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The Birmingham Diocesan Board of Finance

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Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 137

  1. Julia Caroline Howl 2025–2026 Director View profile
  2. Rev Jeremy Robert Allcock 2022–2024 Director View profile
  3. Patricia Jean Williams 2022–2023 Director View profile
  4. Revd William John Routh 2019–2022 Director View profile
  5. Revd Rebecca Louise Stephens 2019–2024 Director View profile
  6. Revd Alison Jane Cozens 2019–2021 Director View profile
  7. Wayne Raymond Simmonds 2019–2020 Director View profile
  8. Jennifer Enid Clark 2019–2023 Director View profile
  9. Revd Richard John Walker Hill 2017–2020 Director View profile
  10. Gillian Gould 2017–2021 Director View profile
  11. Rhodes, Matthew Ian, the Revd Canon Dr 2017–2018 Director View profile
  12. Revd Catherine Anne Grylls 2017–2023 Director View profile
  13. Rev Madhu Smitha Prasadam 2016–2018 Director View profile
  14. Tariro Julian Matsveru 2016–2018 Director View profile
  15. Coss, Oliver James, Rev'D 2016–2016 Director View profile
  16. Revd Douglas Machiridza 2016–2021 Director View profile
  17. Trevor John Emmanuel Lewis 2016–2024 Director View profile
  18. Geoffrey Kenneth Shuttleworth 2016–2021 Director View profile
  19. Francis, Julian Montgomery, the Venerable 2016–2019 Director View profile
  20. Rev Claire Elizabeth Turner 2016–2021 Director View profile
  21. Revd Christopher Bedo Hobbs 2016–2021 Director View profile
  22. Right Reverend Anne Elizabeth Hollinghurst 2015–2024 Director View profile
  23. Heathfield, Simon David, the Venerable 2014–2022 Director View profile
  24. Reverend Nigel Martin Arthur Traynor 2013–2018 Director View profile
  25. Starkie, Carol Margaret, Doctor 2012–2016 Director View profile
  26. Dr Raymond George Buick 2012–2015 Director View profile
  27. Oakley, Peter John, Councillor 2012–2015 Director View profile
  28. Stephenson, Martin Woodard, Rev Canon 2011–2018 Director View profile
  29. Waveney Richards 2011–2015 Director View profile
  30. Ogle, Catherine, the Vary Revd 2010–2016 Director View profile
  31. Revd Priscilla Audrey White 2010–2022 Director View profile
  32. Michael Trevor Hastilow 2010–2021 Director View profile
  33. Revd Freda Christine Evans 2010–2015 Director View profile
  34. Julian Michael Andrew Phillips 2010–2024 Director View profile
  35. Revd Dr Crispin Alexander Pailing 2010–2014 Director View profile
  36. Philip Haldane Nunnerley 2009–2019 Director View profile
  37. Right Reverend Andrew John Watson 2008–2014 Director View profile
  38. Pilkington, Timothy William, the Revd Canon 2007–2013 Director View profile
  39. Revd Annette Elizabeth Hanny 2007–2009 Director View profile
  40. Revd Christopher James Turner 2007–2009 Director View profile
  41. Reverend Brian Kenneth Russell 2007–2013 Director View profile
  42. Heather Carty 2007–2009 Director View profile
  43. Revd Dr Andrew John Jolley 2006–2015 Director View profile
  44. Adrian Geoffrey Harris 2006–2009 Director View profile
  45. Right Reverend David Andrew Urquhart 2006–2022 Director View profile
  46. Very Revd Robert Anthony Wilkes 2006–2009 Director View profile
  47. Terence Ronald Adams 2005–2012 Director View profile
  48. Revd Nigel Arthur Hand 2005–2006 Director View profile
  49. Revd Timothy Caradoc Platts 2005–2006 Director View profile
  50. Dr Rachel Margaret Elizabeth Jepson 2005–2015 Director View profile
  51. Graham Colin Turner 2003–2005 Director View profile
  52. Revd Quentin David Warbrick 2003–2009 Director View profile
  53. Diana Joan Smith 2003–2012 Director View profile
  54. Revd Michael John Parker 2003–2012 Director View profile
  55. Reverend Angela Mary Weaver 2003–2005 Director View profile
  56. Sentamu, John Tucker Mugabi, the Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr 2002–2005 Director View profile
  57. Morris, Robert John, Reverend Canon 2002–2009 Director View profile
  58. Howell Jones, Peter, the Revd Canon 2001–2011 Director View profile
  59. Pendorf, James Gordon, Rev. Canon 2001–2003 Director View profile
  60. Reverend Simon Godfrey Thorburn 2001–2003 Director View profile
  61. Revd Neil Robert Minto Elliot 2001–2003 Director View profile
  62. Osborne, Hayward John, the Venerable 2001–2018 Director View profile
  63. Reverend Eric Watson Russell 2000–2003 Director View profile
  64. Sharon Delaney Palmer 2000–2003 Director View profile
  65. Very Revd Alfred Gordon Mursell 2000–2005 Director View profile
  66. Reverend Stephen Paul Corbett 2000–2009 Director View profile
  67. Sinclair, Gordon Keith, Revd Canon 2000–2001 Director View profile
  68. Reverend Joyce Birkett 2000–2001 Director View profile
  69. Malcolm Legard Owens 2000–2015 Director View profile
  70. Valerie Mary Hamley 2000–2006 Director View profile
  71. Michael Frederick Lance Wilkin 2000–2003 Director View profile
  72. David Forbes Briggs 2000–2008 Director View profile
  73. Revd Roger Dennis Hindley 1998–2000 Director View profile
  74. Robert Geoffrey Holgate 1998–2010 Director View profile
  75. Rev Derek Roy Carrivick 1998–1999 Director View profile
  76. Rachael Marian Linstead 1998–2003 Director View profile
  77. Revd Kevin Douglas Naresh Chandra 1998–2003 Director View profile
  78. Bridget Jane Langstaff 1998–2004 Director View profile
  79. Alan John Sharp 1997–2000 Director View profile
  80. Laland, Claire Anne, Canon 1997–2009 Director View profile
  81. Valerie Mavis Middleton 1997–2000 Director View profile
  82. Revd Daniel Connolly 1997–1998 Director View profile
  83. Reverend David Ellis Newsome 1997–2000 Director View profile
  84. Hughes, John Patrick, Canon 1997–2003 Director View profile
  85. Reverend John Bradford 1995–1999 Director View profile
  86. Parsons, Marlene Beatrice, the Rev Canon M B Parsons 1995–2003 Director View profile
  87. David Robert Ritchie 1994–2003 Director View profile
  88. Adrian John Clare Emsden 1994–2000 Director View profile
  89. Polly Perkins 1994–1997 Director View profile
  90. Dr Kathleen Mary Higgs 1994–1997 Director View profile
  91. David Martin Conway 1994–1997 Director View profile
  92. Robert Hugh Soper 1994–2000 Director View profile
  93. Joe Heaton 1994–2003 Director View profile
  94. Stephen Fraser 1994–2018 Director View profile
  95. Eric Howard Hands 1994–1997 Director View profile
  96. Jennifer Irene Barbara Owen 1994–1997 Director View profile
  97. Philip Edward Couse 1994–2000 Director View profile
  98. Rita Elizabeth Fisher 1994–2001 Director View profile
  99. Reverend Richard William Hunt 1994–2001 Director View profile
  100. Right Reverend Michael Humphrey Dickens Whinney 1994–1995 Director View profile
  101. Peter Alan Witney Watts 1994–1998 Director View profile
  102. Claringbull, Denis Leslie, Reverend Canon 1994–1997 Director View profile
  103. Reverend James Henry Langstaff 1994–1996 Director View profile
  104. Dr Terence Richard Slater 1994–2012 Director View profile
  105. Very Reverend Peter Austin Berry 1994–2000 Director View profile
  106. Barton, Charles John Greenwood, the Venerable 1994–2003 Director View profile
  107. Rt Revd John Michael Austin 1993–2005 Director View profile
  108. Frances Lewis 1993–1994 Director View profile
  109. Stephen Alan John Clarke 1992–1994 Director View profile
  110. Samuel Cole 1992–1994 Director View profile
  111. Right Reverend Mark Santer 1987–2002 Director View profile
  112. Roy Leonard White 1994 Director View profile
  113. Cooper, John Leslie, the Venerable 1993 Director View profile
  114. Rowland Rhys Hopkins 1994 Director View profile
  115. Ernest Arthur Morris 1994 Director View profile
  116. Arthur John Boden 1997 Director View profile
  117. Ronald Shaw 1994 Director View profile
  118. Duncan, John Finch, the Venerable 2001 Director View profile
  119. Ronald John Herd 1994 Director View profile
  120. Gordon John Mills 1994 Director View profile
  121. Bollard, Richard George, the Reverand Canon 1994 Director View profile
  122. Rev John William Masding 1994 Director View profile
  123. Reverend Laurence Leslie Watson 1994 Director View profile
  124. Reverend Peter Malcom Thomson 1994 Director View profile
  125. Arthur Edward Deakin 1994 Director View profile
  126. Peter Benson 1994 Director View profile
  127. Roy George James Edwards 1994 Director View profile
  128. Donald Frederick Russell 1994 Director View profile
  129. Reverend Edward David Coombes 1994 Director View profile
  130. Patricia Tennant 1994 Director View profile
  131. Stanley Robert Oldfield 1994 Director View profile
  132. Dr Janet Andrea Smart 2020–2026 Secretary View profile
  133. Melanie Jane Truby Crooks 2020–2020 Secretary View profile
  134. Andrew William Halstead 2011–2019 Secretary View profile
  135. James David Drennan 1996–2010 Secretary View profile
  136. Bell, William, Colonel 1995–1996 Secretary View profile
  137. Pendorf, James Gordon, Revd Canon 1994–1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Incorporated
20/08/1947
Also a registered charity
The Birmingham Diocesan Board of Finance
Board analysis for researchers

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

4.5y median 4.1y
average tenure
13.7y
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 5Construction 1Health and social care 1Hospitality 1Other services 1Professional services 1Property 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
00440966
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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