4.2. TO AID AND FURTHER (IN SUCH MANNER AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE APPROVED BY RESOLUTION OF DIOCESAN SYNOD) THE OBJECTS AND WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND OUTSIDE THE DIOCESE OR OF ANY OTHER BODY OF CHRISTIANS WHETHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE DIOCESE.

Grants received

6 grants · £2,331,104 total

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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.

3.1y median 1.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.9y
average years in governance
18
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 20Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Disability 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 25Education 9Professional services 9

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£15.7m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

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

58 from 51 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
248245
Status
Registered
Governing document
INCORPORATED 22/10/1927AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/04/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/07/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/11/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/03/2007 as amended on 15 Mar 2025
Companies House
Company number 00225289 · Active
Contact on the register
01483790300 · diocesan.secretary@cofeguildford.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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