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Registered charity · London

The Southwark Diocesan Board of Education (Incorporated)

The Southwark Diocesan Board of Education (Incorporated) is a registered charity (number 313001) based in London, governed by 19 trustees. Latest income £8.4m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Sdbe, Southwark Diocesan Board of Education (Charity Commission)

2 Objects(a) The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit and specifically restricted to:2.1.1 promoting or assisting in the promotion of education in the Diocese that is consistent with the faith and practice of the Church of England;2.1.2...

  • 19 trustees
  • Income £8.4m (2024)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout London
Website
education.southwark.anglican.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Southwark Diocesan Board of Education Incorporated
Registered
1967

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£8.4m£9.8m
  • 2023£8.1m£8.1m
  • 2022£8.9m£4.8m
Earlier years
  • 2021£9.2m£11m
  • 2020£17m£6.4m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 61%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

2 Objects(a) The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit and specifically restricted to:2.1.1 promoting or assisting in the promotion of education in the Diocese that is consistent with the faith and practice of the Church of England;2.1.2 promoting or assisting in the promotion of religious education and religious worship in schools in the Diocese; 2.1.3 promoting or assisting in the promotion of church schools in the Diocese; 2.1.4 promoting co-operation between itself and other persons concerned with education in the Diocese.

Grants received

4 grants · £6,716,433 total

360Giving 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 · £6,609,433 (2 grants)
  • London Marathon Foundation · £94,000
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £13,000

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £13,0002020-07-23
  • Department for Education £5,919,9062020-04-01
  • Department for Education £689,5272020-04-01
  • London Marathon Foundation £94,0002019-07-24
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.

2.6y median 1y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.6y
average years in governance
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 19General Charitable Purposes 3Religious Activities 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 13Other services 3Health and social care 1

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£8.4m 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.

3.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 6.7 in 2020

16 from 15 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
313001
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/11/1905AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/04/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/07/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/03/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/07/2014 as amended on 05 Dec 2022 as amended on 05 Dec 2022
Companies House
Company number 00086641 · Active
Contact on the register
02072349200 · SDBEFinance@southwark.anglican.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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