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The Cleaver Ordination Candidates Fund
The Cleaver Ordination Candidates Fund is a registered charity (number 313473) based in London, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by The Revd DR Peter Benedict Anthony. Latest income £67k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Cleaver Fund (Charity Commission)
- 11 trustees
- Income £67k (2025)
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Who leads it
- The Revd DR Peter Benedict AnthonyChair
- Claire ChildsTrustee · since 2013
- Dr Ann Mary ChippindaleTrustee · since 2017
- Dr Lucy Mary Frances RazzallTrustee · since 2015
- Michael Vaughan Cooper OBETrustee · since 2015
- Rev Nicholas Johnathan DebneyTrustee · since 2020
- Rev Roderick Neil Stephen LeeceTrustee
- Rev Toby BoutleTrustee · since 2023
- The Revd John LivesleyTrustee · since 2012
- The Reverend Christopher JohnsonTrustee · since 2020
- Tyler Wellington HillTrustee · since 2024
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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.cleaver.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1967
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£67k£80k
- 2024£67k£72k
- 2023£66k£97k
Earlier years
- 2022£66k£97k
- 2021£63k£51k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. TO PROVIDE MEANS FOR ASSISTING PERSONS WHO SHALL BE DESIROUS OF TAKING HOLY ORDERS IN ANY CHURCH COMPRISED IN THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION AND SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES AS SUITABLE PERSONS HAVING REGARD TO THEIR CHARACTER AND EDUCATION TO RECEIVE SUCH ASSISTANCE TO ENTER UPON OF FOLLOW OR COMPLETE A COURSE OF THEOLOGICAL STUDY AT A THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES OR IN SUCH OTHER PLACE OR UNDER SUCH DIRECTION AS THE TRUSTEES MAY UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF EACH CASE THINK PROPER WHICH BY REASON OF POVERTY THEY WOULD OTHERWISE BO UNABLE TO ENTER UPON, FOLLOW OR COMPLETE. 2. IF AFTER MAKING SUITABLE PROVISION FOR CANDIDATES QUALIFIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE SAID WILL, THE TRUSTEES HAVE INCOME AVAILABLE, THEY MAY EXTEND THE BENEFITS OF THE FOUNDATION TO CANDIDATES, OTHERWISE QUALIFIED AS REQUIRED BY THE SAID WILL, A) WHO HAVE BEEN ORDAINED, WHETHER AS DEACONS OR AS PRIEST, TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE THEIR STUDIES IN THEOLOGY OR RELATED SUBJECTS IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY APPROVE, AND B) WHO ARE MEMBERS OF ANY CHURCH COMPRISES IN THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION.
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.
11 trustees on the board
- The Revd DR Peter Benedict Anthony Chair
- Claire Childs since 2013
- Dr Ann Mary Chippindale since 2017
- Dr Lucy Mary Frances Razzall since 2015
- Michael Vaughan Cooper OBE since 2015
- Rev Nicholas Johnathan Debney since 2020
- Rev Roderick Neil Stephen Leece
- Rev Toby Boutle since 2023
- The Revd John Livesley since 2012
- The Reverend Christopher Johnson since 2020
- Tyler Wellington Hill since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Claire Childs since 2013
- Dr Ann Mary Chippindale since 2017
- Dr Lucy Mary Frances Razzall since 2015
- Michael Vaughan Cooper OBE since 2015
- Rev Nicholas Johnathan Debney since 2020
- The Revd John Livesley since 2012
- The Reverend Christopher Johnson since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- The Revd DR Peter Benedict Anthony Chair
- Claire Childs since 2013
- Dr Ann Mary Chippindale since 2017
- Dr Lucy Mary Frances Razzall since 2015
- Rev Toby Boutle since 2023
- The Revd John Livesley since 2012
- Tyler Wellington Hill since 2024
Portfolio (4)
- Michael Vaughan Cooper OBE since 2015
- Rev Nicholas Johnathan Debney since 2020
- Rev Roderick Neil Stephen Leece
- The Reverend Christopher Johnson since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 313473
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- WILL, PROVED 26TH JUNE 1916 AS VARIES BY SCHEMES DATED 8TH OCTOBER 1963 AND 13TH SEPTEMBER 1966
- Contact on the register
- 01328 821316 · clerk@cleaver.org.uk
- 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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