MANCHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
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Cash
£18M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£126M
Equity attributable
Employees
77
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£1.1M
Period ending 2023-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,128,000 | — | |
| Net profit | -£697,000 | — | |
| Cash | £17,556,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £128,595,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £126,016,000 | — | |
| Equity | £126,016,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 77 | — | |
| Wages | £2,093,000 | — | |
| 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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.7% | |
| Current ratio | 26.18x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Haysmac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having performed our assessment we were able to conclude that the Charity is able to continue to operate as a going concern and that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. In making our assessment we did not consider there to be any material uncertainty relating to events or conditions that individually or collectively may cast significant doubt on the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- MANCHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE · parent
- Manchester Diocesan Church House Company Limited 98.6%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
23 active · 77 resigned
Showing the first 100 officers on file — Companies House returns these 100 per page and this record sits at that limit, so the list (and any former officers) may be incomplete. Full register on Companies House
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGGINS, Karen Sheila | Secretary | 2026-05-08 | — | — |
| BEST, Karen Belinda, Venerable | Director | 2017-05-14 | Jun 1962 | British |
| BILLSON, Philip John | Director | 2025-03-15 | Oct 1957 | British |
| DAVIES, Mark, The Right Reverend | Director | 2017-01-01 | May 1962 | British |
| DUNKERLEY, Jeffrey Norman | Director | 2022-01-01 | May 1948 | British |
| GELDARD, Philip | Director | 2022-03-19 | Jul 1973 | British |
| GOVENDER, Rogers Morgan, The Very Reverend | Director | 2017-01-01 | Jun 1960 | British |
| HUTCHINS, Paul, Reverend | Director | 2025-01-01 | Mar 1979 | British |
| JOHN, Solomon | Director | 2025-03-15 | Oct 1990 | Indian |
| LEAF, Jessica Rosamund Flora | Director | 2025-03-15 | Aug 1976 | British |
| LEWIS, Keith | Director | 2017-03-18 | Jul 1955 | British |
| LEWIS, Richard Molyneux | Director | 2025-01-01 | Feb 1952 | British |
| MANN, Rachel, Canon Revd | Director | 2021-10-09 | Feb 1970 | British |
| POLLOCK, Andrea | Director | 2025-03-15 | Dec 1976 | British |
| PORTER, Mathew James, The Rt Revd Dr | Director | 2023-06-22 | Mar 1969 | British |
| SALMON, Andrew Ian, Reverend Canon | Director | 2022-01-01 | Mar 1961 | British |
| SHAHBAZ, Kathreen, Reverend | Director | 2025-03-15 | Sep 1978 | British |
| SHERIDAN, Amy Elizabeth, Reverend | Director | 2025-01-01 | Oct 1985 | British |
| SMAIL, Louise Ruth, Dr | Director | 2025-03-15 | Oct 1957 | British |
| SMEETON, Karen Louise, Venerable | Director | 2024-09-15 | Mar 1975 | British |
| THOMAS, Grace Ruth Elizabeth, Reverend | Director | 2022-01-01 | Feb 1978 | British |
| WALKER, David Stuart, Rt Revd | Director | 2013-11-30 | May 1957 | British |
| WALSH, John | Director | 2024-10-19 | Nov 1951 | British |
Show 77 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECK, John Robert | Secretary | 2008-02-18 | 2010-09-30 |
| HUGHES, Raymond Joseph, Dr | Secretary | 2001-04-01 | 2001-06-04 |
| MILLER, Martin | Secretary | 2011-05-01 | 2018-09-26 |
| PARK, Jaqueline Ann | Secretary | — | 2001-03-31 |
| PLATTS, Helen Jane | Secretary | 2021-06-12 | 2026-03-31 |
| SPRAGGINS, Nigel | Secretary | 2001-06-04 | 2007-11-02 |
| TYRRELL, Patrick Rufane | Secretary | — | 1992-02-29 |
| WELDON, David | Secretary | 2026-04-01 | 2026-05-07 |
| WELDON, David | Secretary | 2018-09-26 | 2021-06-12 |
| AMBLER, Richard | Director | 2016-01-22 | 2016-07-18 |
| APPLEGATE, John, The Venerable Doctor | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2008-08-10 |
| ASHCROFT, George Denman | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| ASHCROFT, Mark David, Rt Revd | Director | 2009-04-22 | 2023-02-28 |
| ASHWORTH, James Nigel | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| BAILEY, David Charles, Venerable | Director | 2008-10-13 | 2018-01-08 |
| BALLARD, Andrew Edgar, The Venerable | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2009-01-31 |
| BATTYE, Lisa Katherine, The Revd Canon | Director | 2018-03-16 | 2018-12-31 |
| BENSON, David Roger | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| BENSON, David Roger | Director | 2011-11-05 | 2013-01-01 |
| BILLSON, Philip John | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| BILLSON, Philip John | Director | 2017-03-18 | 2021-12-31 |
| BLAND, John Astley | Director | — | 1993-07-19 |
| BLINKHORN, Phillip Steel | Director | — | 2024-10-19 |
| BOLTON, Helen | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| BOLTON, Norman Hugh | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-09-16 |
| BONSER, David, Right Reverend | Director | — | 1999-03-31 |
| BOOTH-CLIBBORN, Stanley Eric Francis, Rt Revd | Director | — | 1992-11-30 |
| BRACEGIRDLE, Christopher Andrew, The Revd Canon Dr | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| BRACEGIRDLE, Christopher Andrew, Revd | Director | 2011-11-05 | 2014-11-01 |
| BRANDES, Simon Frank, Reverend | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| BRISON, William Stanley, Venerable Archdeacon | Director | — | 1992-01-31 |
| BULL, Philippa Catherine | Director | 2025-03-15 | 2025-09-18 |
| BURGESS, Jean Ann, The Venerable Mrs | Director | 2018-03-25 | 2023-06-04 |
| CARMYLLIE, Robert Jonathan, Revd | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2015-09-29 |
| COLLIER, Michael, Dr | Director | 2011-11-05 | 2015-12-31 |
| COOPER, Alan | Director | — | 2011-11-05 |
| COOPER, David Anthony | Director | 2012-05-15 | 2013-01-01 |
| CORTEEN, Robert, Reverend | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| CROLL, Michael John | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| DALBY, John Mark Meredith, Venerable Dr | Director | — | 2000-03-31 |
| DAVIES, Lorys, Venerable | Director | — | 1999-03-31 |
| DAVIES, Mark, Venerable | Director | 2006-03-19 | 2008-04-23 |
| DENT, Geoffrey | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| DIAMOND, Clifford | Director | — | 2002-09-08 |
| DINES, Philip Joseph | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1998-03-07 |
| DUNNE, John Philip | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| EDMONDSON, Christopher Paul, Right Reverend | Director | 2008-10-28 | 2016-05-31 |
| EDWARDS, Anne Joan, Rev Canon | Director | 2025-03-15 | 2025-03-15 |
| EDWARDS, Anne Joan, Revd Canon | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| FARNWORTH, Joanna Helen, Revd | Director | 2018-10-06 | 2021-10-09 |
| FEIST, Nicholas James, Revd. Canon | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2010-10-11 |
| FLOWERS, Karen | Director | 2001-04-23 | 2006-12-31 |
| GALLIFORD, David George, Right Reverend | Director | — | 1991-06-30 |
| GELDARD, Philip | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| GILBERTON, James Duncan | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| GILLETT, David Keith, Rt Revd | Director | 1999-06-29 | 2006-12-31 |
| GORE, Philip | Director | 1998-11-20 | 2009-06-01 |
| GORE, Philip | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1996-12-31 |
| GREENHALGH, Geraldene Mary | Director | 2007-01-15 | 2009-12-31 |
| GRIFFITHS, Martyn Robert | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1998-11-10 |
| HARDMAN, Gerard | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-12-31 |
| HARRIS, Reginald Brian, The Ven | Director | — | 1998-09-30 |
| HART, Raymond Hessell | Director | 2009-05-29 | 2014-06-01 |
| HAWORTH, Mark Newby, Revd | Director | 2011-11-05 | 2012-06-30 |
| HILTON, Catherine Ruth, Canon | Director | 2019-03-23 | 2021-12-31 |
| HODCROFT, Iain Peter | Director | 2022-05-25 | 2024-12-31 |
| HODGSON, Barbara Ann | Director | 2017-03-18 | 2019-09-23 |
| JONES, Andrea Susan, Reverend | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2017-07-29 |
| JONES, Jane Ann | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| KNOTT, Roger Alan | Director | 1992-05-18 | 1999-02-08 |
| LEWIS, Michael Augustine Owen | Director | 1999-12-07 | 2006-12-31 |
| LEWIS, Richard Molyneux | Director | 2007-01-15 | 2021-10-09 |
| LIGHTBOURNE, Hyacinth, Canon | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| LIGHTBOURNE, Hyacinth Elaine | Director | 2017-03-18 | 2021-12-31 |
| LLOYD, Keith David | Director | 2005-06-20 | 2009-03-23 |
| LOWE, Stephen Richard, Right Reverend | Director | 1999-04-23 | 2006-12-31 |
| MACKERETH, Yvonne Muriel | Director | 2019-03-23 | 2024-10-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 345 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.