The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Birmingham Diocesan Board of Finance

Registered charity 249403 Registered since 1966

Operates: Birmingham City, Sandwell, Solihull, Warwickshire

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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.

4y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (11)

19
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 23General Charitable Purposes 22Education/training 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 21Education 5Health 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£15.8m latest income
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.

3.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 6.7 in 2020

74 from 85 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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.cofebirmingham.com
Emailhello@cofebirmingham.com
Phone01214264000
AddressJohn Cadbury House, 190 Corporation Street, Birmingham, B4 6QD

Finances

£14,580,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£11,687,000£11,514,000
2022£12,707,000£13,027,000
2023£11,781,000£12,411,000
2024£15,770,000£13,594,000
2025£14,580,000£14,870,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesReligious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

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

Charitable objects

TO PERFORM WORK AND TO TRANSACT BUSINESS IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND THE DIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20TH AUGUST 1947 AS AMENDED BY A SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 16 NOVEMBER 1996

Trustees (24)

24trustees
61median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Birmingham Diocesan Board of Finance (the) · 00440966 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 20/08/1947

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (20)

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