CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE

Operating as a registered charity, the entity acts as the financial executive for the Church of England in the Diocese of Chester, responsible for collecting parish contributions, funding clergy stipends and housing, and delivering diocese-wide support services.

#00007826 · Active · Registered charity #248968 · Incorporated 1873-11-18 (152y 11m) · Last filing 2026-08-13 (2mo ago)

Consumer Discretionary · SIC 94910 · S Other Service Activities · Full accounts

Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 12 months) · Confirmation due 2027-04-22 (in 6 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£8.9m

-1.3% vs 2024

Net assets

£164m

+7% vs 2024

Employees

+1.9% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

—

Period ending 2025-12-31

Net assets

3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE·Consumer Discretionary median · n=16805

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31	Δ vs prior
Total income	£11,021,000	£11,348,000	£11,489,000	+1.2%
Operating profit	—	-£1,427,000	-£871,000	+39%
Profit before tax	—	—	—	—
Net profit	-£318,000	-£1,145,000	-£1,364,000	-19.1%
Cash	£7,997,000	£8,972,000	£8,852,000	-1.3%
Total assets less current liabilities	£170,930,000	£153,597,000	£164,320,000	+7%
Net assets	£170,847,000	£153,514,000	£164,237,000	+7%
Equity	£170,847,000	£153,514,000	£164,237,000	+7%
Average employees	43	54	55	+1.9%
Wages	£1,777,000	£2,159,000	£2,305,000	+6.8%
Directors' remuneration	—	—	—	—

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Operating margin	—	-12.6%	-7.6%
Net margin	-2.9%	-10.1%	-11.9%
Return on capital employed	—	-0.9%	-0.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%
Current ratio	13.04x	11.65x	11.33x
Interest cover	—	-15.02x	-8.30x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: HaysMac LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The trustees consider that there is a reasonable expectation that the DBF has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and as a result, the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts. The trustees did not consider there to be any material uncertainty relating to events or conditions that individually or collectively may cast significant doubt on the DBF's ability to continue as a going concern.”

Significant events

“The vicarage at St James Congleton was sold pending a replacement. The vicarage at Hale was replaced. The previous vicarage at St John, Chester having been sold, it was replaced with a house that was formerly DBF corporate property.”
“The INEQE Safeguarding Group conducted an audit in the autumn of 2025. The audit used a 360 safeguarding audit tool and online surveys to gather evidence of good practice and identify areas for improvement. The subsequent report, together with anticipated recommendations, is imminent.”
“The "Speak Out, Stay Safe" (since renamed "Speak Out") publicity campaign was launched in June at a service in Chester Cathedral.”
“The March Synod received updates on ongoing matters, including progress toward appointing a new Diocesan Chancellor, clarification on safeguarding training requirements for retired and Permission to Officiate (PTO) clergy, and the introduction of Martyn's Law in 2027.”
“The closed churches at Boughton St Paul and Godley are progressing towards sale. The closed church at Altrincham St John is also progressing towards sale, and given delays, the purchaser is now sharing insurance costs.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

31 active · 138 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
AMNER, Hana Jane, Revd	Director	2024-11-27	May 1991	British
ATKINSON, Nigel Terence, Revd	Director	2024-11-27	Sep 1960	British
BALL-FOSTER, Peter Stanley	Director	2021-12-02	Jul 1949	British
CAMPBELL, John Graham, Dr	Director	1998-09-22	Feb 1942	British
CONALTY, Julie Anne, The Rt Revd	Director	2021-09-28	Dec 1963	British
CORLEY, Samuel Jon Clint, Rt Revd	Director	2021-09-28	Jun 1976	British
CROWDER, George Timothy, Revd	Director	2021-12-02	Mar 1974	British
CURRIE, Lesley Sarah, Revd	Director	2022-10-06	Nov 1970	British
DOWEN, Alan Walter, Dr	Director	2012-12-03	Jan 1950	British
DUNTON, Stephen, Revd	Director	2024-11-27	Aug 1972	British
FREEMAN, John Jeremy Collier	Director	1992-05-05	Nov 1937	British
GILBERTSON, Michael Robert, The Venerable Dr	Director	2010-09-01	Aug 1961	British
GILL, Daud, Revd	Director	2024-11-27	May 1966	British
HAMMER, Esme Angela	Director	2018-12-06	Jun 1946	British
HASLAM, John Stephen	Director	2021-12-02	Oct 1959	British
HERMITT, David Anthony	Director	2022-11-28	Nov 1965	British
JAQUISS, Clair, Revd	Director	2024-11-26	Nov 1956	British
LEYDEN, Anna Louise, Revd	Director	2024-11-27	Mar 1987	British
MARSHALL, Peter Jonathon, Dr	Director	2021-12-02	Nov 1955	British
MASON, John Philip, Dr	Director	2012-12-03	Jan 1959	British
MOCK, Ruth Elizabeth, The Revd	Director	2024-11-27	Mar 1966	British
PROUDFOOT, Jane Elizabeth, The Venerable	Director	2024-04-28	Oct 1966	British
RIDLEY, Michael Laurence, Reverend	Director	2014-05-21	Oct 1959	British
SMITH, Michael Ian Antony, Reverend	Director	2009-12-07	May 1969	British,Australian
STRATFORD, Timothy Richard, The Very Reverend Dr	Director	2018-09-26	Feb 1961	British
TANNER, Mark Simon Austin, The Rt Revd	Director	2020-07-15	Nov 1970	British
UPTON, Christina Phoebe, Reverend	Director	2018-12-06	Jul 1961	British
VESTERGAARD, David Andrew, Revd	Director	2021-12-02	Jun 1964	British
WHITE, Gillian	Director	2024-11-27	Mar 1971	British
WILSON, Samuel Harvey	Director	2024-11-27	Apr 1998	British
WITHERS, Julie Helen	Director	2018-12-06	Nov 1958	British

Show 138 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
COLVILLE, George Beal	Secretary	2010-09-01	2024-08-30
MARRIOTT, Stephen Paul Anselm	Secretary	1997-10-01	2006-06-30
MASON, John, Dr	Secretary	2006-07-01	2010-08-31
MILLS, Peter James	Secretary	—	1997-07-31
PENN, Christopher	Secretary	2024-08-30	2025-05-26
PLEACE, Jane Kathleen Elizabeth	Secretary	2025-05-26	2026-01-30
WAPPETT, Helen Lesley	Secretary	1998-04-22	1998-12-16
ALLAN, Kathleen Mabel	Director	1996-01-01	2000-11-30
ALLISTER, Donald Spargo, The Venerable	Director	1996-01-01	2010-02-18
ASHWORTH, David, Rev Canon	Director	1996-01-01	2000-11-30
ASKWITH, Joshua Christian	Director	2021-12-02	2024-11-26
ATWELL, Robert Ronald, The Rt Revd	Director	2008-10-10	2014-04-30
BAUGHEN, Michael Alfred, The Right Reverend	Director	1996-01-01	1996-08-31
BERRY, Anthony John, Professor	Director	1996-01-01	2006-11-30
BISHOP, Ian Gregory, The Ven	Director	2011-01-08	2023-09-29
BLACKMORE, David Richard, Canon Dr	Director	1996-06-15	2012-12-02
BOYLE, Lynn, Revd	Director	2018-05-15	2018-12-05
BREWSTER, David Thomas, Reverend	Director	2018-12-06	2021-12-02
BRIGGS, John, The Revd Canon	Director	1996-04-01	1997-11-30
BROAD, Christine Jane, Revd	Director	2021-12-02	2022-10-06
BROAD, Christine Jane, Revd	Director	2019-12-04	2021-12-02
BROOKE, Rosemary Jane	Director	1998-01-27	2003-11-30
BURKETT, Christopher Paul, Reverend Canon Dr	Director	2000-12-01	2003-11-30
BURNLEY, Isobel Margaret	Director	1996-01-01	2009-12-06
BURNLEY, Isobel Margaret	Director	—	1992-05-05
CAMPBELL, Rosalind Irene	Director	2000-12-01	2015-11-30
CHANTRY, Helen Fiona, The Revd	Director	1997-12-01	2003-11-30
CHEGWIN HALL, Elaine, Revd	Director	2015-05-20	2023-11-15
CLEGG, William Edwin Morris	Director	2003-12-01	2006-11-30
DARCH, John Henry, The Revd Dr	Director	1997-12-01	1999-09-30
DARLOW, Stewart Francis	Director	—	2006-11-30
DAVIES, John Melvyn George, Reverend	Director	1996-09-18	2000-11-30
DAVIS, Maureen Anne, Revd	Director	2007-02-19	2009-12-06
DREW, Simon, Rev	Director	2015-12-01	2024-11-26
EDEN, Lesley Patricia, The Revd	Director	2005-12-05	2009-12-06
EDWARDS, Paul Adrian	Director	2006-12-01	2015-11-30
EVANS, Lawrence Joseph	Director	—	1996-03-16
FAULKNER, Roger Kearton, The Reverend Canon	Director	—	1994-10-11
FAULL, Pamela June	Director	1996-01-01	2003-11-30
FELIX, David Rhys, The Revd Canon	Director	1996-01-01	2021-07-31
FORSTER, Peter Robert, Rt. Rev. Dr	Director	1997-01-11	2019-09-30
FOSTER, Stephen Arthur, The Revd Dr	Director	2000-12-01	2004-09-12
FRYER, Arthur	Director	—	1991-09-20
FULFORD, Alison, Revd	Director	2015-12-01	2018-12-05
GAISFORD, John Scott, The Rt Rev`D	Director	—	1994-03-07
GALES, Simon Richard, Rev	Director	2021-12-02	2024-11-26
GALES, Simon Richard, Rev	Director	2009-12-07	2018-12-05
GARDNER, Paul Douglas, The Venerable Doctor	Director	1996-01-01	2003-01-15
GARNER, Alistair Ross, Reverend	Director	2001-01-05	2003-11-30
GARNETT, David Christopher, Reverend	Director	1996-01-01	1996-03-30
GEAR, Michael Frederick, The Venerable	Director	—	1993-03-02
GIBBS, Jonathan Robert, Dr	Director	1999-03-22	2014-10-17
GILLINGS, Richard John, The Venerable	Director	1994-09-28	2010-12-31
GOODE, Fiona Susan	Director	2010-05-10	2021-12-02
GREENHOUGH, Andrew Quentin, Reverend	Director	2014-05-21	2024-11-26
GRIEVE, Annie Sheila, Dr	Director	1998-12-03	2000-11-30
GRIEVE, Valentine	Director	1996-01-01	1998-07-19
HADFIELD, Harry Rose	Director	1992-05-05	1995-12-31
HALL, Elaine Chegwin, Reverend	Director	2009-12-07	2013-11-12
HART, Mark, Reverend Dr	Director	2018-12-06	2021-12-02
HASLAM, Frank Peter	Director	2001-01-05	2003-11-30
HEATON, Julian Roger, Reverend	Director	2009-12-07	2017-11-18
HEWETSON, Christopher, Venerable	Director	1996-01-01	2002-08-31
HILL, James Ronald	Director	—	1992-05-05
HOBBS, Christopher John Pearson, Reverend	Director	2018-12-06	2021-12-02
HUGHES, Sheila, The Revd	Director	2000-12-01	2006-11-30
KALLUMPRAM, Mathew Abraham	Director	2001-03-01	2005-01-18
KENNAUGH, Gary, Rev	Director	2023-05-18	2024-11-26
KIDD, Jenny	Director	2015-12-01	2018-12-05
KIRKLAND, Richard John	Director	1999-12-09	2000-11-30
KITELEY, Robert John, Reverend Doctor	Director	1996-01-01	1999-02-20
LANE, Elizabeth Jane Holden, Rt Revd	Director	2009-12-07	2019-02-11
LANGRISH, Michael, The Right Reverend	Director	1996-01-01	2000-03-31
LAUTENBACH, Edward Wayne, Reverend	Director	2009-12-07	2015-10-31
LAWSON, Derek Stewart	Director	1998-03-10	2004-12-31
LEE, Kenneth Peter, Reverend	Director	1996-01-01	1997-11-30
LEGG, Victor John	Director	2009-12-07	2018-11-28
LESLIE, Shirley Anne, Dr	Director	2000-12-01	2012-12-02
LOWCOCK, David Graham	Director	2018-12-06	2024-11-26
LUNT, Ronald Sowden, The Reverend Canon	Director	—	1995-12-31
MARRIOTT, David Anthony	Director	2013-03-04	2018-12-05
MARRIOTT, David Anthony	Director	2006-12-01	2009-12-06
MCCOMBE, Melanie Anne	Director	2010-10-05	2015-11-30
MCCONNELL, Brian Roy, The Revd Canon	Director	1997-12-01	2003-11-30
MCCONNELL, Robert	Director	2003-12-01	2009-12-06
MCPHATE, Gordon Ferguson, The Very Reverend Professor	Director	2002-09-07	2017-09-30
MILNER, Guy Machen	Director	1997-12-01	2005-07-19
MINTER, Robert Ernest	Director	1996-01-01	1997-11-30
MUNRO, Robert Speight, Reverend	Director	2004-10-18	2023-02-02
NEALE, Richard William	Director	2006-12-01	2015-11-30
OKUNDAYE, Julie	Director	2022-11-28	2024-11-26
PAGE, David James, Rev	Director	2015-12-01	2021-12-02
PAGE, David James, The Reverend Dr	Director	2004-10-18	2009-12-06
PARRY, Geoffrey	Director	1996-01-01	2000-11-30
PEMBERTON, George Henry	Director	1997-12-01	1998-10-21
PEMBERTON, George Henry	Director	—	1992-05-05
PENDLEBURY, Stephen Thomas, The Revd	Director	2004-03-26	2006-11-30
PENNYSTAN, Richard Luke, Revd	Director	2021-12-02	2024-11-26
REES, Richard Michael, Reverend Canon	Director	1996-01-01	2000-07-31
RENSHAW, Elizabeth, Canon	Director	2005-03-05	2021-12-02
RENSHAW, Elizabeth, Canon	Director	1998-09-22	2003-11-30
RICE, Cedric Bertram Fitzsimons	Director	1996-01-01	1997-11-30
RICHARDSON, John	Director	1992-05-05	1995-12-31
RIDLEY, Michael Laurence, The Revd	Director	2003-12-01	2006-11-30
RIGBY, Guy Edward James	Director	1992-05-05	1995-12-31
ROBERTS, Ian	Director	2009-12-07	2019-08-28
ROBERTS, Ian	Director	2003-12-01	2006-11-30
ROBERTS, Ronald Barry, The Revd	Director	2003-12-01	2004-09-30
ROBERTSON, Frederik Tomasen	Director	—	1995-12-31
ROBINSON, Paul, Canon	Director	2003-01-16	2003-11-30
ROFF, John Michael, Rev	Director	1996-01-01	2000-07-11
ROSTRON, Derek, Reverend	Director	1996-01-01	1997-11-30
SANDERS, Alexandra Jane	Director	2015-12-01	2018-01-31
SCOTT-DUNN, Ian Neil	Director	2015-03-02	2024-11-26
SCRIVENER, John Rupert	Director	2015-12-01	2021-12-02
SEDDON, Carol, Revd	Director	2015-12-01	2018-12-05
SHIMWELL, Robert John, The Revd Canon	Director	2003-12-01	2005-09-24
SINCLAIR, Gordon Keith, Rt Revd	Director	2007-05-02	2021-03-08
SMALLEY, Stephen Stewart, The Very Reverend	Director	1996-01-01	2001-07-31
SPARHAM, Anthony George, The Reverend Canon	Director	1999-12-09	2000-11-30
STEADMAN, Wendy Anne Eleanor	Director	2000-12-01	2005-11-23
STOCK, William Nigel, The Right Reverend	Director	2000-10-18	2007-11-20
STOCKDALE, William John	Director	1992-05-05	1995-12-31
SUTTON, John, The Revd Canon	Director	2003-12-01	2012-05-13
TOAN, Robert Charles, The Revd	Director	2000-12-01	2008-10-29
TOLLEFSEN, Alida Thaddea Maria, The Revd	Director	2003-12-01	2006-11-30
TOMLINSON, Arthur	Director	1996-01-01	2000-11-30
TURNER, Geoffrey Martin, The Right Reverend	Director	1996-01-01	2000-07-31
TURNER, Geoffrey Martin, Venerable	Director	1993-03-13	1994-09-20
URQUHART, David Andrew, Right Reverend	Director	2000-10-18	2006-11-30
WALKER, Carole	Director	2006-01-09	2008-01-29
WALTERS, Michael William, The Revd Canon	Director	1996-01-01	2015-11-30
WETHERELL, Christine Elizabeth, Dr	Director	2021-12-02	2024-11-26
WILLIAMS, Paul Lloyd	Director	2006-12-01	2012-12-02
WILLIAMS, Paul Lloyd	Director	1998-12-03	2003-11-30
WINSTANLEY, Alan Leslie, The Rt Revd	Director	1997-09-23	1999-12-09
WOLVERSON, Marc Ali Morad, Revd	Director	2006-12-01	2009-05-04
YATES, Roger Alan, The Reverend Canon Prof	Director	2003-01-03	2015-11-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
The Rt Revd Mark Simon Austin Tanner	Individual	Significant influence	2020-07-15	Active
The Bishop Of Chester	Legal person	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2019-09-30

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 455 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-08-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2026-04-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-01-30	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2025-09-25	AAMD	accounts	Accounts amended with accounts type full
2025-09-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-30	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2025-05-30	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2025-05-09	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-05-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-05-08	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-05-08	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-02-20	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full
2025-01-21	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-01-20	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-01-20	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-01-20	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-01-20	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-01-20	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-01-20	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-01-20	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

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