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Chester Diocesan Board of Education

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 30

  1. Ian Robert Gould-Jones 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Jennifer Bridgman 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Rev Jessica Ann Piper 2020-2022 Director View profile
  4. Rev Stephanie Ruth Morris 2019-2022 Director View profile
  5. Paul Bowden 2017-2024 Director View profile
  6. Revd Lyndon Russell Bannon 2017-2024 Director View profile
  7. Ian Roberts 2017-2019 Director View profile
  8. Susan Riley 2017-2019 Director View profile
  9. Craig Hughes 2017-2019 Director View profile
  10. Revd Lynn Boyle 2017-2019 Director View profile
  11. Right Reverend Elizabeth Jane Holden Lane 2016-2019 Director View profile
  12. Renshaw MBE, Elizabeth, Canon 2013-2022 Director View profile
  13. Edward Charles Garnett Owen 2010-2018 Director View profile
  14. Rt Revd Gordon Keith Sinclair 2007-2015 Director View profile
  15. Allister, Donald Spargo, the Venerable 2002-2010 Director View profile
  16. Professor Timothy Jerome Wheeler Dl 2001-2015 Director View profile
  17. Right Reverend David Andrew Urquhart 2001-2006 Director View profile
  18. Walter Done 1998-2012 Director View profile
  19. Rt Rev Dr Peter Robert Forster 1997-2017 Director View profile
  20. Alan John Poulter 1997-2000 Director View profile
  21. Hewetson, Christopher, Venerable 1996-2002 Director View profile
  22. Geoffrey Goodall 1996-1998 Director View profile
  23. Rev Geoffrey Martin Turner 1993-1994 Director View profile
  24. Right Reverend Michael Langrish 1993-2000 Director View profile
  25. Right Reverend Michael Alfred Baughen 1993-1997 Director View profile
  26. Right Reverend Michael Frederick Gear 1993 Director View profile
  27. Biddell, Christopher David, Canon 1993 Director View profile
  28. Right Reverend Ronald Brown 1993 Director View profile
  29. Susan Patricia Noakes 2017-2017 Secretary View profile
  30. Turnbull, Jeffrey, Canon 2017 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
07/07/1905
Also a registered charity
Chester Diocesan Board of Education

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Chester Diocesan Board of Education on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

2 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Employees
0.09
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts.

Five-year trend

Period endingTurnoverNet assets
2025-12-31Not reportedNot reported
2025-12-31Not reportedNot reported

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

13 grants · £10,899,512 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 · £10,899,512 (13 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Education £1,843,5772024-04-01
  • Department for Education £311,8872024-04-01
  • Department for Education £1,4642024-04-01
  • Department for Education £324,5712023-04-01
  • Department for Education £1,924,2802023-04-01
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

13 directors on the board

4.9y median 3.5y
average tenure
9.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

Portfolio (5)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Education 5Other services 3Business services 1Professional services 1Tech and media 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00085176
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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