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Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance

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Previous officers 115

  1. Edwards, Anne Joan, Rev Canon 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Philippa Catherine Bull 2025-2025 Director View profile
  3. Barbara Micklethwaite 2022-2024 Director View profile
  4. Iain Peter Hodcroft 2022-2024 Director View profile
  5. Revd Paul Henry Sumsion 2022-2025 Director View profile
  6. Lightbourne, Hyacinth, Canon 2022-2024 Director View profile
  7. Revd Andrew Peter Wickens 2022-2024 Director View profile
  8. Revd Michael Antony Read 2022-2024 Director View profile
  9. Linda Mycock 2022-2024 Director View profile
  10. Hilton, Catherine Ruth, Canon 2019-2021 Director View profile
  11. Pilling, Jill, Canon 2019-2021 Director View profile
  12. Yvonne Muriel Mackereth 2019-2024 Director View profile
  13. Wall, Marcia Zelia, Revd Canon 2019-2021 Director View profile
  14. Revd Joanna Helen Farnworth 2018-2021 Director View profile
  15. Burgess, Jean Ann, the Venerable Mrs 2018-2023 Director View profile
  16. Battye, Lisa Katherine, the Revd Canon 2018-2018 Director View profile
  17. Jeremy Robinson 2017-2018 Director View profile
  18. Hyacinth Elaine Lightbourne 2017-2021 Director View profile
  19. Barbara Ann Hodgson 2017-2019 Director View profile
  20. Geoffrey Dent 2017-2021 Director View profile
  21. Reverend David Roy Penny 2017-2021 Director View profile
  22. Thompson, Matt, Reverend Canon 2017-2017 Director View profile
  23. Jane Ann Jones 2017-2021 Director View profile
  24. Bracegirdle, Christopher Andrew, the Revd Canon Dr 2017-2018 Director View profile
  25. Reverend Andrea Susan Jones 2017-2017 Director View profile
  26. Taylor, Barbara Christine, Canon 2017-2018 Director View profile
  27. David Roger Benson 2016-2016 Director View profile
  28. Edwards, Anne Joan, Revd Canon 2016-2021 Director View profile
  29. Richard Ambler 2016-2016 Director View profile
  30. Revd Robert Jonathan Carmyllie 2015-2015 Director View profile
  31. Smeeton, Nicholas Guy, the Revd Canon 2015-2016 Director View profile
  32. Salmon, Andrew Ian, the Revd Canon 2013-2015 Director View profile
  33. Richard Michael Young 2013-2016 Director View profile
  34. Anthony John Slack 2013-2014 Director View profile
  35. Revd Peter Benedict Mcevitt 2013-2014 Director View profile
  36. Duncan James Ross 2013-2016 Director View profile
  37. Kenneth Mark Primrose 2013-2015 Director View profile
  38. Richard John Miller 2013-2014 Director View profile
  39. Helen Bolton 2013-2016 Director View profile
  40. David Anthony Cooper 2012-2013 Director View profile
  41. Revd Mark Newby Haworth 2011-2012 Director View profile
  42. James Edward Townsend 2011-2013 Director View profile
  43. Dr Michael Collier 2011-2015 Director View profile
  44. Revd Christopher Andrew Bracegirdle 2011-2014 Director View profile
  45. Revd Alison Patricia Wallbank 2011-2012 Director View profile
  46. James Nigel Ashworth 2010-2015 Director View profile
  47. Rev David John Sharples 2009-2024 Director View profile
  48. Raymond Hessell Hart 2009-2014 Director View profile
  49. Rt Revd Mark David Ashcroft 2009-2023 Director View profile
  50. Thorpe, Martin Roger, Canon 2009-2015 Director View profile
  51. Right Reverend Christopher Paul Edmondson 2008-2016 Director View profile
  52. David Charles Bailey 2008-2018 Director View profile
  53. Vann, Cherry Elizabeth, Venerable 2008-2019 Director View profile
  54. Geraldene Mary Greenhalgh 2007-2009 Director View profile
  55. Davies, Mark, Venerable 2006-2008 Director View profile
  56. Keith David Lloyd 2005-2009 Director View profile
  57. Roy Blake Walters 2004-2006 Director View profile
  58. Applegate, John, the Venerable Doctor 2004-2008 Director View profile
  59. Norman Hugh Bolton 2004-2006 Director View profile
  60. Robert Sydney Thewsey 2003-2008 Director View profile
  61. Martin Roger Thorpe 2002-2006 Director View profile
  62. MC Culloch, Nigel Simeon, the Right Reverand 2002-2013 Director View profile
  63. Karen Flowers 2001-2006 Director View profile
  64. Feist, Nicholas James, Revd. Canon 2001-2010 Director View profile
  65. Walker, Roy-Edward, Cllr 2001-2003 Director View profile
  66. Susan Ann Orrell 2001-2003 Director View profile
  67. Ballard, Andrew Edgar, the Venerable 2000-2009 Director View profile
  68. Malcolm Ivan Walker 1999-2006 Director View profile
  69. Michael Augustine Owen Lewis 1999-2006 Director View profile
  70. Rt Revd David Keith Gillett 1999-2006 Director View profile
  71. Right Reverend Stephen Richard Lowe 1999-2006 Director View profile
  72. Philip Gore 1998-2009 Director View profile
  73. Martyn Robert Griffiths 1997-1998 Director View profile
  74. Frank Alan Palmer 1997-2000 Director View profile
  75. Wolstencroft, Alan, Venerable 1997-2004 Director View profile
  76. Philip Joseph Dines 1997-1998 Director View profile
  77. Sarginson, John, Doctor 1997-2013 Director View profile
  78. Gerard Hardman 1995-2000 Director View profile
  79. Geoffrey Frank Tattersall 1995-2004 Director View profile
  80. Right Reverend Stephen Squires Venner 1994-1999 Director View profile
  81. Right Reverend Christopher John Mayfield 1993-2002 Director View profile
  82. David Geoffrey Wilson 1992-2003 Director View profile
  83. Roger Alan Knott 1992-1999 Director View profile
  84. Harris, Reginald Brian, the Ven 1998 Director View profile
  85. Alan Cooper 2011 Director View profile
  86. George Denman Ashcroft 1994 Director View profile
  87. Brison, William Stanley, Venerable Archdeacon 1992 Director View profile
  88. Right Reverend Donald Alexander Tytler 1992 Director View profile
  89. George Christopher Howsin Spafford 1995 Director View profile
  90. Clifford Diamond 2002 Director View profile
  91. Rt Revd Stanley Eric Francis Booth-Clibborn 1992 Director View profile
  92. Right Reverend David Bonser 1999 Director View profile
  93. John Astley Bland 1993 Director View profile
  94. Reverend Cyril Harry Telford 1991 Director View profile
  95. Lorys Martin Davies 1999 Director View profile
  96. Shackleton, Alan, Reverend Canon 1996 Director View profile
  97. Reverend Simon Frank Brandes 1994 Director View profile
  98. Michael John Croll 1994 Director View profile
  99. Fabian Mark Llewelyn Williams 1992 Director View profile
  100. James Duncan Gilberton 1996 Director View profile
  101. John Philip Dunne 2000 Director View profile
  102. Phillip Steel Blinkhorn 2024 Director View profile
  103. Right Reverend David George Galliford 1991 Director View profile
  104. Reverend Robert Corteen 1996 Director View profile
  105. Right Reverend Colin John Fraser Scott 1998 Director View profile
  106. Dalby, John Mark Meredith, Venerable Dr 2000 Director View profile
  107. David Weldon 2026-2026 Secretary View profile
  108. Helen Jane Platts 2021-2026 Secretary View profile
  109. David Weldon 2018-2021 Secretary View profile
  110. Martin Miller 2011-2018 Secretary View profile
  111. John Robert Beck 2008-2010 Secretary View profile
  112. Nigel Spraggins 2001-2007 Secretary View profile
  113. Dr Raymond Joseph Hughes 2001-2001 Secretary View profile
  114. Jaqueline Ann Park 2001 Secretary View profile
  115. Patrick Rufane Tyrrell 1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
26/03/1918
Also a registered charity
Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance

Group

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

1 other company 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

1 grant · £227,500 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £227,500

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £227,5002014-06-17
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.

22 directors on the board

4.2y median 2.4y
average tenure
12.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (13)

Portfolio (9)

4
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 9Arts and leisure 6Health and social care 3Business services 2Other services 2Professional services 2Property 2Finance 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
00149999
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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