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The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited

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Previous officers 111

  1. Revd Mark Jonathan Carey 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Dr Diane Craven 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Dr Timothy Scott 2022-2024 Director View profile
  4. Dr Gillian Boag-Munroe 2022-2024 Director View profile
  5. Revd Suzanne Sheriff 2022-2024 Director View profile
  6. Revd Richard John Walker 2021-2024 Director View profile
  7. Richard Henry Nihill 2019-2021 Director View profile
  8. Caroline Sally Gilderdale 2019-2021 Director View profile
  9. Rt Rev Jonathan Hugh Frost 2019-2022 Director View profile
  10. Revd Michael John Proctor 2019-2021 Director View profile
  11. Andrew Michael Hagon 2019-2021 Director View profile
  12. Revd Richard Clayton Carew 2019-2021 Director View profile
  13. Revd Nicholas William Randle Bird 2019-2021 Director View profile
  14. Barnes, Neal Duncan, the Reverend Canon Dr 2016-2018 Director View profile
  15. Philip Priestley Ashton 2016-2018 Director View profile
  16. Benedict James Hudson 2016-2022 Director View profile
  17. Reverend Fiona Ruth Mayer-Jones 2016-2023 Director View profile
  18. Hilda Margaret Cowling 2016-2018 Director View profile
  19. Dr Neill Andrew Burgess 2016-2024 Director View profile
  20. Right Reverend Alison Mary White 2015-2022 Director View profile
  21. Rushton, Samantha Jayne, the Venerable 2015-2025 Director View profile
  22. Rev Timothy James Robinson 2014-2021 Director View profile
  23. Right Reverend John Bromilow Thomson 2014-2024 Director View profile
  24. Reverend Andrew Philip Ison 2014-2016 Director View profile
  25. Rt Revd Sarah Ruth Bullock 2013-2019 Director View profile
  26. David Charles Lewis 2013-2015 Director View profile
  27. Frank Arthur Thomas Tuffee 2013-2015 Director View profile
  28. Very Reverend Vivienne Frances Faull 2012-2018 Director View profile
  29. Maureen Loffill 2011-2018 Director View profile
  30. Reverend Carol Fisher-Bailey 2011-2012 Director View profile
  31. Reid, Jenny, Canon 2010-2015 Director View profile
  32. Rev Matthew James Porter 2010-2021 Director View profile
  33. Right Reverend Dr Martin Clive Warner 2010-2012 Director View profile
  34. Charlotte Imogen Woollcombe Bromet 2010-2012 Director View profile
  35. Sentamu, John Tucker Mugabi, the Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr 2010-2020 Director View profile
  36. Daniel John Sladden 2010-2012 Director View profile
  37. Reverend Ruth Hind 2010-2011 Director View profile
  38. Reverend William John Ford 2010-2018 Director View profile
  39. Right Rev Martin William Wallace 2010-2013 Director View profile
  40. Jenny Margaret Mitchell 2010-2011 Director View profile
  41. Very Reverend Keith Brynmor Jones 2010-2012 Director View profile
  42. Edward Allan Kitson Denison 2007-2008 Director View profile
  43. Martin Philip Bailey 2007-2010 Director View profile
  44. Butterfield, David John, the Venerable 2007-2014 Director View profile
  45. David John Wain 2006-2010 Director View profile
  46. Melvyn Alan Griggs 2006-2010 Director View profile
  47. Revd Richard Francis Rowling 2006-2015 Director View profile
  48. Reverend Carol Fisher Bailey 2005-2010 Director View profile
  49. Alan Courtney 2005-2010 Director View profile
  50. Revd Dr Andrew Alan Horsman 2004-2010 Director View profile
  51. Robert Arthur Hallifax Sword 2004-2010 Director View profile
  52. Peter John Warry 2004-2010 Director View profile
  53. Reverend James Oliphant Forrester 2004-2009 Director View profile
  54. John Victor Ayre 2002-2012 Director View profile
  55. Peter Nicholson Milner 2002-2009 Director View profile
  56. Right Reverend Paul John Ferguson 2001-2024 Director View profile
  57. Keith Pogson 2001-2003 Director View profile
  58. Frith, Richard Michael Cokayne, Bishop 2001-2014 Director View profile
  59. Maurice George Vassie 2001-2004 Director View profile
  60. Dr Richard Henbest 2001-2010 Director View profile
  61. Zarek, Jennifer Hilary, the Reverand 2001-2004 Director View profile
  62. Eric Richard Norris 2000-2006 Director View profile
  63. Andrew Christopher Pate 2000-2002 Director View profile
  64. Reverend Henry Charles Hopkins 2000-2010 Director View profile
  65. David Malcolm Walker 2000-2001 Director View profile
  66. Terrence Barker 2000-2010 Director View profile
  67. Seed, Richard Murray Crossland, the Venerable 1999-2012 Director View profile
  68. Stella Lilian Vernon 1999-2015 Director View profile
  69. Reverend Robert Jackson 1999-2001 Director View profile
  70. Reverend Michael Aisbitt 1999-2000 Director View profile
  71. Michael Todd 1999-2005 Director View profile
  72. Revd Peter Reginald Wallace Harrison 1999-2006 Director View profile
  73. William Riggall 1998-2004 Director View profile
  74. George Edeson Wells 1998-2010 Director View profile
  75. John Albert Porter 1996-2002 Director View profile
  76. Reverend Anthony Ford Rablen 1996-2000 Director View profile
  77. Rt Reverend Gordon Bates 1995-1999 Director View profile
  78. Martin Barry Penny 1995-1998 Director View profile
  79. John Graham Dickinson 1994-2001 Director View profile
  80. Waller, John Watson, Reverend Canon 1992-1996 Director View profile
  81. Donald Barry Wilson 1992-2001 Director View profile
  82. Ernest Hutchinson 1993 Director View profile
  83. Reverend John Harrison 2014 Director View profile
  84. Edwin Thomas Chapman 1998 Director View profile
  85. Edwin Newlyn 1999 Director View profile
  86. Bryan Moile Sandford 1999 Director View profile
  87. Charles Robin Clough 2011 Director View profile
  88. Philip John Carrington 1997 Director View profile
  89. Ronald Huggins 1999 Director View profile
  90. William Stuart Cox 1992 Director View profile
  91. Austin, George Bernard, Ven 1999 Director View profile
  92. Urquhart, David Andrew, Canon 1992 Director View profile
  93. David Anthony George Titchener 1992 Director View profile
  94. David Anthony Jarrett 1996 Director View profile
  95. Stanley Morgan Charles Birt 1994 Director View profile
  96. William Edward Peachey 1996 Director View profile
  97. Graham Keith Anderson 2000 Director View profile
  98. John Conway Meek 1998 Director View profile
  99. Peter Bernard Pocock 2005 Director View profile
  100. Christopher John Hawthorn 2001 Director View profile
  101. Margaret Ruth Escritt 1992 Director View profile
  102. Hugh Fletcher Buckingham 1998 Director View profile
  103. Michael Raymond Dobson 1995 Director View profile
  104. Claude Henderson 1996 Director View profile
  105. Robert Frederick Banks Wivell 2015 Director View profile
  106. Warry, Peter John, Canon 2017-2019 Secretary View profile
  107. Catherine Sarah Jane Evans 2010-2017 Secretary View profile
  108. David Stuart Vincent Fletcher 2004-2009 Secretary View profile
  109. Colin Sheppard 1998-2004 Secretary View profile
  110. David Stuart Vincent Fletcher 1997-1998 Secretary View profile
  111. Keith Wilfrid Dodgson 1992-1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of religious organizations
Incorporated
20/10/1927
Registered office
York
Also a registered charity
The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited

Group

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

5 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

12 grants · £836,982 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 · £570,600 (4 grants)
  • Department for Education · £265,713 (5 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £669 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Education £72,5332024-04-01
  • Department for Education £72,5712023-04-01
  • Department for Education £13,1552023-04-01
  • Department for Education £68,3822021-04-01
  • Department for Education £39,0722021-04-01
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.

24 directors on the board

4.4y median 3.7y
average tenure
16.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (17)

Portfolio (7)

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 5Arts and leisure 2Business services 1Dormant 1Health and social care 1Other 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
00225234
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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