The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Portsmouth Diocesan Board of Finance

Registered charity 249256 Registered since 1966

Operates: Hampshire, Isle Of Wight

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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.

3.2y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (7)

19
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 20Religious Activities 20General Charitable Purposes 2The 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 6Health and social care 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£8.3m 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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 22.7 in 2020

44 from 41 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websiteportsmouth.anglican.org
Emailaccounts@portsmouth.anglican.org
Phone02392899650
AddressPORTSMOUTH DIOCESAN BOARD OF, FINANCE, PENINSULAR HOUSE, WHARF ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 8HB

Finances

£9,413,138 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£8,634,146£7,613,009
2022£8,472,649£8,122,894
2023£8,090,081£8,522,498
2024£8,337,189£8,825,127
2025£9,413,138£10,762,515

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious Activities

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, AID AND FURTHER THE WORK AND PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DIOCESE OF PORTSMOUTH.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 09/12/1927.

Trustees (20)

20trustees
64median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Portsmouth Diocesan Board of Finance(the) · 00226466 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 09/12/1927

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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