The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Hereford Diocesan Board of Finance

Registered charity 249685 Registered since 1966

Operates: Shropshire, Herefordshire

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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.

3.1y median 2.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
4
trustees past 6 years
10.6y
average years in governance
15
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 16Religious Activities 16The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 16

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 17Education 6Arts and leisure 3

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£6.2m 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.

2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 7.5 in 2020

44 from 43 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.

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Contact

Websitewww.hereford.anglican.org
Emaildiooffice@hereford.anglican.org
Phone01432373300
AddressHEREFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE, HEREFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATIO, THE PALACE, PALACE YARD, HEREFORD, HR4 9BL

Finances

£5,986,627 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,603,739£6,736,701
2022£6,115,156£6,867,848
2023£5,898,678£7,196,763
2024£6,235,313£7,432,687
2025£5,986,627£7,699,811

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious ActivitiesArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, AID, AND FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK, OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND (HEREAFTER CALLED "THE CHURCH") IN THE DIOCESE OF HEREFORD (WHATEVER FOR THE TIME BEING SHALL BE THE AREA OF THE DIOCESE CALLED THE DIOCESE OF HEREFORD, OR CALLED BY ANY NAME WHICH SHALL HEREAFTER BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE PRESENT NAME OF THE DIOCESE, AND WHICH AREA IS HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS "THE DIOCESE"), BUT AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD INCLUDING THROUGH: I. SUPPORTING FINANCIALLY OR OTHERWISE TRAINING FOR MINISTRY, CLERICAL AND LAY II. THE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF CLERGY AND OTHER PERSONS CONNECTED WITH MINISTRY OR THE WORK OF THE CHURCH III. THE PROVISION OF PENSIONS FOR MINISTERS, TEACHERS AND WORKERS OF THE CHURCH, AND OF PERSONS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY HELD ANY SUCH POSITION, AND DEPENDENTS OF THEM OR ANY OF THEM AND THE OVERSIGHT OF SUCH DEPENDENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE CLERGY PENSIONS MEASURE 1961

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27TH JULY 1916 AS AMENDED 22ND MAY 1953, 11TH APRIL 1962, 21ST MARCH 1986 AND 23 MAY 1994 AS AMENDED ON 11 OCT 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06 JUN 2019 as amended on 20 Oct 2020

Trustees (16)

16trustees
65median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Hereford Diocesan Board of Finance(the) · 00144467 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 27/07/1916

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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