Registered charity · Liverpool
The Liverpool Diocesan Board of Finance
The Liverpool Diocesan Board of Finance is a registered charity (number 249740) based in Liverpool, governed by 14 trustees. Latest income £16m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 14 trustees
- Income £16m (2024)
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Who leads it
- Angela Michele MatthewsonTrustee · since 2016
- Canon Margaret Anne SwinsonTrustee · since 2022
- Carol WilsonTrustee · since 2025
- Ian CroweTrustee · since 2025
- Philip John StottTrustee · since 2016
- Rev Canon Peter William DawkinTrustee · since 2019
- Rev Emma Louise WilliamsTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Nicholas JohnsonTrustee · since 2026
- Richard Christopher Somer DennoTrustee · since 2022
- Rt Rev Simon Joseph RobinsonTrustee · since 2026
- Stephen Philip DerringerTrustee · since 2022
- The Venerable Dr Miranda Threlfall-HolmesTrustee · since 2022
- Venerable Peter Hendry SpiersTrustee · since 2015
- Venerable Simon John Plumley FisherTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Wigan, Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton and more
- Website
- www.liverpool.anglican.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Liverpool Diocesan Board of Finance
- Registered
- 1966
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£16m£15m
- 2023£14m£14m
- 2022£15m£15m
Earlier years
- 2021£15m£15m
- 2020£15m£14m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE RELIGION AND TO ACT AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DIOCESE.
Grants received
7 grants · £2,942,469 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
- Department for Education · £2,855,569 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £70,900
- John Moores Foundation · £10,000
- Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside · £5,000
- Cheshire Community Foundation · £1,000
Most recent
- Department for Education
- Department for Education
- Department for Education
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Angela Michele Matthewson since 2016
- Canon Margaret Anne Swinson since 2022
- Carol Wilson since 2025
- Ian Crowe since 2025
- Philip John Stott since 2016
- Rev Canon Peter William Dawkin since 2019
- Rev Emma Louise Williams since 2022
- Rev Nicholas Johnson since 2026
- Richard Christopher Somer Denno since 2022
- Rt Rev Simon Joseph Robinson since 2026
- Stephen Philip Derringer since 2022
- The Venerable Dr Miranda Threlfall-Holmes since 2022
- Venerable Peter Hendry Spiers since 2015
- Venerable Simon John Plumley Fisher since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Angela Michele Matthewson since 2016
- Philip John Stott since 2016
- Rev Canon Peter William Dawkin since 2019
- Venerable Peter Hendry Spiers since 2015
- Venerable Simon John Plumley Fisher since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Canon Margaret Anne Swinson since 2022
- Ian Crowe since 2025
- Philip John Stott since 2016
- Rev Canon Peter William Dawkin since 2019
- Rev Nicholas Johnson since 2026
- Rt Rev Simon Joseph Robinson since 2026
- Stephen Philip Derringer since 2022
- Venerable Simon John Plumley Fisher since 2019
Portfolio (6)
- Angela Michele Matthewson since 2016
- Carol Wilson since 2025
- Rev Emma Louise Williams since 2022
- Richard Christopher Somer Denno since 2022
- The Venerable Dr Miranda Threlfall-Holmes since 2022
- Venerable Peter Hendry Spiers since 2015
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
2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 7.7 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 249740
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10TH MAY 1883 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 06 NOVEMBER 2003
- Companies House
- Company number 00018301 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01517099722 · communications@liverpool.anglican.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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