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The Chelmsford Diocesan Board of Finance

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Previous officers 125

  1. David Chesney 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Very Revd Paul Kennington 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Jill Elizabeth Readings 2023-2025 Director View profile
  4. Michelle Agnes Kaa Tackie Obende 2021-2024 Director View profile
  5. Revd Katherine Elizabeth De Bourcier 2021-2024 Director View profile
  6. Richards, Jane, Revd Canon 2021-2023 Director View profile
  7. Smith, Adrian James, Revd Canon 2021-2024 Director View profile
  8. Lesley Victoria Judd 2021-2024 Director View profile
  9. Winterbotham, Harold John, Canob 2021-2024 Director View profile
  10. Norrington, Paul Richard, the Revd Canon 2019-2021 Director View profile
  11. Brian Smith 2018-2024 Director View profile
  12. Revd John Edward Fry 2018-2024 Director View profile
  13. Bennett, Lynne, Canon 2018-2021 Director View profile
  14. Marsh, Henry Arthur, Canon 2018-2021 Director View profile
  15. Herrick, Vanessa Anne, the Ven 2017-2023 Director View profile
  16. Gillespie, Dean, Canon 2017-2021 Director View profile
  17. Lodge, Michael John, the Ven 2017-2021 Director View profile
  18. Segal, Marie, the Revd Canon 2016-2018 Director View profile
  19. Isabel Adcock 2016-2024 Director View profile
  20. Snowden, Elizabeth, the Venerable 2016-2022 Director View profile
  21. Ennals, Roger James, Canon 2016-2024 Director View profile
  22. John Harold Winterbotham 2016-2018 Director View profile
  23. Revd Penelope Jane Sayer 2016-2016 Director View profile
  24. Thorburn, Guy Douglas Anderson, the Revd Canon 2016-2017 Director View profile
  25. Leonard, Jillian Sarah, Canon 2016-2021 Director View profile
  26. Revd David Philip Ritchie 2016-2019 Director View profile
  27. Richard Ford Freeman 2015-2021 Director View profile
  28. Frank Hawkins 2015-2023 Director View profile
  29. Rt Revd Peter Hill 2014-2021 Director View profile
  30. Very Revd Nicholas James Henshall 2014-2023 Director View profile
  31. Percy William Cecil Lomax 2013-2021 Director View profile
  32. Smallman, Wilhelmina Tokcumboh, the Ven 2013-2016 Director View profile
  33. King, Robin Lucas Colin, the Venerable 2013-2014 Director View profile
  34. Rt Rev Dr John Perumbalath 2013-2023 Director View profile
  35. Martin Paul Mitchell 2013-2017 Director View profile
  36. Williams, Louise Margaret, Rev'D 2013-2021 Director View profile
  37. Christine Gladys Horton 2013-2021 Director View profile
  38. Easter, Ann Rosemarie, Rev'D Canon 2012-2015 Director View profile
  39. Revd Ian Anthony Hilton 2012-2015 Director View profile
  40. Ronald Victor James Mclernon 2012-2021 Director View profile
  41. Mary Elizabeth Moore 2012-2021 Director View profile
  42. Rt Revd John Michael Wraw 2012-2017 Director View profile
  43. Rt Revd Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell 2010-2020 Director View profile
  44. Peter Warren Morriss 2010-2018 Director View profile
  45. Guy Donald Negus 2009-2012 Director View profile
  46. John Michael Brown 2009-2018 Director View profile
  47. Reverend Andrew Colebrooke 2009-2012 Director View profile
  48. Roger Iain Shilling 2009-2018 Director View profile
  49. Reverend Dr Christopher David Goldsmith 2009-2013 Director View profile
  50. Robert James O'Neill 2009-2015 Director View profile
  51. Revd Jennifer Clare Tomlinson 2008-2009 Director View profile
  52. Webster, Martin Duncan, Venerable 2008-2017 Director View profile
  53. Revd Patricia Christine Margaret Prestney 2008-2009 Director View profile
  54. Revd Brenda Claire Wallace 2007-2009 Director View profile
  55. Spence, John Andrew, Cllr 2007-2013 Director View profile
  56. Cockett, Elwin Wesley, the Venerable 2007-2024 Director View profile
  57. Crawford, Ivy Elizabeth, Revd Canon 2007-2008 Director View profile
  58. David Michael Costelloe 2006-2010 Director View profile
  59. Very Revd Philip Alan Need 2006-2009 Director View profile
  60. Derek Graham Smith 2006-2015 Director View profile
  61. Revd Mary Elizabeth West 2006-2007 Director View profile
  62. Right Revd David John Leader Hawkins 2005-2014 Director View profile
  63. Reverend Peter Timothy Charles Masheder 2005-2006 Director View profile
  64. Potter, Timothy John, Revd Canon 2005-2008 Director View profile
  65. Very Reverend Peter Somerset Margesson Judd 2005-2013 Director View profile
  66. Mark Richard Morris Cole 2005-2014 Director View profile
  67. Right Reverend Laurence Alexander Green 2005-2011 Director View profile
  68. Laura Felicity Garnham 2005-2006 Director View profile
  69. Mckenzie, Oswald Justin, Canon 2005-2015 Director View profile
  70. Lesley Grace Barlow 2005-2012 Director View profile
  71. Marion Emma Joslin 2005-2012 Director View profile
  72. Right Revd Christopher Heudebourck Morgan 2005-2013 Director View profile
  73. Richard Gareth Llewelyn Morgan 2005-2006 Director View profile
  74. Revd Anthony David Cant 2005-2010 Director View profile
  75. Dr Susan Anne Jennifer Atkin 2005-2015 Director View profile
  76. Reverend Esther Elaine Mccafferty 2005-2006 Director View profile
  77. Cooper, Annette Joy, the Venerable 2004-2019 Director View profile
  78. Donald Frederick Cardy 2004-2015 Director View profile
  79. Gordon Robert William Simmonds 2004-2012 Director View profile
  80. Rt Revd John Warren Gladwin 2003-2009 Director View profile
  81. Reverend Susan Jacqueline Brewster 2003-2005 Director View profile
  82. Robert William Berry 2002-2007 Director View profile
  83. Lowman, David Walter, the Venerable 2001-2016 Director View profile
  84. Robert William Andrews 2000-2009 Director View profile
  85. William Morys Roberts 1998-2003 Director View profile
  86. Anthony Nicolle 1998-2015 Director View profile
  87. Green, Duncan Jamie, Revd Canon 1998-2009 Director View profile
  88. John Charles Hayes 1997-2005 Director View profile
  89. Sibson, Edward John, Reverend Canon 1997-2006 Director View profile
  90. William Walker 1997-2000 Director View profile
  91. Reverend Rosemary Walters 1997-2000 Director View profile
  92. Philip Edward Hawkes 1997-2002 Director View profile
  93. Wallace, Martin William, the Venerable 1997-2003 Director View profile
  94. Reverend William Daniel Weir 1996-1997 Director View profile
  95. Right Reverend John Freeman Perry 1996-2003 Director View profile
  96. Taylor, Peter Flint, the Venerable 1996-2009 Director View profile
  97. Reverend Alan David Carter Evans 1995-1997 Director View profile
  98. Bryan Andrew Carew 1995-1997 Director View profile
  99. FOX, Michael John, the Venerable 1993-2007 Director View profile
  100. Jennings, David Willfred Michael, the Venerable 1992-2001 Director View profile
  101. Rose Tonkin 1992-1993 Director View profile
  102. Robert David Collischon 1991-1997 Director View profile
  103. Roger Alan Dines 1991-2001 Director View profile
  104. Handscombe, Richard John, Canon 1993 Director View profile
  105. Williams, John, Canon 1993 Director View profile
  106. Simon Law 1992 Director View profile
  107. Kenneth Charles Frank Foster 1991 Director View profile
  108. Norman Reeves 1996 Director View profile
  109. Reverend Kenneth Belben 1994 Director View profile
  110. Gerald Crowley 1997 Director View profile
  111. Bailey, Jonathan Sansbury, the Venerable 1992 Director View profile
  112. Stevens, Timothy, Venerable 1995 Director View profile
  113. William David Reid Swanney 1991 Director View profile
  114. David Geoffrey Llewelyn Morgan 2005 Director View profile
  115. James Scott-Miller 1997 Director View profile
  116. Stroud, Ernest Charles Frederick, the Venerable 1997 Director View profile
  117. Atkins, David John, Reverend Canon 2005 Director View profile
  118. Derek Roland Pelly 1996 Director View profile
  119. Right Reverend John Waine 1997 Director View profile
  120. Rev Simon Paul Springett 1991 Director View profile
  121. Margaret Constance Essery 2011-2022 Secretary View profile
  122. Steven Graham Webb 2006-2010 Secretary View profile
  123. Lalini Hiranthi Fernando 2004-2006 Secretary View profile
  124. David Phillips 1995-2004 Secretary View profile
  125. John Christopher Reddington 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of religious organizations
Incorporated
16/07/1914
Registered office
Essex
Also a registered charity
The Chelmsford Diocesan Board of Finance

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Chelmsford Diocesan Board of Finance 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.

Grants received

10 grants · £7,035,326 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 · £6,879,826 (7 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £109,000
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £26,500
  • Greater London Authority · £20,000

Most recent

  • Department for Education £1,628,2082024-04-01
  • Department for Education £17,9902024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £26,5002024-04-01
  • Greater London Authority £20,0002024-03-21
  • Department for Education £176,1252023-04-01
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.

29 directors on the board

3.9y median 2.7y
average tenure
21.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (20)

Portfolio (9)

1
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 6Professional services 3Tech and media 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Construction 1Health and social care 1Hospitality 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
00137029
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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