Registered charity · Warrington
Chester Diocesan Board of Education
- 14 trustees
- Income £2.4m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Catherine SpeedTrustee · since 2023
- Claire CorleyTrustee · since 2023
- David CumberlandTrustee · since 2017
- David HermittTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Christopher GordonTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Darren Paul WalterTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Elaine HemmingsTrustee · since 2025
- Ian Gould-JonesTrustee · since 2025
- Janine ArnottTrustee · since 2023
- Margaret Eileen CruxtonTrustee · since 2019
- Paul GibbonsTrustee · since 2023
- Piers BostockTrustee · since 2025
- Sharon HudsonTrustee · since 2019
- Ven Dr Michael GilbertsonTrustee · 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
- Where
- Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wirral and more
- Website
- chesterdbe.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Chester Diocesan Board of Education
- Registered
- 1967
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£2.4m£2.7m
- 2023£2.6m£1.9m
- 2022£2.5m£2.4m
Earlier years
- 2021£2.3m£2.3m
- 2020£1.1m£456k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 75%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED TO ACT AS THE EDUCATION AUTHORITY FOR THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DIOCESE, AND TO EXERCISE AND PERFORM WITHIN THE DIOCESE THE RIGHTS POWERS DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS BY THE MEASURE, AND ANY AMENDMENTS AND RE-ENACTMENTS, GIVEN TO AND IMPOSED ON IT BY THAT MEASURE.
Grants received
3 grants · £2,402,690 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 · £2,402,690 (3 grants)
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
- Catherine Speed since 2023
- Claire Corley since 2023
- David Cumberland since 2017
- David Hermitt since 2023
- Dr Christopher Gordon since 2019
- Dr Darren Paul Walter since 2019
- Dr Elaine Hemmings since 2025
- Ian Gould-Jones since 2025
- Janine Arnott since 2023
- Margaret Eileen Cruxton since 2019
- Paul Gibbons since 2023
- Piers Bostock since 2025
- Sharon Hudson since 2019
- Ven Dr Michael Gilbertson since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- David Cumberland since 2017
- Dr Christopher Gordon since 2019
- Dr Darren Paul Walter since 2019
- Margaret Eileen Cruxton since 2019
- Sharon Hudson since 2019
- Ven Dr Michael Gilbertson since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Catherine Speed since 2023
- Claire Corley since 2023
- David Cumberland since 2017
- David Hermitt since 2023
- Dr Darren Paul Walter since 2019
- Dr Elaine Hemmings since 2025
- Ian Gould-Jones since 2025
- Janine Arnott since 2023
- Margaret Eileen Cruxton since 2019
- Paul Gibbons since 2023
- Piers Bostock since 2025
- Sharon Hudson since 2019
- Ven Dr Michael Gilbertson since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Christopher Gordon since 2019
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
8.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 120.0 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 525790
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1943 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 17/10/1995 AND SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 9/5/2017 as amended on 01 Jan 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 00085176 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01928718834 · chris.penn@chester.anglican.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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