NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED(THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-29 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-15
Watchouts
Cash
£471K
-46.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£27M
-1.1% vs 2023
Employees
38
+15.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£384K
-260% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £239,744 | -£383,576 | |
| Net profit | £618,703 | -£293,273 | |
| Cash | £874,396 | £471,154 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,935,572 | £26,642,299 | |
| Net assets | £26,930,528 | £26,637,255 | |
| Equity | £26,930,528 | £26,637,255 | |
| Average employees | 33 | 38 | |
| Wages | £1,227,668 | £1,509,305 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-46.1%
£874,396 £471,154
-
Net assets
-1.1%
£26,930,528 £26,637,255
-
Employees
+15.2%
33 38
-
Profit before tax
-260%
£239,744 -£383,576
-
Wages
+22.9%
£1,227,668 £1,509,305
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1.6% | 1.2% | |
| Current ratio | 11.12x | 10.39x |
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
- UNW LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees are comfortable that these measures, along with the current levels of cash and short-term deposits, are sufficient to allow the Diocese to continue to operate as a going concern for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “Diocesan Secretary Shane Waddle left in August 2024 and was replaced by Chris Elder on 8th October 2024.”
- “Head of Safeguarding, Carol Butler, leaving in October to be replaced by Sharon Devlin starting in April 2025.”
- “Bishop's Chaplain, Pete Askew, departing with a successor to be recruited.”
- “In 2025, the Lighthouse project in Byker will open a facility providing community activities and services for young people and families.”
- “During 2024, properties and one piece of land were purchased for £972k (20 Radcliffe Park, 97 Whitton View, 18 The Closes).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
17 active · 83 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELDER, Chris | Secretary | 2024-10-01 | — | — |
| APPLEBY, John Christopher, Dr | Director | 2012-11-16 | Nov 1956 | British |
| BATSON, Lee Paul, Very Rev'D | Director | 2023-10-14 | Dec 1977 | British |
| DOOLAN, Benjamin, Revd | Director | 2025-01-01 | Feb 1987 | British |
| GLOVER, David Charles, The Rev'D | Director | 2025-01-01 | Feb 1966 | British |
| GRIFFITHS, Carol | Director | 2025-01-01 | Sep 1944 | British |
| HARPER, Simon Robert | Director | 2006-07-17 | Apr 1965 | British |
| HARTLEY, Helen-Ann, Right Revd | Director | 2023-02-03 | May 1973 | British |
| JEE, Joshua | Director | 2025-01-01 | Aug 2000 | British |
| LAWRANCE, Robert | Director | 2025-01-01 | Aug 1963 | British |
| LLEWELLYN, Dominic Robin Crofts | Director | 2025-01-01 | Apr 1984 | British |
| MAXIM, Claire, Revd Dr | Director | 2025-01-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
| MCDONALD-BOOTH, Isabella, Canon | Director | 2016-01-01 | Jul 1972 | British |
| SOURBUT GROVES, Catherine, Venerable | Director | 2020-11-14 | Sep 1967 | British |
| TAYLOR-KENYON, Louise Margaret, Revd | Director | 2022-10-18 | Jul 1961 | British |
| WOOD, Rachel Astrid, Arch Deacon | Director | 2021-09-03 | Jun 1971 | British |
| WROE, Mark, The Venerable | Director | 2019-03-24 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 83 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNARD, Graham Palmer | Secretary | 2009-10-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| CRASTER, John Michael | Secretary | 1995-01-01 | 1998-06-30 |
| DAVIES, Philip, Secretary | Secretary | 1998-07-27 | 2009-03-13 |
| HIDE, David William | Secretary | 1991-10-16 | 1994-12-31 |
| WADDLE, Shane | Secretary | 2013-07-01 | 2024-08-01 |
| ANDREWS, Christopher Paul, Reverend | Director | 1994-11-01 | 1996-07-25 |
| BLAKE, Anthony Reginald | Director | — | 1994-02-20 |
| BOWERING, Michael Ernest, Venerable | Director | — | 2000-08-31 |
| BREARLEY, Janet Mary, Reverend | Director | 2003-12-19 | 2005-03-24 |
| BROWN, Christine Lilian, Reverend | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| BROWN, Julian David Gardner | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2019-11-13 |
| BROWN, Julian David Gardner | Director | 1997-11-08 | 2003-12-05 |
| BULL, John William | Director | 2003-12-19 | 2010-11-19 |
| CARTER, Benjamin Huw, Rev'D Dr | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| CHADWICK, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| CHAPMAN, Lesley, The Revd | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2019-11-01 |
| CLEMENTS, Alan Austin, Reverend | Director | 1994-11-01 | 1997-11-08 |
| CLEMENTS, Alan Austin, Reverend | Director | — | 1991-10-16 |
| CRAGGS, Lynne | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-12-01 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Philip John, Revd | Director | 2009-11-27 | 2012-11-16 |
| CURRY, George Robert, The Rev | Director | 1991-10-16 | 1994-11-01 |
| DALLISTON, Christopher Charles | Director | 2003-12-19 | 2018-01-19 |
| DANIEL, Yvette, Revd | Director | 2022-11-19 | 2023-11-16 |
| DOBSON, Peter, The Revd | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| DORAN, Emma | Director | 2020-07-07 | 2026-02-12 |
| DOREY, Michael Hutchinson | Director | — | 1991-10-16 |
| ELDER, Hilary Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| ELLIOTT, Peter, Venerable | Director | 1993-05-02 | 2005-02-28 |
| EMMETT, Thomas | Director | — | 1994-11-01 |
| FERGUSON, Richard Archie, Reverend | Director | 1998-02-03 | 2000-11-04 |
| GORDON, Reginald Peter | Director | — | 1993-02-02 |
| GRAHAM, Andrew Alexander Kenny | Director | — | 1997-06-30 |
| GRAINGER, Thomas Melville | Director | 1994-11-01 | 1997-11-08 |
| GREENWOOD, Robin Patrick, Canon Dr | Director | 2006-11-04 | 2012-11-16 |
| GROUNDS, Eric | Director | 1991-10-16 | 1994-11-01 |
| HARDMAN, Christine Elizabeth, Right Reverend | Director | 2015-09-22 | 2021-11-30 |
| HARRIS, Terence Albert | Director | 1994-11-01 | 2003-12-19 |
| HARRISON, Eric Michael | Director | — | 1991-10-16 |
| HART, Susan May, Canon | Director | 2009-11-27 | 2019-04-14 |
| HARTLAND, Theodore | Director | 1997-11-08 | 2006-11-04 |
| HENDERSON, Rose Elizabeth | Director | 2000-11-04 | 2003-12-19 |
| HENDERSON, Rose Elizabeth | Director | — | 1997-11-08 |
| HEWLETT, David, Revd | Director | 2012-11-16 | 2015-12-31 |
| HOBLYN, Douglas Morley | Director | — | 2003-12-19 |
| HOLLOWAY, David Ronald James, Revd | Director | — | 1994-11-01 |
| HOLMES, Gary, Professor | Director | 2020-06-04 | 2024-12-01 |
| HOPE, Charles Henry, Reverend | Director | 2003-12-19 | 2006-11-04 |
| HURST, Brian, Revd Canon | Director | 2020-08-13 | 2024-12-01 |
| HURST, Brian Charles, Reverend | Director | 1994-11-01 | 2000-11-04 |
| JACKSON, Michael James, Reverend Doctor | Director | 1998-03-16 | 2003-12-19 |
| KEATING, Colin Henderson | Director | 1995-11-30 | 2000-11-04 |
| KERRY, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2017-05-09 | 2024-12-01 |
| KING, Matthew William | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| KNAGGS, Frank Aylesbury | Director | 1997-11-08 | 2000-11-04 |
| LAIDLER, John | Director | — | 1991-10-16 |
| LANGLEY, Robert, Venerable | Director | — | 2007-12-31 |
| LANSBERRY, Nicholas Russell Gibson | Director | 2010-11-19 | 2013-11-13 |
| LEACH, Audrey | Director | 1996-03-18 | 1997-09-23 |
| LEE, Martin Paul, Father | Director | 2012-11-16 | 2015-12-31 |
| LOWEN, John Michael, Reverend | Director | — | 1994-11-01 |
| MACLEOD, Mairi | Director | 2004-03-30 | 2009-10-31 |
| MACNAUGHTON, James Alastair, Rev | Director | 1996-09-30 | 2000-11-04 |
| MARKS, Allan Willi, Fr | Director | 2012-11-16 | 2015-12-31 |
| MCKENDRICK, Michael, Dr | Director | 2003-12-19 | 2009-10-31 |
| MCKENZIE, Gwyneth Kathleen | Director | 2025-01-01 | 2026-05-04 |
| MIDDLETON, Michael John | Director | — | 1991-10-16 |
| MILLER, Geoffrey Vincent, The Very Reverend | Director | 2005-04-10 | 2022-11-30 |
| MILLER, Geoffrey Vincent, Venerable | Director | 2000-12-04 | 2003-09-09 |
| MUMFORD, David Christopher, Reverend | Director | 1994-11-01 | 1997-11-08 |
| PATTERSON, Kenneth | Director | — | 2001-09-11 |
| PATTISON, Anthony, Rev | Director | 2000-12-04 | 2003-12-19 |
| PRINS, Stanley Vernon, Rev Canon | Director | — | 1994-11-01 |
| PURVES, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2014-03-17 | 2015-12-31 |
| RATCLIFF, David | Director | 2010-01-15 | 2015-12-31 |
| RICHARDSON, Paul, Rt Reverend | Director | 2003-12-19 | 2010-01-16 |
| ROBERSON, Simon Andrew | Director | 2012-11-16 | 2015-12-31 |
| ROBERTSON, James Alexander, Reverend Canon | Director | 2005-05-16 | 2015-03-31 |
| ROBERTSON, James Alexander, Reverend Canon | Director | 2000-11-04 | 2003-12-19 |
| ROBINSON, Dorothy Ann, Revd | Director | 2004-03-22 | 2006-11-04 |
| ROBINSON, Peter John Alan, Venerable | Director | 2003-12-19 | 2020-07-03 |
| SAVAGE, Mark David John, Reverend | Director | 1994-11-01 | 2003-12-05 |
| SCOTT, Hedley, Reverend | Director | — | 1991-10-16 |
| SCOTT, Paul Malcolm, Revd | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2020-02-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Right Revd Helen-Ann Hartley | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-02-03 | Active |
| Venerable Rachel Astrid Wood | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-09-05 | Active |
| Venerable Catherine Sourbut Groves | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-11-14 | Active |
| The Venerable Mark Wroe | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-03-24 | Active |
| Mrs Elizabeth Anne Kerry | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-05-09 | Ceased 2024-12-01 |
| Right Reverend Mark Simon Austin Tanner | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-01-24 | Ceased 2020-07-14 |
| Mr Shane Waddle | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-08-01 |
| Right Reverend Christine Elizabeth Hardman | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-11-30 |
| Venerable Peter John Alan Robinson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-07-03 |
| Venerable Geoffrey Vincent Miller | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-20 |
| Mr Simon Robert Harper | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 334 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.