The Blackburn Diocesan Board of Education
Company 00557954 Active
Registered charity: Blackburn Diocesan Board of Education
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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.
15 directors on the board
- Stephen Lawrence Whittaker Director · appointed 2016
- Esther Lyn Elizabeth Gregory-Witham Director · appointed 2025
- Jade Bianca Hackett Director · appointed 2025
- Holliday, Andrew, Canon Director · appointed 2016
- Picken, David Anthony, the Venerable Director · appointed 2020
- Anderton, Christopher David, Rev Director · appointed 2025
- Paul William Duckworth Director · appointed 2025
- Arnold, David Alun, Reverend Director · appointed 2017
- Venables, Philip Richard Meredith, Reverend Director · appointed 2016
- Richard Jones Director · appointed 2019
- Jane Mitchell Director · appointed 2025
- Yusra Rohi Arshad Director · appointed 2022
- North, Philip John, the Right Revd Director · appointed 2023
- Lloyd, Simon Christopher, Rev Director · appointed 2022
- Deborah Louise Metcalfe Director · appointed 2019
5.4y median 4.5y
average tenure
10.5y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Stephen Lawrence Whittaker Director · appointed 2016
- Holliday, Andrew, Canon Director · appointed 2016
- Picken, David Anthony, the Venerable Director · appointed 2020
- Arnold, David Alun, Reverend Director · appointed 2017
- Venables, Philip Richard Meredith, Reverend Director · appointed 2016
- Richard Jones Director · appointed 2019
- Deborah Louise Metcalfe Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (11)
- Stephen Lawrence Whittaker Director · appointed 2016
- Esther Lyn Elizabeth Gregory-Witham Director · appointed 2025
- Jade Bianca Hackett Director · appointed 2025
- Anderton, Christopher David, Rev Director · appointed 2025
- Paul William Duckworth Director · appointed 2025
- Arnold, David Alun, Reverend Director · appointed 2017
- Venables, Philip Richard Meredith, Reverend Director · appointed 2016
- Jane Mitchell Director · appointed 2025
- Yusra Rohi Arshad Director · appointed 2022
- Lloyd, Simon Christopher, Rev Director · appointed 2022
- Deborah Louise Metcalfe Director · appointed 2019
Portfolio (4)
- Holliday, Andrew, Canon Director · appointed 2016
- Picken, David Anthony, the Venerable Director · appointed 2020
- Richard Jones Director · appointed 2019
- North, Philip John, the Right Revd Director · appointed 2023
Also govern a charity
- Stephen Lawrence Whittaker Clergy Widows' and Orphans' Fund
- Holliday, Andrew, Canon The Standish Grammar School Charity, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Wilfrid's Standish, ST Wilfrid's Standish Church Trust, John Atherton Charitable Trust
- Lloyd, Simon Christopher, Rev The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Thomas Musbury, Helmshore
Left in the last 12 months
- Abbott, Craig Andrew, Revd Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
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 3Other services 2Business services 1
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Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Related organisations
- Blackburn Diocesan Board of Finance Limited 2 shared directors
Connected through a shared director
- DBE Services Limited 1 shared director
- Emmanuel Theological College 1 shared director
- Accrington ST Christopher's Church of England High School 1 shared director
- ST Wilfrid's Trading Company LTD 1 shared director
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Company details
| Number | 00557954 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) |
| Incorporated | 30/11/1955 |
| Address | DIOCESAN OFFICES CLAYTON HOUSE, WALKER OFFICE PARK, BLACKBURN, BB1 2QE |
| Accounts next due | 30/09/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/12/2024 |
Industry (SIC)
85600 - Educational support services
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Officers (110)
- Esther Lyn Elizabeth Gregory-Witham Director · appointed 2025
- Jade Bianca Hackett Director · appointed 2025
- Anderton, Christopher David, Rev Director · appointed 2025
- Paul William Duckworth Director · appointed 2025
- Jane Mitchell Director · appointed 2025
- Iain Stephen Parks Secretary · appointed 2023
- North, Philip John, the Right Revd Director · appointed 2023
- Lloyd, Simon Christopher, Rev Director · appointed 2022
- Yusra Rohi Arshad Director · appointed 2022
- Picken, David Anthony, the Venerable Director · appointed 2020
- Richard Jones Director · appointed 2019
- Deborah Louise Metcalfe Director · appointed 2019
- Arnold, David Alun, Reverend Director · appointed 2017
- Stephen Lawrence Whittaker Director · appointed 2016
- Holliday, Andrew, Canon Director · appointed 2016
- Venables, Philip Richard Meredith, Reverend Director · appointed 2016
Show 84 former officers
- Abbott, Craig Andrew, Revd Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
- Heather Henderson Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2021
- Woolford, Julie, Dr Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2021
- Haskett, Stephen Ian, Revd Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2020
- Natasha Corrigan Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2020
- Anne Charlotte Abernethy Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2024
- Carolyn Ann Johnson Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2019
- Natalie Esther Cox Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2021
- Horobin, Timothy John, Rev Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2019
- Ireland, Mark Campbell, Venerable Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2021
- Gerald David Burrows Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2021
- Graeme David Pollard Secretary · appointed 2014 · resigned 2016
- Lock, Paul Alan, the Reverend Secretary · appointed 2013 · resigned 2014
- Everitt, Michael John, the Venerable Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2019
- Timothy Daniel Cox Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2021
- Fredrick Kershaw Secretary · appointed 2010 · resigned 2013
- Susan Dawn Forshaw Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
- Shepherd, Peter William, Rev'D Canon Dr Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2016
- Chivers, Christopher Mark, the Reverend Canon Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2010
- Margaret Linda Richardson Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2010
- Dyer, Terence Neville, Rev Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2009
- Watts, Rachel Dawn, Reverend Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2011
- Pollitt, Graham Anthony, Revd Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2015
- Heather Starkie Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2010
- Kai Bland Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
- Green, Fleur Estelle, Rev Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2006
- Bunday, Richard William, Reverend Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2012
- Reade, Nicholas, Rt Revd Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2012
- Veronica Priest Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2009
- Finch, Jeffrey Walter, Reverend Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2012
- Gisbourne, Michael Andrew, Rev Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2015
- John Andrew Hawley Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2015
- Whittaker, Alan, Mr. Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2007
- Chesters, Alan David, Right Reverend Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
- Vanessa Jane Frost Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2004
- Linda Anne Robinson Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2006
- Williams, Andrew Barrington, Reverend Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
- Barton, Dale, Reverend Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
- Robertson, Ian Hugh, Reverend Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2009
- Joanne Snape Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2024
- Wilkinson, Andrew Wilfrid, the Reverend Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
- Hannah Katie Derbyshire Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
- Williams, Colin Henry, the Venerable Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2005
- Wren, Christopher John, Reverend Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2015
- Richardson, John Thandule, Reverend Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2005
- Ballard, Peter James, Reverend Secretary · appointed 1998 · resigned 2010
- Ingram, Gary Simon, Revd Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
- Sarah Riley-Evans Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
- Robert Henry Hardwick Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
- Ratcliffe, Michael David, Canon Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2003
- Corbyn, John, Reverend Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
- Hazel Harding Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2002
- Keith John Mcdonald Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2003
- Paul Joseph Ingram Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2009
- Ruth Elizabeth Radford Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2021
- Carr, Christopher John, Professor Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2014
- Jenkins, David Harold, Reverend Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2004
- Freda Mary Armstrong Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
- Marsh, Francis John, the Venerable Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2001
- Marie Christine Storey Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1996
- Jarrett, Martyn William, the Right Reverend Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1997
- Margaret Joan Dugdale Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2000
- Andrew John Collier Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1999
- Thelma Maureen Jones Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2009
- Noreen Margaret Marshall Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1997
- George James Garbett Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2012
- Dennison, David Francis, Dr Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
- Jonathan Mark Phair Hewitt Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2024
- Joyce Beaumont Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1996
- John Holland Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997
- Angus, Edward, Reverend Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
- Rainford, Robert Graham, the Reverend Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1999
- Thomas Pilkington Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1993
- Oddy, Frederick Brian, Reverend Canon Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997
- Margaret Ruth Fallows Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
- Ladds, Robert Sidney, Venerable Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1999
- William John Keith Arnold Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997
- Manley, Michael Alan, Revd Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1996
- Ann Lynn Foulds Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2000
- Frayne, David, the Very Reverend Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2001
- John Tarbuck Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997
- Hall, John Robert, the Reverend Canon Secretary · appointed 1992 · resigned 1997
- Nicholls, John, Right Reverand Director · resigned 1993
- Nicholson, Rodney, Reverend Director · resigned 1997
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