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The Hereford Diocesan Board of Finance

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Previous officers 71

  1. Reverend Gregory Peter Smith 2021-2025 Director View profile
  2. Matthew Ronald Vickery Hall 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. Gibson, Fiona Ruth, the Venerable 2021-2026 Director View profile
  4. Davies, Jane Ann, the Revd Preb 2020-2022 Director View profile
  5. Sarah Jane Smith 2020-2022 Director View profile
  6. Stephanie Ruth Gittins 2020-2022 Director View profile
  7. Joanna Carol Beavan 2019-2024 Director View profile
  8. Stephen Robert Borthwick 2019-2020 Director View profile
  9. Morgan, Andrew Paul, Rev'D 2019-2021 Director View profile
  10. Very Revd Michael Edward Tavinor 2019-2021 Director View profile
  11. Kay Askew 2019-2020 Director View profile
  12. Mark Jonathan Cracknell Simmons 2019-2020 Director View profile
  13. Wilcocks, Philip Lawrence, Rear Admiral 2019-2023 Director View profile
  14. Cawdell, Simon Howard, Revd Preb 2019-2021 Director View profile
  15. Lady Susan Elaine Darnley 2019-2020 Director View profile
  16. Patrick James Auchinleck Darling 2019-2021 Director View profile
  17. Reverend Ruth Carole Hulse 2019-2020 Director View profile
  18. Janet Sarah Woodroffe 2016-2018 Director View profile
  19. Andrew James Mence 2016-2018 Director View profile
  20. Charles William Hunter 2016-2018 Director View profile
  21. Revd Linda Nancy Cronin 2016-2018 Director View profile
  22. Nat Hone 2015-2022 Director View profile
  23. Frith, Richard Michael Cokayne, Bishop 2014-2020 Director View profile
  24. Christopher Hugh Edwards Smith 2014-2023 Director View profile
  25. Rosemary Lording 2013-2018 Director View profile
  26. Rt Rev Alistair James Magowan 2013-2020 Director View profile
  27. Darnley, Adam Ivo Stuart Bligh, the Earl of 2013-2015 Director View profile
  28. Revd Robert Neville Leach 2012-2015 Director View profile
  29. George Patrick Benson 2011-2018 Director View profile
  30. John Cox 2010-2015 Director View profile
  31. Rev Neil Weston 2010-2012 Director View profile
  32. Nicholas Joseph Sykes Walker 2010-2015 Director View profile
  33. Susan Lewis 2010-2018 Director View profile
  34. Peter John Andrew 2007-2010 Director View profile
  35. Rev Simon Howard Cawdell 2007-2010 Director View profile
  36. Colmer, Malcolm John, the Ven 2005-2010 Director View profile
  37. Priddis, Anthony Martin, Bishop 2004-2013 Director View profile
  38. Tiller, John, the Venerable 2002-2004 Director View profile
  39. John Caiger 2001-2004 Director View profile
  40. Max Johnson 2001-2012 Director View profile
  41. Reverend Howard John Mayell 1999-2007 Director View profile
  42. William Bryan Hiscocks 1998-2000 Director View profile
  43. Rev Constance Jane Lady Rogers 1998-2024 Director View profile
  44. Reverend Stephen Howard Carter 1998-1999 Director View profile
  45. Right Reverend Michael Wrenford Hooper 1997-2009 Director View profile
  46. John Karel Norbury 1997-2007 Director View profile
  47. Keith Victor Bladon 1995-2000 Director View profile
  48. Revd Stephen Blayney Thomas 1995-2001 Director View profile
  49. Paul Anthony Eward 1995-2010 Director View profile
  50. Right Revd Dr John Charles Saxbee 1992-2001 Director View profile
  51. Eileen Patricia Sibcy 1992-1996 Director View profile
  52. Rev George Usher 1992-1995 Director View profile
  53. Moss, Leonard Godfrey, Canon 1991-1997 Director View profile
  54. Dennis Cyril Turner 1991-2014 Director View profile
  55. Colby, Robert James, Reverend Prebendary 1983-1995 Director View profile
  56. Reverend Richard Vaughan Heading 1992 Director View profile
  57. Robert William Roseveare 1995 Director View profile
  58. Right Reverend John Keith Oliver 2003 Director View profile
  59. William Gordon Stevens 1992 Director View profile
  60. Elgar, Geoffrey John Ralph, Commander 1992 Director View profile
  61. Horsfield, Robert Alan, Revd Prebendary 1998 Director View profile
  62. Woodhouse, Andrew Henry, Venerable 1991 Director View profile
  63. Right Reverend John Hubert Richard Lewis 1992 Director View profile
  64. Andrew Ewart Harvey James 2002 Director View profile
  65. Brian Montague Beves 1995 Director View profile
  66. Richard Charles Holford Mercer 2004 Director View profile
  67. Christopher Whitmey 2018 Director View profile
  68. John Edmund Clark 2004-2016 Secretary View profile
  69. Gordon Bryan Powell 2004-2004 Secretary View profile
  70. Sylvia Green 1991-2003 Secretary View profile
  71. John Clifford Wilding 1991 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of religious organizations
Incorporated
27/07/1916
Registered office
Hereford
Also a registered charity
The Hereford Diocesan Board of Finance

Grants received

14 grants · £4,433,653 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 · £3,814,039 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £526,984 (6 grants)
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £38,630
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £36,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £18,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Education £1,301,0452024-04-01
  • Department for Education £837,1112023-04-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £8,0002022-09-16
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £38,6302022-04-01
  • Department for Education £837,5822022-04-01
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.

16 directors on the board

3.5y median 2.1y
average tenure
7.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (10)

Portfolio (6)

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 5Business services 2Property 2Arts and leisure 1Finance 1Other services 1Professional services 1Retail and trade 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
00144467
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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