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Previous officers 195

  1. Sir James Michael Burnell Nugent 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Annie Penelope Jefferies 2025-2026 Director View profile
  3. Dr Kerry Gillmour Gilbert 2024-2026 Director View profile
  4. Reverend Andrew John Atkins 2022-2024 Director View profile
  5. Keith David Rushforth 2022-2024 Director View profile
  6. Reverend Nicholas Johnathan Debney 2020-2021 Director View profile
  7. Rev Jacqueline Margaret Taylor 2019-2022 Director View profile
  8. Philip Richard Mumby 2019-2021 Director View profile
  9. Reverend David Ross Bailey 2019-2021 Director View profile
  10. Reverend Edward Quincey Hobbs 2019-2024 Director View profile
  11. Raymond Shapland 2019-2021 Director View profile
  12. Reverend Samantha Mary Stayte 2019-2026 Director View profile
  13. Dr Michael Charles Wykes 2019-2025 Director View profile
  14. Hannah Louise Dunn 2019-2023 Director View profile
  15. Right Reverend Jacqueline Ann Searle 2018-2025 Director View profile
  16. Rev Simon George Franklin 2018-2021 Director View profile
  17. Williams, Michael Dermot Andrew, the Rev Canon Dr 2018-2025 Director View profile
  18. Very Reverend Jonathan Desmond Francis Greener 2017-2026 Director View profile
  19. Reverend Jeremy Charles Trew 2016-2018 Director View profile
  20. Professor David Michael Winter 2016-2016 Director View profile
  21. Wendy Meredith 2016-2018 Director View profile
  22. Reverend Selina Clare Garner 2016-2016 Director View profile
  23. Marlow, Jonathan James, the Reverand 2016-2018 Director View profile
  24. Right Reverend Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally 2015-2018 Director View profile
  25. Butchers, Mark Andrew, Ven Dr 2015-2020 Director View profile
  26. Reverend Susan Merrilyn Marsh Williams 2014-2015 Director View profile
  27. Right Reverend Robert Ronald Atwell 2014-2023 Director View profile
  28. Doreen Winifred Harrison 2013-2015 Director View profile
  29. Antoinette Anne Joan Foreman 2013-2024 Director View profile
  30. John Graham Aston Lea 2013-2018 Director View profile
  31. Keith O'Dwyer Robinson 2013-2015 Director View profile
  32. Rt Reverend Nicholas Howard Paul Mckinnel 2013-2022 Director View profile
  33. Reverend David Ross Bailey 2013-2015 Director View profile
  34. Reverend Guy Chave-Cox 2013-2018 Director View profile
  35. Reverend Williams Peter Guy Hazlewood 2013-2020 Director View profile
  36. Julian Nigel Payne 2013-2023 Director View profile
  37. Sir John Richard Shelley 2013-2015 Director View profile
  38. Reverend Elizabeth Anne Charlton 2013-2014 Director View profile
  39. Draper, Jonathan Lee, the Very Reverend Doctor 2012-2017 Director View profile
  40. Futcher, Christopher David, the Venerable 2012-2019 Director View profile
  41. Chandler, Ian Nigel, the Venerable 2010-2018 Director View profile
  42. Bruce Henry Beacham 2010-2018 Director View profile
  43. Reverend Gillian Hamer Maude 2010-2012 Director View profile
  44. Stuart Brocklehurst 2010-2012 Director View profile
  45. David Michael Cain 2010-2015 Director View profile
  46. Brian Wakefield 2008-2009 Director View profile
  47. Reverend Guy Chave Cox 2008-2009 Director View profile
  48. Christopher Graham Goldsmith 2007-2009 Director View profile
  49. David John Walker Watson 2007-2010 Director View profile
  50. Rev Vernon Ross 2007-2008 Director View profile
  51. Cameron, Margaret Mary, Prebendary 2007-2009 Director View profile
  52. Sandra Mae Andrews 2007-2018 Director View profile
  53. Revd Stephen Lyn Bessent 2007-2012 Director View profile
  54. Hutchings, James Benjamin Balfour, Rev'D 2007-2009 Director View profile
  55. Dr Fern Katharine Thorven Clarke 2007-2015 Director View profile
  56. Driver, Penelope May, the Venerable 2006-2012 Director View profile
  57. Rt Revd John Frank Ford 2005-2013 Director View profile
  58. Reverend Corynne Elizabeth Cooper 2005-2009 Director View profile
  59. Jill Manley Haines 2005-2009 Director View profile
  60. Very Reverend Jonathan Meyrick 2005-2011 Director View profile
  61. Right Reverend Robert John Scott Evens 2004-2012 Director View profile
  62. Arthur Thomas Lowry 2004-2006 Director View profile
  63. KEY, Penelope Joan, Doctor 2004-2004 Director View profile
  64. Revd Priscilla Audrey White 2004-2005 Director View profile
  65. Rawlings, John Edmund Frank, the Venerable John Rawlings 2004-2014 Director View profile
  66. Shirley Ann Williams 2004-2012 Director View profile
  67. Speller, Nigel Ian Bartlett, Brigadier 2004-2006 Director View profile
  68. Arthur George Hannaford 2004-2009 Director View profile
  69. Margaret Alison Stone 2004-2012 Director View profile
  70. Robin James Prichard 2004-2015 Director View profile
  71. Southgate, Christopher Charles Benedict, Doctor 2004-2006 Director View profile
  72. Rev David Walter Thomas Rudman 2004-2012 Director View profile
  73. Marguerite Dorothy Shapland 2004-2021 Director View profile
  74. Johnson, Trevor William, Eur Ing 2004-2006 Director View profile
  75. Dr William John Rea 2004-2012 Director View profile
  76. Professor Francis Michael Bond 2004-2006 Director View profile
  77. Edson, Michael, Venerable 2004-2006 Director View profile
  78. Hilary Joan Dawson 2004-2005 Director View profile
  79. John Jordan Stark 2004-2009 Director View profile
  80. Colin Greenhill Barnes 2004-2006 Director View profile
  81. John Bruce Wilkie 2004-2006 Director View profile
  82. Luff, Philip Garth, Revd Prebendary 2004-2006 Director View profile
  83. White, Alan, Preb 2004-2006 Director View profile
  84. Gardner, Paul Douglas, the Venerable Doctor 2003-2005 Director View profile
  85. Gunn Johnson, David Allan, the Venerable 2003-2014 Director View profile
  86. Richard Charles Shere 2002-2003 Director View profile
  87. Dr Brian John Smith 2002-2003 Director View profile
  88. Alan Pooley 2002-2003 Director View profile
  89. David Christopher Hebron 2001-2003 Director View profile
  90. Wilds, Anthony Ronald, Venerable 2001-2010 Director View profile
  91. Rev Lawrence Mark Bate 2001-2003 Director View profile
  92. Audrey Roberta Hill 2001-2002 Director View profile
  93. Keith Stewart Rutley 2001-2003 Director View profile
  94. Charles Fredrick Robinson 2001-2006 Director View profile
  95. Michael Edward Tagent 2001-2009 Director View profile
  96. Reverend Michael Anthony John Harding 2001-2003 Director View profile
  97. Reverend Arthur Parsons 2001-2002 Director View profile
  98. Ian Alan Huggett 2001-2003 Director View profile
  99. Gordon John Hayman 2001-2003 Director View profile
  100. Osborne, Christopher Hazell, Rev'D 2001-2003 Director View profile
  101. Nicholas Aydon John Marshall 2000-2000 Director View profile
  102. Michael John Beckett 2000-2003 Director View profile
  103. Right Reverend Michael Langrish 2000-2013 Director View profile
  104. Revd Jeremy Paul Bird 1999-2000 Director View profile
  105. Charles Christopher Hodgson 1999-2013 Director View profile
  106. Thorp, Stephen Linton, Reverand 1999-2003 Director View profile
  107. Brian Black 1999-2003 Director View profile
  108. Reverend Michael John Pearson 1998-2000 Director View profile
  109. Alan James Hockley 1998-2002 Director View profile
  110. Reverend John Charles Carvosso 1998-2000 Director View profile
  111. Reverend Nigel Howard Freathy 1998-2000 Director View profile
  112. Reverend Nicholas Stephen Shutt 1998-2023 Director View profile
  113. Reverend John Graham Stones 1998-2003 Director View profile
  114. Stanley Clifford Stoddard 1998-2003 Director View profile
  115. Peter Robert John Findlay 1998-1999 Director View profile
  116. Michael Northam Steed 1998-2003 Director View profile
  117. Rev Brian Robert Green 1998-2003 Director View profile
  118. Dennis Beresford 1998-2003 Director View profile
  119. Reverend Francis Herbert Coles 1998-2000 Director View profile
  120. Timothy John Bishop 1996-2000 Director View profile
  121. Gilpin, Richard, Venerable 1996-2005 Director View profile
  122. Rt Revd John Henry Garton 1996-2005 Director View profile
  123. Sydney George Lang 1996-2002 Director View profile
  124. Very Reverend Keith Brynmor Jones 1996-2004 Director View profile
  125. James Frederick Milstead 1995-2003 Director View profile
  126. Reverend Russell Charles Chamberlain 1995-2003 Director View profile
  127. Revd Robert Edward Shorter 1995-1998 Director View profile
  128. Clare Born 1995-2003 Director View profile
  129. Robert David Simpson 1995-1997 Director View profile
  130. Robert Joseph Hill 1995-1997 Director View profile
  131. Pidsley, Christopher Thomas, Prebendary 1995-1996 Director View profile
  132. Geoffrey Lawrence Thomas 1995-1999 Director View profile
  133. Elizabeth Victoria Masterman 1994-2000 Director View profile
  134. Patricia Elizabeth Ann Razey 1994-1997 Director View profile
  135. Wilfrid John Sandford 1994-2003 Director View profile
  136. Robert John Soutter 1993-2003 Director View profile
  137. Edward Sweet 1993-2003 Director View profile
  138. Arthur John Hutchinson 1993-2002 Director View profile
  139. Darby, Philllip William, Rev.D 1993-2009 Director View profile
  140. Rev John Fairweather 1993-1997 Director View profile
  141. Revd Anthony Richaed Gibson 1992-1999 Director View profile
  142. Paul Hancock 1992-1995 Director View profile
  143. Reverend Samuel Philpott 1992-2012 Director View profile
  144. Paul Thomas Dymond 1992-1993 Director View profile
  145. Geoffrey Stephen Inglis 1992-1997 Director View profile
  146. Reverend Michael Denis Dyson Jones 1992-1994 Director View profile
  147. Graham Buckland Jones 1992-1997 Director View profile
  148. Reverend John Patrick Benson 1992-1994 Director View profile
  149. Reverend Vivienne Christine Armtrong-Macdonnell 1992-1993 Director View profile
  150. Francis Edward Day 1993 Director View profile
  151. Boyles, Richard James, Colonel 1998 Director View profile
  152. Herbert Reginald Pierce 2000 Director View profile
  153. Reverend John Michael Bendict Smethurst 1991 Director View profile
  154. Bertram Trevor Lloyd 2002 Director View profile
  155. Reverend Paul David Loup Avis 1997 Director View profile
  156. Reverend John Anthony Benton 1991 Director View profile
  157. Carlton, Roger, Revd Preb 1997 Director View profile
  158. Frank Thomas Crowe 1997 Director View profile
  159. Reverend William George Blakey 1998 Director View profile
  160. Right Reverend Peter Everard Coleman 1996 Director View profile
  161. Frank Grinstead 1991 Director View profile
  162. Tremlett, Anthony Frank, the Venerable 2002 Director View profile
  163. Richards, John, Venerable 1994 Director View profile
  164. Gilbert Arthur Tucker 1994 Director View profile
  165. Shirley Coombes 1995 Director View profile
  166. Ellis, Robin Gareth, the Venerable 2000 Director View profile
  167. Michael May 1993 Director View profile
  168. George Cecil Bannerman Kellagher 1997 Director View profile
  169. Robert Brian Mcnally 2000 Director View profile
  170. Michael Alfred Hardiman 1994 Director View profile
  171. Derick Elson 1994 Director View profile
  172. Anthony John Maggs 1993 Director View profile
  173. Rev Richard Montague Stephens Eyre 1995 Director View profile
  174. Graham Gordon Miller 2000 Director View profile
  175. Salmon, George Geoffrey, Surgeon Commander Rn 2003 Director View profile
  176. Arthur Henry Way 1994 Director View profile
  177. Gordon Walter Rice 2003 Director View profile
  178. Christina Frances Lock 2003 Director View profile
  179. Josephine Margaret Trinnick 2000 Director View profile
  180. Right Revd Geoffrey Hewlett Thompson 1999 Director View profile
  181. Right Honourable Michael Knutsford 1991 Director View profile
  182. Thomas Harrow 1998 Director View profile
  183. Reverend David John Prothero 1991 Director View profile
  184. Reverend Nigel Gerrish Mead 1991 Director View profile
  185. Mapson, John Victor, the Reverend Prebendary 2003 Director View profile
  186. Reverend Anthony Keith Frank Macey 2003 Director View profile
  187. Right Reverend Richard Stephen Hawkins 2004 Director View profile
  188. Reverend Richard Michael Reynolds 1991 Director View profile
  189. Richard Christopher Mitchell Bass 1997 Director View profile
  190. Reginald Dynely Parkin 2000 Director View profile
  191. Paul Anthony Dean 2003 Director View profile
  192. Ronald Walter Foster 1991 Director View profile
  193. Christopher Thomas Morley-Smith 1997 Director View profile
  194. Mark Trevor Beedell 1997-2012 Secretary View profile
  195. Revd Robert Roulston Huddleson 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of religious organizations
Incorporated
27/11/1922
Registered office
Exeter
Also a registered charity
The Exeter Diocesan Board of Finance

Grants received

14 grants · £15,349,396 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 · £15,339,096 (11 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £4,100
  • Sport England · £3,100
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £3,100

Most recent

  • Department for Education £961,6412024-04-01
  • Department for Education £155,9362024-04-01
  • Department for Education £2,764,3302024-04-01
  • Department for Education £182,9132023-04-01
  • Department for Education £1,122,0472023-04-01
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.

27 directors on the board

4.8y median 3.1y
average tenure
22.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (14)

Portfolio (13)

Also govern a charity

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.

Professional services 12Education 4Business services 2Other services 2Agriculture 1Health and social care 1Hospitality 1Manufacturing 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
00186001
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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