The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Bath and Wells Diocesan Board of Finance

Registered charity 249398 Registered since 1966

Operates: Somerset, North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, Zambia

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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.

3.8y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.2y
average years in governance
21
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 25Accommodation/housing 24Education/training 24Environment/conservation/heritage 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2General Charitable Purposes 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 22Education 9Health and social care 5

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£17.0m 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.

1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.2 in 2020

83 from 72 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

Websitewww.bathandwells.org.uk
Emailgeneral@bathwells.anglican.org
Phone01749670777
AddressFlourish House, 2 Cathedral Avenue, WELLS, Somerset, BA5 1FD

Finances

£17,001,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£13,712,000£15,909,000
2021£12,132,000£15,576,000
2022£15,289,000£15,157,000
2023£15,601,000£15,124,000
2024£17,001,000£14,859,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingAccommodation/housingReligious Activities

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther 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 AND ASSIST THE WORK AND PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DIOCESE OF BATH AND WELLS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 06/03/1915 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 14/5/2003 & 18/03/2008

Trustees (26)

26trustees
65median age
9aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Bath and Wells Diocesan Board of Finance(the) · 00139557 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 06/03/1915

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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