The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Rochester Diocesan Society and Board of Finance

Registered charity 249339 Registered since 1966

Operates: Bexley, Bromley, Kent, Medway

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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.

1.5y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
6.7y
average years in governance
12
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 15Education/training 7Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 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.

Health and social care 13Education 1Hospitality 1

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£12.7m 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.

1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.8 in 2020

58 from 58 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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

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Contact

Websitewww.rochester.anglican.org
Emailenquiries@rochester.anglican.org
Phone01634560000
AddressROCHESTER DIOCESAN SOCIETY & BOARD, OF FINANCE, ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH, BOLEY HILL, ROCHESTER, ME1 1SL

Finances

£12,655,460 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£11,774,000£12,939,000
2021£11,860,014£13,374,317
2022£11,456,558£13,724,099
2023£11,594,800£14,099,106
2024£12,655,460£14,449,693

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

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

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST THE WORK AND PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER (FOR FULLER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION)

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14TH JUNE 1915; NEW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 8TH DEC 1998.

Trustees (15)

15trustees
65median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Rochester Diocesan Society and Board of Finance(the) · 00140656 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 14/06/1915

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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