PORTSMOUTH DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE(THE)
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Cash
£300k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£97m
Equity attributable
Employees
40
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2023-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 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
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Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £8,090,081 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£432,417 | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,005,705 | — | |
| Cash | £300,416 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £97,271,482 | — | |
| Net assets | £97,271,482 | — | |
| Equity | £97,271,482 | — | |
| Average employees | 40 | — | |
| Wages | £1,176,011 | — | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -5.3% | |
| Net margin | 12.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.79x |
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
- Crowe UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The Diocese of Portsmouth was also behind a long-running campaign, from September 2024 to June 2025, to try to save three Church of England schools on the Isle of Wight from proposed closure... The three schools remained open in September 2025.”
- “Our Bishop's Lent Appeal raised £9,000 which went towards relief work by Anglican charity USPG and Tearfund, as well as work to transform the lives of sex workers in Portsmouth, run by Vista based at Harbour Church.”
- “Our bishop entered the House of Lords for the first time, as one of the 26 most senior Church of England bishops. And HRH the Princess Royal visited St Mary's Church in Bramshott and Liphook CofE Junior School, to commemorate the involvement of Canadian troops alongside their allies in the First and Second World Wars.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
18 active · 161 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POULTER, Philip | Secretary | 2023-05-19 | — | — |
| ADENIRAN, Amy Victoria | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jun 1987 | British |
| CANE, Anthony William Nicholas | Director | 2019-03-16 | Aug 1961 | British |
| DOCHERTY, Lucy Clare | Director | 2007-01-01 | Mar 1955 | British |
| DRISCOLL, Raymond Donald Charles | Director | 2025-04-01 | Jan 1978 | British |
| FROST, Jonathan Hugh | Director | 2022-03-12 | Sep 1964 | British |
| GWYNN, Peter John | Director | 2025-04-01 | May 1956 | British |
| HOW, Martin Charles Andrew | Director | 2025-04-01 | Dec 1954 | British |
| HUNT, James Castle | Director | 2019-01-01 | Oct 1966 | English |
| JACKSON, Coleen Rachel | Director | 2025-01-01 | Oct 1954 | British |
| JORDAN, Adrian Mark | Director | 2019-01-01 | Aug 1960 | English |
| LEMIEUX, Simon | Director | 2022-01-01 | Sep 1964 | British |
| MORGAN, David Bramwell | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jan 1982 | British |
| PERCIVAL, Kathryn Janet | Director | 2023-07-02 | Apr 1974 | British |
| POULTER, Philip Antony | Director | 2020-01-20 | Feb 1957 | British |
| SMART, Steven Edward | Director | 2022-01-01 | Jan 1981 | British |
| SUTTON, Deborah Margaret | Director | 2010-01-01 | Dec 1957 | British |
| WHITE, Robert Charles | Director | 2004-01-01 | Jan 1961 | British |
Show 161 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLINGSWORTH, Jenny | Secretary | 2018-03-01 | 2018-10-08 |
| JAMES, Victoria | Secretary | 2018-10-08 | 2022-08-08 |
| JORDAN, Michael Frank | Secretary | 1993-09-01 | 2007-04-05 |
| KENNEDY, Wendy Patricia, Reverend | Secretary | 2007-04-05 | 2018-02-28 |
| ROBINSON, Andrew Ronald | Secretary | 2002-07-17 | 2003-01-16 |
| WILKINSON, John Michael | Secretary | — | 1993-08-31 |
| ABBOTT, Kathleen Frances, The Revd | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| ADENIRAN, Amy | Director | 2025-01-01 | 2026-04-10 |
| ALONGE, Oyinlolu | Director | 2025-04-01 | 2026-04-10 |
| ARMSTEAD, Paul Richard, The Revd Canon | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2021-10-20 |
| ASHTON, Muriel Anne | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| BAGG, Marcus, The Revd | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2020-08-01 |
| BANKS, Brian William Eric, Revd | Director | 1994-03-21 | 1995-01-18 |
| BANTING, Kenneth Mervyn, The Venerable | Director | 1996-06-28 | 2003-07-31 |
| BARNETT, John Richard, Reverend | Director | 1995-01-23 | 1998-01-12 |
| BARRETT, Jeremy, Colonel | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| BARWICK, Geoffrey Walter | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| BASTON, Caroline, The Venerable | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2011-10-02 |
| BAVIN, Timothy John, The Right Reverend | Director | — | 1996-03-15 |
| BAZALGETTE, Helen Ann Lingard | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| BENNISON, David Hugh | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2021-12-31 |
| BERRY, William George | Director | 2017-02-15 | 2018-12-31 |
| BINGHAM, William John, Commander | Director | — | 1998-01-12 |
| BLAKE, Peter William | Director | 2001-03-21 | 2003-12-31 |
| BLOODWORTH, Tessa Frampton, Councillor | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| BRACKLEY, Ian James, The Right Reverend | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| BREMRIDGE, James | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| BRINDLEY, David Charles, The Very Reverend | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2013-01-01 |
| BRINDLEY, David Charles, The Very Reverend | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| BRUCE-GARDYNE, Kenneth Patrick | Director | 1992-06-19 | 2009-12-31 |
| BUTTERISS, Robert Charles | Director | — | 1992-04-21 |
| CHALONER, Stephen Mason, Reverend | Director | — | 1999-04-14 |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Paul Martin, The Reverend Dr | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| CHANT, Harry, Reverend | Director | — | 1998-01-20 |
| CHAPMAN, Norman | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| CHRIMES, Neil Roy | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2026-04-13 |
| CHRISTIAN EDWARDS, Michael Thomas, Canon | Director | 1998-02-07 | 1998-08-14 |
| CLARK, John Edmund | Director | — | 1993-12-29 |
| CLAY, Louise Patricia | Director | 2011-09-09 | 2018-12-31 |
| COCHRANE, Philip Andrew, The Revd | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2011-12-15 |
| COLLINGRIDGE, Susie, The Revd Dr | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| COLLINS, Gavin Andrew, The Venerable | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2021-01-27 |
| COUSINS, Eaun James | Director | 1994-09-15 | 1997-03-31 |
| COUTTS, Robin, The Revd Canon | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| CRITTENDEN, Mary Anne | Director | 2016-06-26 | 2021-12-31 |
| CROWDER, Norman Harry, The Venerable | Director | — | 1993-12-01 |
| CUTTER, Barry | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2003-12-31 |
| DAUGHTERY, Stephen, The Venerable | Director | 2023-01-22 | 2025-04-20 |
| DAVIDSON, Elizabeth | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| DAVIS, Andrew, The Revd | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| DAVIS, Andrew, Revd | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2005-06-06 |
| DAY, Wiliam Charles, Rev'D | Director | 1998-09-23 | 2006-12-31 |
| DAY, William Charles, Reverend | Director | 1998-01-16 | 1998-06-17 |
| DEANS, Bruce, The Revd | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2023-06-26 |
| DICKER, Edgar Valentine, Lt Col (Retd) | Director | — | 1992-06-17 |
| DOYLE, Keith Archibald | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| DRAPER, John, The Revd | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2010-09-30 |
| DUFF, Michael Ian, Revd | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2019-09-10 |
| EMBLIN, Richard John, The Revd Canon | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2013-10-31 |
| EMBLIN, Richard, Reverend | Director | — | 1998-01-12 |
| EMERTON, Mark Simon | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| EMMERSON, Paul Robert | Director | 2002-11-20 | 2003-12-31 |
| ENGLAND, Richard, The Revd | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| FORSTER, Stuart Kenneth | Director | 1999-10-14 | 2024-12-31 |
| FOSTER, Christopher Richard James, The Right Reverend | Director | 2010-10-19 | 2021-04-24 |
| FOX, Leonard | Director | 1998-02-03 | 2003-12-31 |
| FROUD, Andrew William, Reverend | Director | 1998-01-16 | 2001-03-20 |
| GIRLING, Stephen, The Revd | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2015-04-13 |
| GIRLING, Stephen Paul, The Revd Canon | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| GOODYER, Edward Arthur, The Revd Canon | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2012-04-05 |
| GOODYER, Edward Arthur, The Revd Canon | Director | 1995-01-23 | 2003-12-31 |
| GREEN, Karina, The Revd Canon | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2012-07-30 |
| GREEN, Robert Sinclair | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| GRENFELL, Joanne Woolway, The Venerable Doctor | Director | 2013-04-14 | 2019-07-01 |
| GROVES, Adrian Keith | Director | 2001-02-19 | 2003-12-31 |
| GWYNN, John | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2020-01-20 |
| HAIR, Pamela Yvonne | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| HANCOCK, Peter, The Venerable | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2010-10-01 |
| HARGREAVES, Andrew, The Revd | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| HARGREAVES, Brian John | Director | 1992-06-22 | 2006-12-31 |
| HARGREAVES, Brian John | Director | 1992-06-22 | 2006-12-31 |
| HARTRIDGE, James Bernard Robertson, The Revd | Director | 1993-02-10 | 1995-03-05 |
| HILL, Alex | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| HOLLINGSWORTH, Jennifer Catherine | Director | 2022-08-30 | 2022-12-31 |
| HOLLINGSWORTH, Jenny | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| HONEYCHURCH, John | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| HUGHES, William Piers Maximilian, The Reverend | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2023-07-01 |
| HUMPHREYS, Alison Sarah | Director | — | 1993-12-29 |
| ISAAC, David Thomas, Reverend Canon | Director | — | 1995-01-18 |
| JACKSON, Coleen Rachel | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2023-09-30 |
| JAMES, Derek George, Reverend | Director | — | 1995-01-18 |
| JAMES, Irene Anne | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| JONES, Arthur Charles Wilson, Commander Rn (Retd) | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| JONES, Malcolm, The Revd | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| JORDAN, Adrian Mark | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2026-04-13 |
| JORDAN, Michael Frank | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2007-04-05 |
| KENNAR, Thomas, The Revd Canon | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| KENNEDY, Wendy Patricia, Reverend | Director | 2007-04-05 | 2018-02-28 |
| KERR, Alison, The Reverend | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| KERR, Stephen Phillip | Director | 1995-03-06 | 1998-01-28 |
| KILVERT, Robert Wynne, Reverend Canon | Director | — | 1993-07-30 |
| KNOWLES, Graeme Paul, The Right Reverend | Director | 1993-12-06 | 1998-12-29 |
| LANE, Michael George, Cmdr | Director | 2014-05-20 | 2018-03-01 |
| LAW, Michael Franklin, Captain | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2003-12-31 |
| LAWRIE, Ian Drummond | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| LEARY, Vanda | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| LEONARD, Peter Philip, The Venerable | Director | 2019-05-18 | 2022-03-31 |
| LEWIS, Michael David Bennett, The Revd | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| LITTLEJOHN, Anthony David Findon | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| LLOYD, Fred Robert | Director | 1997-04-28 | 2001-03-20 |
| LOUDEN, Terence Edmund, The Reverend | Director | 1998-09-25 | 2000-12-31 |
| LOWATER, Peter Alexander | Director | 2005-10-03 | 2009-12-31 |
| LOWATER, Peter Alexander | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| LOWSON, Christopher, The Venerable | Director | 1999-01-17 | 2006-01-31 |
| LOWSON, Christopher, Reverend | Director | 1993-10-12 | 1994-10-03 |
| MARTELL, Samantha Tara | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| MASON, Hugh Laurence, Dr | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2016-01-01 |
| MASON, Hugh Laurence, Dr | Director | 1995-03-06 | 2021-12-31 |
| MCCULLOCH, Douglas Roddis | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| MITCHELL, Nicholas James Robert John | Director | 1998-01-16 | 2002-05-13 |
| MOORE, Paul Henry, The Revd Canon Dr | Director | 2002-04-24 | 2014-07-06 |
| MORRIS, Graham Edwin, The Revd | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2018-07-17 |
| MORRIS, Graham Edwin, The Revd | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| NICHOLLS, John Francis Charles | Director | 1994-03-29 | 2006-12-31 |
| NORRIS, Andrew Peter, The Revd | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2013-05-02 |
| OAKLEY, Michael Anthony Robert | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2011-01-01 |
| OAKLEY, Michael Anthony Robert | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2003-12-31 |
| OLIVE, Bryan Roy, Dr | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2013-05-27 |
| ORGAN, Eugene | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2020-01-24 |
| PALLOT, Philip Mourant | Director | 1994-05-08 | 1995-03-05 |
| PALMER, Stephen, Canon | Director | 1998-01-16 | 2001-10-30 |
| PINDER, John Ridout, The Reverend Canon | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2009-04-29 |
| POWER, David Michael, The Revd Canon | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| READER, Trevor Alan John, The Venerable | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2013-01-13 |
| RENDLE, John David | Director | — | 1993-05-05 |
| RINGROW, George William | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2016-03-04 |
| RINGROW, George William | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| RODGERS, Susan Elizabeth, Canon | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| ROWLEY, Jennifer, The Venerable | Director | 2020-04-04 | 2024-02-01 |
| RUSSELL, Jonathan Wingate, Revd | Director | 2001-03-21 | 2003-12-31 |
| SCHMIDT, Karen, The Venerable | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2012-11-09 |
| SNARES, Ian, The Reverend | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| SNARES, Ian, The Revd | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2015-12-03 |
| SOLOMON, Robert Graham Brooke | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2018-04-09 |
| SPURGEON, Hilary Olive Mary, Canon | Director | — | 2021-12-31 |
| STEADMAN, John Edward | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2016-10-07 |
| STEVENSON, Kenneth William, The Right Reverend Doctor | Director | 1996-03-21 | 2009-10-01 |
| SUTTON, Deborah Margaret | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2013-01-01 |
| SUTTON, Peter, The Venerable | Director | 2012-11-10 | 2018-09-08 |
| TAMS, Adam, The Revd | Director | 2025-01-01 | 2025-10-19 |
| TURNER, Antony Hubert Michael, The Venerable | Director | 1995-01-23 | 1996-04-30 |
| VEARS, Deborah Susan | Director | 2021-03-21 | 2021-12-31 |
| WALTON, Anthony, Commander | Director | 1993-03-29 | 1994-03-21 |
| WELCH, Michael Robin, The Rev'D Cannon | Director | — | 1996-06-20 |
| WHITE, Monty John | Director | 1994-06-15 | 1999-09-13 |
| WILLIAMS, Mark, The Revd | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| WITCHER, Andrew | Director | — | 1995-06-13 |
| WOOD, Alice | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| WREN, Dennis Herbert | Director | 1996-06-18 | 2001-02-19 |
| WRIGHT, Frank, The Revd | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2009-10-01 |
| YORKE, Michael Leslie, The Very Reverend | Director | 1995-01-23 | 1999-10-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 514 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 5
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.