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Activities & Mission

Promoting the mission and ministry of the Church of England especially by supporting poorer dioceses with ministry costs, providing funds to support mission activities, paying for bishops' ministry and some cathedral costs, administering the legal framework for pastoral reorganisation and closed church buildings, paying clergy pensions for service prior to 1998 and running the clergy payroll.

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£207,417,455
Latest Expenditure
£370,068,024

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 130.1%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 72.9%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 27.4%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £844,389
Charitable Activities £0
Other Trading £0
Investments £204,486,738
Other Income £2,086,328

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £269,906,008
Raising Funds £100,162,016
Governance £1,344,093
Grants to Institutions £241,183,360
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£207,417,455£370,068,024£269,906,008£9,893,512,515£0184 / 0
2023£192,121,024£494,354,476£387,093,534£9,099,268,443£0166 / 0
2022£148,459,318£246,247,909£186,810,266£9,056,774,953£0113 / 0
2021£148,127,625£226,338,653£142,175,753£8,645,709,110£088 / 0
2020£134,822,897£319,642,153£244,082,014£7,572,490,343£082 / 0

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Details

Address
CHURCH HOUSE
GREAT SMITH STREET
LONDON
SW1P 3AZ
Registration Date
27 January 2011
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
5014683
Charity Number
1140097

Trustees

SUZANNE AVERY
Rev CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL SMITH
Alan Smith
Very Revd Mark Bonney
ROSALIND MORAG ELLIS KC
Busola Sodeinde
MOST REVD AND RT HON STEPHEN GEOFFREY COTTRELL
Nigel TIMMINS
Rt Revd Graham Usher
The Very Revd Rogers Govender
Remi Olu-Pitan
Rt Revd Stephen David Lake
Christopher Hancock
Jenny Buck
Dame Kate Barker
The Revd Preb Amatu Christian-Iwuagwu
Rt Revd Pete Wilcox
Dr Catharine Alison Rhodes
Robert Zampetti
Dr Nicholas Land
Richard Christopher Somer Denno
Rev Sarah Jane Geileskey
Marsha de Cordova MP
Sir Robert James Buckland
Cyrus Stokes Gentry

Sectors & Classifications

Also Known As

  • CHURCH COMMISSIONERS