ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE(THE)
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Cash
£985k
-11.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£202m
+2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
40
-2.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.2m
+595.2% highest in 3 filed years
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
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 | £10,928,000 | £11,110,000 | £11,385,000 | +2.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,066,000 | -£428,000 | £909,000 | +312.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,066,000 | £168,000 | £1,168,000 | +595.2% | |
| Net profit | £10,692,000 | £168,000 | £1,168,000 | +595.2% | |
| Cash | £1,987,000 | £1,110,000 | £985,000 | -11.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £198,228,000 | £199,246,000 | £201,690,000 | +1.2% | |
| Net assets | £195,353,000 | £197,806,000 | £201,690,000 | +2% | |
| Equity | £195,353,000 | £197,806,000 | £201,690,000 | +2% | |
| Average employees | 38 | 41 | 40 | -2.4% | |
| Wages | £1,603,000 | £1,763,000 | £1,767,000 | +0.2% | |
| 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 —. 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 | -9.8% | -3.9% | 8.0% | |
| Net margin | 97.8% | 1.5% | 10.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.5% | -0.2% | 0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.9% | 1.7% | 0.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.62x | 1.98x | 1.75x | |
| Interest cover | — | -1.56x | 4.25x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the trustees are satisfied that the Board has adequate resources to continue to operate as a going concern for the foreseeable future and have prepared the financial statements on that basis. The Board's investment portfolio, mixed income streams, and reserve position collectively support this assessment.”
Group structure
- ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE(THE) · parent
- Ely DBF Property Limited 100%
- Ely Diocesan Schools Services Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
26 active · 140 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN, Jonathan Andrew | Secretary | 2025-01-13 | — | — |
| WOODS, George, Dr | Secretary | 2025-11-01 | — | — |
| ANDREWS, Natalie Janis, Rev | Director | 2025-01-01 | Feb 1978 | British |
| BLANDFORD-BAKER, Neil James, Rev Canon | Director | 2022-01-01 | May 1964 | British |
| BONNEY, Mark Philip John, The Very Revd | Director | 2012-09-22 | Mar 1957 | British |
| BURKITT, Francis William Miles | Director | 2019-01-25 | Sep 1964 | British |
| CHAPLIN, Jonathan Paul, Dr | Director | 2025-01-01 | Oct 1955 | British |
| COOKE, Mary Felicity, Dr | Director | 2022-01-01 | May 1951 | British |
| COPE, Elizabeth Ruth, Rev Dr | Director | 2025-01-01 | Oct 1980 | British |
| DAVIES, Lindsay Jane | Director | 2022-11-23 | Aug 1952 | British |
| DRIVER, Daniel John, Rev | Director | 2025-01-01 | Nov 1993 | British |
| FALVEY, Christopher Denis Anton | Director | 2025-01-01 | Feb 1963 | British |
| GOWER, Sarah Catherine, Rev Canon | Director | 2022-01-01 | Sep 1963 | British |
| HARLOW, Richard John St Clair, The Venerable | Director | 2022-09-25 | Sep 1963 | British |
| HOWSON, Philip Michael, Rev Canon | Director | 2025-01-01 | Apr 1968 | British |
| HUGHES, Alexander James, The Venerable Dr | Director | 2014-09-14 | Oct 1975 | British |
| KERSHAW, Simon John | Director | 2007-01-01 | Jan 1959 | British |
| LEVITT, Elaine Margaret | Director | 2019-01-01 | May 1949 | British |
| MACKLEY, Robert Michael, The Rev Canon | Director | 2022-01-01 | Jun 1978 | British |
| PERRETT, Janet Rosemary | Director | 2007-01-01 | Feb 1942 | British |
| PIGOTT, John Irwin | Director | 2022-03-23 | Oct 1953 | British |
| ROBINSON, Sarah Margaret | Director | 2019-01-01 | Apr 1962 | British |
| SMITH, Christopher Jeffrey Jonathan | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jan 1961 | British |
| STANFORD-BEALE, Christopher Andrew, Dr | Director | 2025-09-04 | Mar 1963 | British |
| TOWNSEND, Christopher John | Director | 2022-01-01 | Nov 1962 | British |
| WATSON, Felicity Ann | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jan 1958 | British |
Show 140 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Paul Lawson | Secretary | 2014-01-27 | 2024-12-31 |
| GODDEN, Frances | Secretary | 2017-10-13 | 2019-08-16 |
| LAVIS, Matthew Eaton, Dr | Secretary | — | 2010-12-31 |
| MCCURDY, Hugh Kyle, The Ven | Secretary | 2013-08-30 | 2014-01-27 |
| PHILLIPS, David Rees | Secretary | — | 1995-01-20 |
| SHORTER, Graham Martin | Secretary | 2011-01-17 | 2013-08-29 |
| ABBOTT, Reginald John | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| ADAMS, William Edward | Director | — | 1997-03-17 |
| ALBAN-JONES, Timothy Morris, The Revd Canon | Director | 2014-05-08 | 2015-07-26 |
| AMBROSE, Gillian Elizabeth | Director | 2001-01-02 | 2010-10-01 |
| AMBROSE, Thomas, Revd Dr | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| ANDREWS, Paul Douglas, The Revd Dr | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| ARGUILE, Roger Henry William, Rev | Director | 1997-12-05 | 2003-04-30 |
| ASHMORE, Donald Arthur | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| ATLING, Edwood Brian Benedict, Rev Canon | Director | 2023-01-02 | 2024-12-31 |
| ATLING, Edwood Brian Benedict, Rev Canon | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| BAGGE, John Jeremy Picton | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| BALL, David Martin James | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| BARLOW, William John Edmunds | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| BAXTER, David Leonard | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| BEER, John Stuart, Venerable | Director | — | 2014-03-31 |
| BEGBIE, Rachel | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2010-01-01 |
| BELL, Charles John Mackinnon | Director | 2012-11-28 | 2017-09-28 |
| BILLINGS, Derek Donald | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| BINNS, John Richard, Revd Dr | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2012-09-20 |
| BLIGH, Peter Robin | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| BOOKER, Michael Paul Montague, The Rev Canon | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2018-01-22 |
| BRAMPTON, Fiona Elizabeth Gordon, Revd | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| BRAMPTON, Fiona Elizabeth Gordon, Reverand | Director | — | 1997-11-25 |
| BROWN, Frederick Jeffrey | Director | 1997-12-05 | 2000-12-31 |
| BURGESS, Timothy | Director | 2012-11-28 | 2018-04-26 |
| BUXTON, Alyson, The Revd | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2013-12-31 |
| CAMERON, Peter Samuel Griswold, Reverand | Director | — | 1997-11-25 |
| CARLTON, Frederick James | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| CAVE, Margaret Lilian Mary | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| CHANDLER, Michael John, The Very Revd Dr | Director | 2003-09-06 | 2011-10-31 |
| CHRICH, Andrew, The Revd | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| CHURCH, Linda, Revd Canon | Director | 2014-01-02 | 2018-01-16 |
| CLARK, Martin Crawford | Director | 2009-05-13 | 2011-07-13 |
| COLLINS, Phillip Howard Norton, Reverand | Director | — | 1997-11-25 |
| CONWAY, Stephen David, Rt Rev Bishop | Director | 2011-03-05 | 2023-07-20 |
| COOPER, Malcolm, Revd | Director | 1997-12-05 | 2002-12-31 |
| DAFFERN, Adrian Mark, Rev Canon | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| DALE, Martin Nicholas, Rev | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| DARMODY, Richard Arthur, Reverend | Director | 2001-10-19 | 2010-01-01 |
| DIAMOND, Michael Lawrence, Reverand Canon Dr | Director | — | 2004-03-31 |
| DOBSON, Robert Arthur, Lt Col | Director | — | 1993-05-28 |
| DUBERLY, Archibald Hugh, Sir | Director | — | 2017-02-28 |
| DYBALL, Rebecca Mary, Reverend | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2025-10-31 |
| EDDY, John Ackerley Penhall | Director | 1997-12-05 | 2006-07-31 |
| ELBOURNE, Timothy, Revd Canon | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| FARRINGTON, Christine Marion, Reverand Canon | Director | — | 2002-08-31 |
| FLACK, John Robert, Right Reverend | Director | 1997-03-08 | 2003-06-13 |
| FLEMING, David | Director | — | 1993-05-02 |
| FREESTONE, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2019-01-25 | 2021-12-31 |
| GASKELL, William Barnes | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| GRANGER, Penelope Ruth | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2000-12-31 |
| GRANGER, Penelope Ruth | Director | — | 1997-11-25 |
| GREEN, Dennis John, Canon | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| GUITE, Margaret Ann, The Rev Canon Dr | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2010-01-01 |
| HARE, Thomas, Sir | Director | — | 1993-01-20 |
| HARGRAVE, Alan Lewis, Revd Canon Dr | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2015-11-11 |
| HEAWOOD, Alan Richard, Rev Canon | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| HERRICK, Vanessa, Revd Canon | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2012-02-02 |
| HIGGINS, Michael John, The Very Revd Dr | Director | 1991-06-22 | 2003-02-28 |
| HUGHES, Rosemary Ann, Lady | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2012-11-28 |
| INGE, John, The Right Revd Dr | Director | 2003-10-09 | 2007-12-31 |
| JAGGARD, Stanley Frederick | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| JONES, Rhiannon Elizabeth, The Rev | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2010-10-01 |
| KILNER, Frederick James, The Rev Canon | Director | 1997-12-05 | 2005-10-01 |
| KILNER, Frederick James, The Rev Canon | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| LEEKE, Stephen Owen, The Revd Canon | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2015-08-30 |
| LEEKE, Stephen Owen, The Revd Canon | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| LESLIE, Andrew Franklin, Brigadier | Director | — | 1997-11-25 |
| LESTER, Donald Henry John | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| LONGFORD, Edward De Toesny Wingfield | Director | — | 1994-01-21 |
| LUCAS, Diana Mary | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| LUCAS, Diana Mary | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| LYNN, George | Director | 2019-01-25 | 2025-09-17 |
| MALE, David Edward, The Revd | Director | 2011-01-20 | 2017-12-15 |
| MARTIN, Jessica Heloise, The Revd Canon Dr | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| MATTHEWS, Anna Ruth, Rev | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2023-03-08 |
| MAXWELL, Peter Benson | Director | 2012-11-28 | 2024-12-31 |
| MCCURDY, Hugh Kyle, The Venerable | Director | 2005-02-26 | 2022-04-18 |
| MCFADYEN, Donald Colin Ross, The Revd Dr | Director | 2012-11-28 | 2015-12-09 |
| MCFARLANE, Martin | Director | 2016-07-21 | 2021-12-31 |
| MOIR, Nicholas Ian, Rev. | Director | 2012-11-28 | 2021-12-31 |
| MORGAN, Richard Gareth Llewelyn | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2012-11-28 |
| MYERS, Alison Margaret, Rev | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2021-10-05 |
| NEATE, David | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2012-11-28 |
| NEEDLE, Robert Paul | Director | 2016-07-21 | 2024-12-31 |
| NELSON, Joan Mary | Director | 1997-12-05 | 2001-06-30 |
| NEWTON, Michael David | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-01-04 |
| NICHOLAS-LETCH, Carol Ann | Director | 2016-07-21 | 2021-12-31 |
| NORRIS, Julie Mary, The Revd Dr | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2016-08-14 |
| OGLESBY, Leslie, Reverend Canon | Director | 2004-04-23 | 2012-06-30 |
| OSBOURNE, Iain George, Rev | Director | 2023-03-17 | 2024-01-03 |
| PEMBERTON, Jeremy Charles Baring, Revd | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| PILKINGTON, David Geoffrey | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| PRITCHARD, Arvan David, Dr | Director | 2001-01-02 | 2021-12-31 |
| PRITCHARD, Patricia | Director | 2012-11-28 | 2015-08-31 |
| READ, Andrew James | Director | 2015-08-24 | 2018-02-19 |
| ROBINSON, Peter, Professor | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| ROE, William Gordon | Director | — | 1997-01-05 |
| RONE, James, The Venerable | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| ROSE, John Herbert Lewis | Director | — | 1992-06-13 |
| RUSSELL, Anthony John, Rt Revd | Director | 2000-06-26 | 2010-02-25 |
| SEARLE, Hugh Douglas | Director | — | 1993-11-26 |
| SHAW, John Christopher Shuldham | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| SHERFIELD, Alan George | Director | 2012-11-28 | 2015-12-31 |
| SHREEVE, Malcolm John | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2019-05-08 |
| SLEDGE, Richard Kitson | Director | — | 1996-05-31 |
| SPENCER THOMAS, Owen Robert | Director | 2004-04-23 | 2007-12-31 |
| SYKES, Stephen Whitfield | Director | — | 1999-08-31 |
| TALBOTT, Simon, The Revd | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2022-01-01 |
| TAYLOR, Elizabeth Lawes | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2025-10-17 |
| TAYLOR, Jason, The Revd | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2020-07-05 |
| THOMSON, David, Rt Revd Dr | Director | 2008-07-03 | 2018-10-15 |
| THOMSON, Wendy Leigh, The Revd | Director | 2015-10-19 | 2018-12-31 |
| TOOKE, Stephen Edgar | Director | 1997-12-05 | 2021-12-31 |
| TREEN, Anthony Robert, The Revd | Director | 1995-05-09 | 2002-04-17 |
| TURNER, David William | Director | — | 1993-11-26 |
| WADSWORTH, Michael Philip, Revd Canon Dr | Director | 1997-12-05 | 2000-12-31 |
| WALSER, David | Director | — | 1993-03-12 |
| WALTERS, Tim | Director | 2012-11-28 | 2025-08-07 |
| WATSON, Jeffrey John Seagrief, Archdeacon Of Ely | Director | 1993-03-13 | 2004-07-16 |
| WATTERSON, Jack Edward | Director | — | 1992-05-13 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Beatrice May | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Nigel Andrew, Revd | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2012-11-28 |
| WHITWORTH, Ruth | Director | 1994-08-01 | 1999-07-31 |
| WINDSOR, Fiona, The Revd | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2014-09-07 |
| WINKLEY, Phyllis May | Director | — | 1993-11-26 |
| WINTER, Dagmar, The Rt Reverend Dr | Director | 2019-09-15 | 2026-05-29 |
| WOOD, Peter Johnston, The Revd | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2018-01-23 |
| WRIGHT, Adrian James | Director | 2001-12-01 | 2012-11-28 |
| WRIGHT, Adrian James | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| WYATT, Susan Elizabeth, The Rev | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2010-01-01 |
| YOUNG, Jonathan Priestland, Canon | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2014-01-31 |
| YOUNG, Jonathan Priestland | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| ZWALF, Willem Anthony Louis, Revd | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2008-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 378 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-11 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.