The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The London Diocesan Board for Schools

Registered charity 313000 Registered since 1967

Operates: Throughout London, Surrey

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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.

12 trustees on the board

1.8y median 1.5y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
11.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (7)

10
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 12Religious Activities 11General Charitable Purposes 2Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Education 14Other services 3Professional services 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£7.4m 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.

2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.3 in 2021

28 from 47 in 2021
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.ldbs.co.uk
Emailpenny.roberts@london.anglican.org
Phone02038375152
AddressLONDON DIOCESAN BOARD FOR SCHOOLS, LONDON DIOCESAN HOUSE, 36 CAUSTON STREET, LONDON, SW1P 4AU

Finances

£7,359,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£21,009,000£21,378,000
2022£13,165,000£13,261,000
2023£19,560,000£14,951,000
2024£6,436,000£6,627,000
2025£7,359,000£6,419,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious Activities

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

1. TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION IN THE DIOCESE, BEING EDUCATION WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FAITH AND PRACTICE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGALND. 2. TO PROMOTE, OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS WORSSHIP IN SCHOOLS IN THE DIOCESE. 3. TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF CHURCH SCHOOLS IN THE DIOCESE. 4. TO PROMOTE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN ITSELFF AND OTHER PERSONS CONCERNED WITH EDUCATION IN THE DIOCESE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 28TH APRIL 1924 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED 15TH JULY 1974, 10TH MAY 1982, 10TH MAY 1993 AND 13TH DECEMBER 2006. as amended on 07 Dec 2021

Trustees (12)

12trustees
59median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

London Diocesan Board for Schools(the) · 00198131 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 22/05/1924

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (9)

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