THE BLACKBURN DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION
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Cash
£8.8m
-2.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.9m
+2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
13
+30% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£137k
-1.4% lowest in 3 filed years
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 | £1,686,000 | £1,336,000 | £1,543,000 | +15.5% | |
| Operating profit | £294,000 | £75,000 | £201,000 | +168% | |
| Profit before tax | £294,000 | £139,000 | £137,000 | -1.4% | |
| Net profit | £396,000 | £139,000 | £137,000 | -1.4% | |
| Cash | £10,408,000 | £9,026,000 | £8,814,000 | -2.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,273,000 | £6,906,000 | £7,043,000 | +2% | |
| Net assets | £6,134,000 | £6,771,000 | £6,905,000 | +2% | |
| Equity | £6,134,000 | £6,771,000 | £6,905,000 | +2% | |
| Average employees | 15 | 10 | 13 | +30% | |
| Wages | £525,000 | £476,000 | £519,000 | +9% | |
| 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 | 17.4% | 5.6% | 13.0% | |
| Net margin | 23.5% | 10.4% | 8.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.7% | 1.1% | 2.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 49.1% | 46.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.39x | 1.58x | 1.69x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- THE BLACKBURN DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION 1993-04-13 → present
- BLACKBURN DIOCESAN EDUCATION COUNCIL(THE) 1981-12-31 → 1993-04-13
- BLACKBURN DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (THE) 1955-11-30 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- 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 group and parent 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.”
Group structure
- THE BLACKBURN DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION · parent
- Leyland Foundation
- The Jackson Scholarship
- Warton St Paul
- Henry Assheton Cross
Significant events
- “The IGNITE Project has officially launched with eight out of nine placements now appointed. Round two parishes have been allocated and recruitment is underway.”
- “Abide: Firm Foundation brought together 180 young people and leaders in March 2025. Abide2026 is scheduled for 10 October at St Michael's CE High School, with "local Abides" planned to extend reach.”
- “Chaplaincy provision across all three universities in the diocese has been successfully re-established, marking a significant milestone.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 100 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARKS, Iain Stephen | Secretary | 2023-09-01 | — | — |
| ANDERTON, Christopher David, Rev | Director | 2025-01-01 | Nov 1986 | British |
| ARNOLD, David Alun, Reverend | Director | 2017-04-24 | Mar 1978 | British |
| ARSHAD, Yusra Rohi | Director | 2022-01-25 | Nov 1984 | British |
| DUCKWORTH, Paul William | Director | 2025-01-01 | Mar 1966 | British |
| GREGORY-WITHAM, Esther Lyn Elizabeth | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jun 1983 | British |
| HACKETT, Jade Bianca | Director | 2025-01-01 | Mar 1987 | British |
| HOLLIDAY, Andrew, Canon | Director | 2016-01-01 | Mar 1962 | British |
| JONES, Richard Dorian | Director | 2019-03-25 | Apr 1966 | British |
| LLOYD, Simon Christopher, Rev | Director | 2022-01-31 | Dec 1965 | British |
| METCALFE, Deborah Louise | Director | 2019-01-04 | Sep 1968 | British |
| NORTH, Philip John, The Right Revd | Director | 2023-01-10 | Dec 1966 | British |
| PICKEN, David Anthony, The Venerable | Director | 2020-02-04 | Jun 1963 | British |
| VENABLES, Philip Richard Meredith, Reverend | Director | 2016-01-01 | Mar 1958 | British |
| WHITTAKER, Stephen Lawrence | Director | 2023-09-01 | Feb 1971 | British |
Show 100 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLARD, Peter James, Reverend | Secretary | 1998-09-06 | 2010-07-21 |
| BEAUMONT, Brian Maxwell, The Reverend Canon | Secretary | — | 1992-08-31 |
| HALL, John Robert, The Reverend Canon | Secretary | 1992-09-01 | 1997-12-31 |
| KERSHAW, Fredrick | Secretary | 2010-07-21 | 2013-03-14 |
| LOCK, Paul Alan, The Reverend | Secretary | 2013-03-15 | 2014-08-31 |
| POLLARD, Graeme David | Secretary | 2014-09-01 | 2016-11-15 |
| WHITTAKER, Stephen Lawrence | Secretary | 2016-11-16 | 2023-09-01 |
| ABBOTT, Craig Andrew, Revd | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2025-11-03 |
| ABERNETHY, Anne Charlotte | Director | 2019-01-04 | 2024-12-31 |
| ANGUS, Edward, Reverend | Director | 1993-01-22 | 1994-12-31 |
| ARMSTRONG, Freda Mary | Director | 1996-11-25 | 2000-12-31 |
| ARMSTRONG, Gavin | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| ARNOLD, William John Keith | Director | 1993-01-22 | 1997-12-31 |
| BALLARD, Peter James, Reverend | Director | 1998-09-06 | 2003-12-31 |
| BARTON, Dale, Reverend | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2003-12-31 |
| BAXTER, Margaret | Director | — | 1993-01-22 |
| BEAUMONT, Brian Maxwell, The Reverend Canon | Director | — | 1993-01-22 |
| BEAUMONT, Joyce | Director | 1993-03-22 | 1996-10-31 |
| BERRYMAN, Carl, Reverend Canon | Director | — | 1993-08-15 |
| BLAND, Kai | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| BUNDAY, Richard William, Reverend | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| BURROWS, Gerald David | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| CARR, Christopher John, Professor | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2014-07-31 |
| CHESTERS, Alan David, Right Reverend | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2003-08-31 |
| CHESTERS, Alan David, Right Reverend | Director | — | 1994-01-01 |
| CHIVERS, Christopher Mark, The Reverend Canon | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2010-09-07 |
| COLLIER, Andrew John | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1999-02-23 |
| CORBYN, John, Revd | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2000-12-31 |
| CORRIGAN, Natasha | Director | 2019-01-04 | 2020-09-21 |
| COX, Natalie Esther | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| COX, Timothy Daniel | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| DENNISON, David Francis, Dr | Director | 1993-03-22 | 1994-12-31 |
| DERBYSHIRE, Hannah Katie | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2003-12-31 |
| DUGDALE, Margaret Joan | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-12-31 |
| DYER, Terence Neville, Rev | Director | 2008-04-25 | 2009-12-31 |
| DYER, Terence Neville, Rev | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2007-10-17 |
| EDYNBRY, Dorian, Doctor | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
| EVERITT, Michael John, The Venerable | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2019-06-17 |
| FALLOWS, Margaret Ruth | Director | 1993-01-22 | 1994-12-31 |
| FINCH, Jeffrey Walter, Reverend | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| FORSHAW, Susan Dawn | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| FOULDS, Ann Lynn | Director | 1993-01-22 | 2000-12-31 |
| FRAYNE, David, The Very Reverend | Director | 1993-01-22 | 2001-10-31 |
| FROST, Vanessa Jane | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2004-07-31 |
| GARBETT, George James | Director | 1993-09-30 | 2012-12-31 |
| GIBBONS, Kenneth Harry, Venerable | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| GISBOURNE, Michael Andrew, Rev | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| GREEN, Fleur Estelle, Rev | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| HARDING, Hazel | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2002-07-31 |
| HARDWICK, Robert Henry | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2000-12-31 |
| HASKETT, Stephen Ian, Revd | Director | 2019-01-04 | 2020-09-21 |
| HAWLEY, John Andrew | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2015-07-31 |
| HENDERSON, Heather | Director | 2019-01-04 | 2021-07-20 |
| HEWITT, Jonathan Mark Phair | Director | 1993-03-22 | 2024-12-31 |
| HOLLAND, John | Director | 1993-03-22 | 1997-12-31 |
| HOROBIN, Timothy John, Rev | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2019-01-03 |
| INGRAM, Gary Simon, Revd | Director | 1998-01-26 | 2000-12-31 |
| INGRAM, Paul Joseph | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| IRELAND, Mark Campbell, Venerable | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| JARRETT, Martyn William, The Right Reverend | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1997-12-31 |
| JENKINS, David Harold, Reverend | Director | 1996-12-07 | 2004-03-31 |
| JOHNSON, Carolyn Ann | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2019-01-03 |
| JONES, Thelma Maureen | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| LADDS, Robert Sidney, Venerable | Director | 1993-01-22 | 1999-09-30 |
| MANLEY, Michael Alan, Reverend | Director | 1993-01-22 | 1996-01-01 |
| MARSH, Francis John, The Venerable | Director | 1996-06-08 | 2001-09-03 |
| MARSHALL, Noreen Margaret | Director | 1994-02-15 | 1997-12-31 |
| MCDONALD, Keith John | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2003-12-31 |
| MILNER, Ronald James, Rt Rev | Director | — | 1993-01-22 |
| NICHOLLS, John, Right Reverand | Director | — | 1993-01-22 |
| NICHOLSON, Rodney, Reverend | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| ODDY, Frederick Brian, Reverend Canon | Director | 1993-01-22 | 1997-12-31 |
| PILKINGTON, Thomas | Director | 1993-01-22 | 1993-10-01 |
| POLLITT, Graham Anthony, Revd | Director | 2007-10-16 | 2015-12-31 |
| PRIEST, Veronica | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| RADFORD, Ruth Elizabeth | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| RAINFORD, Robert Graham, The Reverend | Director | 1993-01-22 | 1999-01-31 |
| RATCLIFFE, Michael David, Canon | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2003-12-31 |
| READE, Nicholas, Rt Revd | Director | 2004-03-02 | 2012-11-01 |
| RICHARDSON, John Thandule, Reverend | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2005-10-01 |
| RICHARDSON, Margaret Linda | Director | 2008-04-25 | 2010-05-26 |
| RILEY-EVANS, Sarah | Director | 1998-01-15 | 2000-12-31 |
| ROBERTSON, Ian Hugh, Reverend | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2009-03-05 |
| ROBINSON, Linda Anne | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| ROBINSON, William David, Venerable | Director | — | 1996-04-01 |
| ROBINSON, William David, Venerable | Director | — | 1996-04-01 |
| SCOTT, James Chadwick | Director | — | 2006-12-31 |
| SHEPHERD, Peter William, Rev'D Canon Dr | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| SNAPE, Joanne | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| STARKIE, Heather | Director | 2007-10-16 | 2010-07-31 |
| STOREY, Marie Christine | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1996-11-25 |
| TARBUCK, John | Director | 1993-01-22 | 1997-12-31 |
| VIGEON, Owen George, Reverend | Director | — | 1993-01-22 |
| WATTS, Rachel Dawn, Reverend | Director | 2007-10-16 | 2011-09-16 |
| WHITTAKER, Alan, Mr. | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2007-10-17 |
| WILKINSON, Andrew Wilfrid, The Reverend | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2003-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Andrew Barrington, Reverend | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2002-05-06 |
| WILLIAMS, Colin Henry, The Venerable | Director | 1999-11-19 | 2005-10-31 |
| WOOLFORD, Julie, Dr | Director | 2019-01-04 | 2021-12-31 |
| WREN, Christopher John, Reverend | Director | 1999-06-01 | 2015-12-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 290 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.