Registered charity · Lancashire
Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance
- 22 trustees
- Income £15m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Andrea PollockTrustee · since 2025
- Archdeacon Karen Belinda BestTrustee · since 2017
- Canon John WalshTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Louise Ruth SmailTrustee · since 2025
- Jeffrey Norman DunkerleyTrustee · since 2022
- Jessica LeafTrustee · since 2025
- Keith LewisTrustee · since 2017
- Philip BillsonTrustee · since 2025
- Philip GeldardTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Amy Elizabeth SheridanTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Andrew Ian SalmonTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Grace Ruth Elizabeth ThomasTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Kathreen ShahbazTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Paul HutchinsTrustee · since 2025
- Richard Molyneux LewisTrustee · since 2025
- RT REV David Stuart WalkerTrustee · since 2013
- Solomon JohnTrustee · since 2025
- The Right Reverend Mark DaviesTrustee · since 2017
- The Rt Revd Dr Mathew James PorterTrustee · since 2023
- The Venerable Simon David James CookTrustee · since 2026
- The Very Reverend Rogers Morgan GovenderTrustee · since 2017
- Venerable Karen Louise SmeetonTrustee · since 2024
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
- Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham and more
- Website
- www.manchester.anglican.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance
- Registered
- 1966
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£15m£18m
- 2023£15m£16m
- 2022£19m£15m
Earlier years
- 2021£18m£16m
- 2020£16m£15m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE AID AND FURTHER, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER THE SPIRITUAL TEACHING OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
Grants received
4 grants · £256,200 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £227,500
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £16,200
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
- Forever Manchester · £2,500
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
22 trustees on the board
- Andrea Pollock since 2025
- Archdeacon Karen Belinda Best since 2017
- Canon John Walsh since 2024
- Dr Louise Ruth Smail since 2025
- Jeffrey Norman Dunkerley since 2022
- Jessica Leaf since 2025
- Keith Lewis since 2017
- Philip Geldard since 2022
- Philip Billson since 2025
- RT REV David Stuart Walker since 2013
- Rev Amy Elizabeth Sheridan since 2025
- Rev Andrew Ian Salmon since 2022
- Rev Grace Ruth Elizabeth Thomas since 2022
- Rev Kathreen Shahbaz since 2025
- Rev Paul Hutchins since 2025
- Richard Molyneux Lewis since 2025
- Solomon John since 2025
- The Very Reverend Rogers Morgan Govender since 2017
- The Right Reverend Mark Davies since 2017
- The Rt Revd Dr Mathew James Porter since 2023
- The Venerable Simon David James Cook since 2026
- Venerable Karen Louise Smeeton since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Archdeacon Karen Belinda Best since 2017
- Keith Lewis since 2017
- RT REV David Stuart Walker since 2013
- The Very Reverend Rogers Morgan Govender since 2017
- The Right Reverend Mark Davies since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Andrea Pollock since 2025
- Jessica Leaf since 2025
- Philip Geldard since 2022
- Philip Billson since 2025
- Rev Amy Elizabeth Sheridan since 2025
- Rev Kathreen Shahbaz since 2025
- Solomon John since 2025
- The Very Reverend Rogers Morgan Govender since 2017
- The Rt Revd Dr Mathew James Porter since 2023
- The Venerable Simon David James Cook since 2026
Portfolio (12)
- Archdeacon Karen Belinda Best since 2017
- Canon John Walsh since 2024
- Dr Louise Ruth Smail since 2025
- Jeffrey Norman Dunkerley since 2022
- Keith Lewis since 2017
- RT REV David Stuart Walker since 2013
- Rev Andrew Ian Salmon since 2022
- Rev Grace Ruth Elizabeth Thomas since 2022
- Rev Paul Hutchins since 2025
- Richard Molyneux Lewis since 2025
- The Right Reverend Mark Davies since 2017
- Venerable Karen Louise Smeeton since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
12.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.9 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 249424
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- M&A INCORPORATED 26 MAR 1918, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 8 MAY 1958, CERT OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME 20 JUN 1958, SPECIAL RESOLUTION 26 OCT 2006 AND RESOLUTION UNDER S75 CA 1993 5 JUL 2010. as amended on 30 Sep 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 00149999 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01618281461 · finance@manchester.anglican.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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