The Liverpool Diocesan Board of Finance
Registered charity 249740 Registered since 1966
Operates: Wigan, Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Cheshire East, Lancashire, Warrington, Cheshire West & Chester, Halton
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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
4.8y median 4y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure
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
10y
average years in governance
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
11
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 14Religious Activities 14Environment/conservation/heritage 13The 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 14Education 7Health and social care 4
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.
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.
2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 7.7 in 2020
83 from 55 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
- Liverpool Diocesan Pensions Fund 2 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- The Archbishops' Council 1 shared trustee
- ST. Helens General Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Liverpool St Anne Stanley and St Paul Stoneycroft 1 shared trustee
- Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST.Mark's Haydock 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Clubmoor 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.liverpool.anglican.org |
| communications@liverpool.anglican.org | |
| Phone | 01517099722 |
| Address | St James' House, 20 St James Road, Liverpool, L1 7BY |
Finances
£15,757,726 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £15,123,269 | £13,622,485 |
| 2021 | £15,003,528 | £14,574,072 |
| 2022 | £15,393,895 | £14,726,025 |
| 2023 | £14,276,193 | £14,301,235 |
| 2024 | £15,757,726 | £14,865,458 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingReligious ActivitiesEnvironment/conservation/heritageWho
Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyCharitable objects
TO ADVANCE RELIGION AND TO ACT AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DIOCESE.
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10TH MAY 1883 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 06 NOVEMBER 2003
Trustees (14)
14trustees
64median age
3aged 70+
- Angela Michele Matthewsonage band 60-64 since 2016
- Canon Margaret Anne Swinsonage band 65-69 since 2022
- Carol Wilsonage band 55-59 since 2025
- Ian Croweage band 70-74 since 2025
- Philip John Stottage band 80-84 since 2016
- Rev Canon Peter William Dawkinage band 65-69 since 2019
- Rev Emma Louise Williamsage band 50-54 since 2022
- Rev Nicholas Johnson since 2026
- Richard Christopher Somer Dennoage band 60-64 since 2022
- Rt Rev Simon Joseph Robinsonage band 55-59 since 2026
- Stephen Philip Derringerage band 70-74 since 2022
- The Venerable Dr Miranda Threlfall-Holmes since 2022
- Venerable Peter Hendry Spiersage band 60-64 since 2015
- Venerable Simon John Plumley Fisher since 2019
Linked company (Companies House)
Liverpool Diocesan Board of Finance(the) · 00018301 · Active
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 10/05/1883
2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.
Connected charities (9)
- Liverpool Diocesan Pensions Fund 2 shared trustees
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Liverpool St Anne Stanley and St Paul Stoneycroft 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Wigan West 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Clubmoor 1 shared trustee
- Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ OUR Hope Liverpool 1 shared trustee
- The Archbishops' Council 1 shared trustee
- ST. Helens General Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST.Mark's Haydock 1 shared trustee
- Church Commissioners for England 1 shared trustee
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