PORTSMOUTH DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE(THE)

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

HaysMac LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties that could cast doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. After reviewing the charity's forecasts and projections, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.”

Significant events

• “The year 2024 saw the formal approval of our diocese's Vision and Strategy in June, which paved the way for an application for strategic funding from the national Church of England in the Autumn. The success of this application unlocked more than £5m of funding over the next five years to support our diocese's strategic plans.”
• “Among other achievements during 2024 were some progress on efforts to combat climate change by reducing carbon emissions. A new team, partly funded by the national Church, was created to drive our diocese towards net zero carbon, with our cathedral and diocesan offices both achieving a silver Eco-Church award, meaning that our diocese overall merited a bronze Eco-Church award.”
• “Our Bishop's Lent Appeal raised more than £9,000 towards Foodbanks within our diocese and the Tearfund appeal to offer humanitarian aid to those suffering in the conflict between Israel, Gaza and Lebanon.”
• “It was a significant moment as HRH Prince Edward celebrated the formal re-opening of Newport Minster, at the end of a £2.6m refurbishment and redevelopment that had seen the minster closed for eight months.”
• “Bishop Jonathan paid his first visit to our Anglican friends in Ghana, who this diocese has been linked to for 40 years. He spent 10 days there, visiting all 13 of the bishops who lead the Anglican church there, as well as churches, schools and communities across the country.”
• “The bishop continued to appoint new clergy to roles throughout 2024. Several stipendiary clergy were appointed to posts on the Isle of Wight, reducing the number of vacant posts significantly. And for the second year there was a 'Michaelmas' cohort of clergy ordained, having been trained on an in-house programme over the previous 12 months. This meant the bishop ordained 18 deacons in total in the summer.”
• “Bishop Jonathan also launched a national initiative in the summer called 'Flourish', which aims to create new worshipping communities within schools. They may be voluntary or after-school groups that can worship, pray and study together. There are 40 pilot Flourish projects across the country, with four of them within our diocese, in Horndean, Sandown and Bembridge.”
• “Diocesan staff were also heavily involved in a campaign to keep three Isle of Wight church schools open, after the Isle of Wight Council earmarked them for closure in September because of the number of surplus places across the island.”
• “The end of 2024 saw an expansion of the Ministry and Discipleship Team, under the new interim Director, Revd Andrew Hargreaves, in post from 1 October 2024, to include team positions of 'Lead for Revive' (Clergy Wellbeing, Continuing Ministerial Development and Lay Discipleship), 'Lead for Revitalise' (Parish Mission and Discipleship), 'Lead for Renew' (New Worshipping Communities, Church Planting and Pioneer Ministry), a 'Children's Youth and Families Officer', a 'Lay Ministry Discipleship Officer' and a 'Team Executive Assistant', to add to our 'Lead for Vocations', 'Assistant Lead for Vocations' and 'Anna Chaplaincy co-ordinator'. These were funded by a successful £5.3million Strategic Ministry and Mission Investment Board (SMMIB) grant”

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

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

Filings

20

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.