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Registered charity · West Yorkshire

The Bishop's Development Fund

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £104k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Barnsley, Doncaster, Calderdale, Kirklees and more
Registered
1988

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£104k£85k
  • 2024£32k£75k
  • 2023£34k£73k
Earlier years
  • 2022£63k£64k
  • 2021£32k£52k
Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREAS OF THE SAID DIOCESE OF WAKEFIELD WHICH ARE IN NEED OF SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE BY REASON OF SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CHANGES WITH A VIEW TO REINFORCING THE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THOSE AREAS. (B) TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH URBAN FUND.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

5.2y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (4)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 5Education/training 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Other Charitable Purposes 1The 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.

Education 4Arts and leisure 1Health 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£104k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
700588
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 12 AUGUST 1988 AS AMENDED 31 OCTOBER 1995 BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED
Contact on the register
01924250781
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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