CHELMSFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE(THE)
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
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Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
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Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,411,000 | £22,322,000 | £22,995,000 | +3% | |
| Operating profit | £576,000 | -£5,402,000 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,621,000 | -£4,725,000 | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,621,000 | -£4,725,000 | — | — | |
| Cash | £8,282,000 | £3,291,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £380,872,000 | £362,608,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £372,556,000 | £359,900,000 | — | — | |
| Equity | £372,556,000 | £359,900,000 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 72 | 77 | — | — | |
| Wages | £2,338,000 | £2,761,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — |
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 | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.2% | -24.2% | — | |
| Net margin | 6.1% | -21.2% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.2% | -1.5% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.8% | 1.4% | — | |
| Current ratio | 8.88x | 5.05x | — | |
| Interest cover | 1.02x | -14.72x | — |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CHELMSFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE(THE) 1980-12-31 → present
- CHELMSFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED 1914-07-16 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“CDBF have general fund reserves covering approximately 3 months of operating expenditure and reserves are sufficient to cover projected operational deficits in the short term. CDBF have a 5-year financial plan and having reviewed the funding facilities available to CDBF together with the expected future cash flows, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that charity has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future and consider that there were no material uncertainties over the charity's financial viability.”
Group structure
- CHELMSFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE(THE) · parent
- MCO Investments Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 16 January 2026 the Charity Commission for England and Wales issued an Official Warning to the Trustees of the Chelmsford Diocesan Board of Finance (CDBF) for "a breach of trust or duty or other misconduct and/ or mismanagement" in relation to the handling of a concern raised in 2023 about the conduct of the former Bishop of Bradwell (and more recently the Bishop of Liverpool), the Rt Rev'd Dr John Perumbalath.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
28 active · 132 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, Adam Edward Garnier, The Right Reverend | Director | 2023-09-29 | Jul 1967 | British |
| BURKE, Christopher Mark, The Ven | Director | 2019-05-12 | Dec 1965 | British |
| CARNELLEY, Philip | Director | 2021-11-20 | Jun 1957 | British |
| CONATY, Florence | Director | 2024-11-16 | Oct 1946 | British |
| CROUCHER, Jonathan Edward, The Venerable | Director | 2023-11-04 | Nov 1968 | British |
| CULLENS, Lynne Susan, Rt Rev | Director | 2022-03-20 | May 1964 | British |
| DEER, Vevet Norine | Director | 2025-01-06 | Mar 1954 | British |
| DURLACHER, Mary Caroline | Director | 2021-11-20 | Oct 1951 | British |
| FRANCIS-DEHQANI, Gulnar Eleanor, Rt Rev Dr | Director | 2021-03-11 | Jun 1966 | British |
| GILDER, James Bernard, Revd | Director | 2026-03-01 | Jul 1985 | British |
| GOULBOURN, Wilhelmina Joan | Director | 2024-10-21 | Jun 1960 | British |
| HAMMOND, Robert Ian | Director | 2005-05-01 | Sep 1966 | British |
| HOLT, Andrew Simon | Director | 2025-06-27 | Feb 1967 | British |
| JEBANESAN, Duraisamy Daniel | Director | 2025-01-06 | Jun 1967 | British |
| LUCAS, Susan Joyce, Revd Dr | Director | 2024-11-16 | May 1961 | British |
| MARTIN, Jessica Heloise, The Very Revd Dr | Director | 2025-01-05 | Apr 1963 | British |
| MORRIS, Roger Anthony Brett, Rt Revd | Director | 2014-07-25 | Jul 1968 | British |
| MUSHENS, Jeffrey Stephen Peter | Director | 2022-02-26 | Mar 1954 | British |
| OKEKE, Christian, Revd Dr | Director | 2024-11-16 | Apr 1971 | British |
| PATTEN, Ruth Janet, The Ven | Director | 2018-11-17 | Jan 1972 | British |
| PEACOCK, Kate, The Venerable | Director | 2023-11-04 | Sep 1978 | British |
| POWER, Michael Andrew, Archdeacon | Director | 2022-06-26 | Sep 1961 | British |
| ROWAN, Nicholas Edward, Revd Canon | Director | 2021-11-20 | Sep 1976 | British |
| SHAKESHAFT, John Charles | Director | 2026-02-23 | May 1954 | British |
| SMITH, Adrian | Director | 2025-04-28 | Sep 1950 | British |
| THOMAS, Hazel | Director | 2023-01-26 | Jan 1959 | British |
| THOMAS, Julia | Director | 2025-01-06 | Jul 1955 | British |
| TIPPING, John Goodwin Blackford | Director | 2021-11-20 | Jan 1952 | British |
Show 132 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESSERY, Margaret Constance | Secretary | 2011-01-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| FERNANDO, Lalini Hiranthi | Secretary | 2004-07-01 | 2006-07-24 |
| PHILLIPS, David | Secretary | 1995-01-23 | 2004-06-30 |
| REDDINGTON, John Christopher | Secretary | — | 1994-05-31 |
| WEBB, Steven Graham | Secretary | 2006-07-24 | 2010-12-31 |
| ADCOCK, Isabel | Director | 2016-08-22 | 2024-11-16 |
| ANDREWS, Robert William | Director | 2000-11-30 | 2009-11-14 |
| ATKIN, Susan Anne Jennifer, Dr | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2015-07-31 |
| ATKINS, David John, Reverend Canon | Director | — | 2005-04-30 |
| BAILEY, Jonathan Sansbury, The Venerable | Director | — | 1992-10-31 |
| BARLOW, Lesley Grace | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2012-11-03 |
| BELBEN, Kenneth, Reverend | Director | — | 1994-11-29 |
| BENNETT, Lynne, Canon | Director | 2018-11-17 | 2021-11-20 |
| BERRY, Robert William | Director | 2002-11-09 | 2007-06-30 |
| BREWSTER, Susan Jacqueline, The Reverend | Director | 2003-11-08 | 2005-04-30 |
| BROWN, John Michael | Director | 2009-11-14 | 2018-02-20 |
| BROWN, John Michael | Director | — | 2005-04-30 |
| CANT, Anthony David, Revd | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2010-10-15 |
| CARDY, Donald Frederick | Director | 2004-02-24 | 2015-11-14 |
| CAREW, Bryan Andrew | Director | 1995-04-19 | 1997-11-19 |
| CHESNEY, David | Director | 2025-04-28 | 2025-09-18 |
| COCKETT, Elwin Wesley, The Venerable | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| COLE, Mark Richard Morris | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2014-04-24 |
| COLEBROOKE, Andrew, Reverend | Director | 2009-11-14 | 2012-11-03 |
| COLLISCHON, Robert David | Director | 1991-11-09 | 1997-11-08 |
| COOPER, Annette Joy, The Venerable | Director | 2004-06-06 | 2019-04-05 |
| COSTELLOE, David Michael | Director | 2006-11-11 | 2010-09-30 |
| COTTRELL, Stephen Geoffrey, Rt Revd | Director | 2010-11-27 | 2020-07-11 |
| CRAWFORD, Ivy Elizabeth, Revd Canon | Director | 2007-02-05 | 2008-07-01 |
| CROWLEY, Gerald | Director | — | 1997-11-10 |
| DE BOURCIER, Katherine Elizabeth, Revd | Director | 2021-11-20 | 2024-06-18 |
| DEER, Vevet Norine | Director | 2012-11-03 | 2021-11-20 |
| DINES, Roger Alan | Director | 1991-11-09 | 2001-02-27 |
| DURLACHER, Mary Caroline | Director | 2012-11-03 | 2018-11-17 |
| EASTER, Ann Rosemarie, Rev'D Canon | Director | 2012-11-03 | 2015-11-14 |
| ENNALS, Roger James, Canon | Director | 2016-03-02 | 2024-11-16 |
| EVANS, Alan David Carter, Reverend | Director | 1995-07-19 | 1997-11-19 |
| FOSTER, Kenneth Charles Frank | Director | — | 1991-11-09 |
| FOX, Michael John, The Venerable | Director | 1993-11-01 | 2007-08-31 |
| FREEMAN, Richard Ford | Director | 2015-12-18 | 2021-11-20 |
| FRY, John Edward, The Revd | Director | 2018-11-17 | 2024-04-15 |
| GARNHAM, Laura Felicity | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2006-11-11 |
| GILLESPIE, Dean, Canon | Director | 2017-08-15 | 2021-11-20 |
| GLADWIN, John Warren, Rt Revd | Director | 2003-11-24 | 2009-10-01 |
| GOLDSMITH, Christopher David, Reverend Dr | Director | 2009-11-14 | 2013-05-14 |
| GREEN, Duncan Jamie, Revd Canon | Director | 1998-03-10 | 2009-11-14 |
| GREEN, Laurence Alexander, The Right Reverend | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2011-02-28 |
| HANDSCOMBE, Richard John, Canon | Director | — | 1993-09-29 |
| HAWKES, Philip Edward | Director | 1997-11-08 | 2002-11-09 |
| HAWKINS, David John Leader, The Right Revd | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2014-03-30 |
| HAWKINS, Frank | Director | 2015-11-14 | 2023-02-20 |
| HAYES, John Charles | Director | 1997-11-19 | 2005-04-30 |
| HENSHALL, Nicholas James, The Very Revd | Director | 2014-02-02 | 2023-02-24 |
| HERRICK, Vanessa Anne, The Ven | Director | 2017-09-24 | 2023-03-31 |
| HILL, Peter, Rt Revd | Director | 2014-06-25 | 2021-11-20 |
| HILTON, Ian Anthony, Revd | Director | 2012-11-03 | 2015-11-14 |
| HORTON, Christine Gladys | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2021-11-20 |
| JENNINGS, David Willfred Michael, The Venerable | Director | 1992-12-03 | 2001-02-26 |
| JOSLIN, Marion Emma | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2012-11-03 |
| JUDD, Lesley Victoria | Director | 2021-11-20 | 2024-11-16 |
| JUDD, Peter Somerset Margesson, Very Reverend | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2013-10-06 |
| KENNINGTON, Paul, Very Revd | Director | 2023-02-24 | 2025-01-06 |
| KING, Robin Lucas Colin, The Venerable | Director | 2013-09-15 | 2014-05-24 |
| LAW, Simon | Director | — | 1992-06-10 |
| LEONARD, Jillian Sarah, Canon | Director | 2016-01-15 | 2021-11-20 |
| LODGE, Michael John, The Ven | Director | 2017-03-19 | 2021-11-29 |
| LOMAX, Percy William Cecil | Director | 2013-11-09 | 2021-11-20 |
| LOWMAN, David Walter, The Venerable | Director | 2001-02-27 | 2016-01-31 |
| MARSH, Henry Arthur, Canon | Director | 2018-11-17 | 2021-11-20 |
| MARSH, Henry Arthur, Canon | Director | — | 2015-11-14 |
| MASHEDER, Peter Timothy Charles, The Reverend | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2006-11-11 |
| MCCAFFERTY, Esther Elaine, The Reverend | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2006-11-11 |
| MCCAFFERTY, Esther Elaine, The Reverend | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2006-11-11 |
| MCKENZIE, Oswald Justin, Canon | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2015-11-14 |
| MCLERNON, Ronald Victor James | Director | 2012-11-03 | 2021-11-20 |
| MCLERNON, Ronald Victor James | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2009-11-14 |
| MITCHELL, Martin Paul | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2017-09-05 |
| MOORE, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2012-11-03 | 2021-11-20 |
| MORGAN, Christopher Heudebourck, The Right Revd | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2013-07-31 |
| MORGAN, David Geoffrey Llewelyn | Director | — | 2005-04-30 |
| MORGAN, Richard Gareth Llewelyn | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2006-11-11 |
| MORRISS, Peter Warren | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2018-11-17 |
| NEED, Philip Alan, The Very Revd | Director | 2006-11-11 | 2009-11-14 |
| NEGUS, Guy Donald | Director | 2009-11-14 | 2012-05-09 |
| NICOLLE, Anthony | Director | 1998-03-10 | 2015-11-14 |
| NORRINGTON, Paul Richard, The Revd Canon | Director | 2019-06-25 | 2021-11-20 |
| O'NEILL, Robert James | Director | 2009-11-14 | 2015-11-14 |
| OBENDE, Michelle Agnes Kaa Tackie | Director | 2021-11-20 | 2024-11-16 |
| PELLY, Derek Roland | Director | — | 1996-10-02 |
| PERRY, John Freeman, The Right Reverend | Director | 1996-09-14 | 2003-06-30 |
| PERUMBALATH, John, The Rt Rev Dr | Director | 2013-09-15 | 2023-01-20 |
| POTTER, Timothy John, Revd Canon | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2008-08-14 |
| PRESTNEY, Patricia Christine Margaret, Revd | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2009-11-14 |
| READINGS, Jill Elizabeth | Director | 2023-01-18 | 2025-07-09 |
| REEVES, Norman | Director | — | 1996-07-10 |
| RICHARDS, Jane, Revd Canon | Director | 2021-11-20 | 2023-01-30 |
| RITCHIE, David Philip, The Revd | Director | 2016-01-15 | 2019-12-09 |
| ROBERTS, William Morys | Director | 1998-09-30 | 2003-06-07 |
| SAYER, Penelope Jane, The Revd | Director | 2016-01-15 | 2016-11-25 |
| SCOTT-MILLER, James | Director | — | 1997-11-19 |
| SEGAL, Marie, The Revd Canon | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2018-11-17 |
| SHILLING, Roger Iain | Director | 2009-11-14 | 2018-11-17 |
| SIBSON, Edward John, Reverend Canon | Director | 1997-11-19 | 2006-11-11 |
| SIMMONDS, Gordon Robert William | Director | 2004-02-24 | 2012-11-03 |
| SMALLMAN, Wilhelmina Tokcumboh, The Ven | Director | 2013-09-15 | 2016-12-13 |
| SMITH, Adrian James, Revd Canon | Director | 2021-11-20 | 2024-11-16 |
| SMITH, Brian | Director | 2018-11-17 | 2024-11-16 |
| SMITH, Derek Graham | Director | 2006-11-11 | 2015-11-14 |
| SMITH, Derek Graham | Director | 2003-11-01 | 2005-04-30 |
| SNOWDEN, Elizabeth, The Venerable | Director | 2016-03-13 | 2022-10-14 |
| SPENCE, John Andrew, Cllr | Director | 2007-11-10 | 2013-11-09 |
| SPRINGETT, Simon, Revd | Director | — | 1991-11-09 |
| STEVENS, Timothy, Venerable | Director | — | 1995-11-16 |
| STROUD, Ernest Charles Frederick, The Venerable | Director | — | 1997-10-01 |
| SWANNEY, William David Reid | Director | — | 1991-11-09 |
| TAYLOR, Peter Flint, The Venerable | Director | 1996-08-01 | 2009-03-31 |
| THORBURN, Guy Douglas Anderson, The Revd Canon | Director | 2016-01-15 | 2017-08-08 |
| TOMLINSON, Jennifer Clare, Revd | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2009-11-14 |
| TONKIN, Rose | Director | 1992-11-07 | 1993-06-09 |
| WAINE, John, The Right Reverend | Director | — | 1997-11-19 |
| WALKER, William | Director | 1997-11-19 | 2000-09-27 |
| WALLACE, Brenda Claire, Revd | Director | 2007-12-15 | 2009-11-14 |
| WALLACE, Martin William, The Venerable | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2003-12-04 |
| WALTERS, Rosemary, Reverend | Director | 1997-11-19 | 2000-02-25 |
| WEBSTER, Martin Duncan, Venerable | Director | 2008-06-14 | 2017-03-31 |
| WEIR, William Daniel, Reverend | Director | 1996-10-20 | 1997-11-19 |
| WEST, Mary Elizabeth, Revd | Director | 2006-11-11 | 2007-10-15 |
| WILLIAMS, John, Canon | Director | — | 1993-09-29 |
| WILLIAMS, Louise Margaret, Rev'D | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2021-11-20 |
| WINTERBOTHAM, Harold John, Canob | Director | 2021-11-03 | 2024-04-15 |
| WINTERBOTHAM, John Harold | Director | 2016-01-15 | 2018-11-17 |
| WRAW, John Michael, Rt Revd | Director | 2012-01-29 | 2017-07-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 494 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-30 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.