Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 11

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION

Support Church of England Schools in the Diocese of Chester

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/12/22	£2,455	£2,376	£79	£0	£12,415	£1,610	8.1	8
31/12/21	£2,294	£2,291	£3	£0	£14,035	£1,770	9.3	7
31/12/20	£1,061	£456	£605	£0	£11,347	£4,109	108.1	8
31/12/19	£492	£716	£-224	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18	£445	£557	£-113	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/17	£435	£477	£-43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/16	£413	£457	£-44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/15	£424	£483	£-59	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/14	£390	£562	£-172	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/13	£478	£583	£-105	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/12	£432	£557	£-125	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/11	£422	£654	£-232	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/10	£529	£714	£-186	£48	£8,286	£1,632	27.4	6
31/12/09	£445	£937	£-491	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/08	£544	£584	£-40	£39	£7,837	£1,330	27.3	1
31/12/07	£387	£321	£66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/06	£319	£177	£141	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/05	£232	£458	£-226	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/04	£231	£166	£64	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 65%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 13%
Reserves/Spending: 8.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5

Asset Split ?

Established: 57 years
(118 years as a company)

chesterdbe.co.uk

chris.penn@chester.anglican.org

01928718834

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides services

Where it operates

Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, Derbyshire, Halton, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Warrington, Wirral, Wrexham,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

8 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Education - Full Fibre Broadband
£75,979	01/04/2020	Capital funding to support the roll out of full fibre broadband to rural schools.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 13/14 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-76

CATHERINE SPEED Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Teacher

CLAIRE CORLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Priest

DAVID HERMITT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant

JANINE ARNOTT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Rector

JENNIFER BRIDGMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Minister

PAUL GIBBONS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Qauntity Surveyor

VEN DR MICHAEL GILBERTSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Archdeacon Of Chester

DAVID CUMBERLAND Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Deputy Dean - University Of Chester

DR DARREN PAUL WALTER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Senior Lecturer And Consultant

MARGARET EILEEN CRUXTON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

REV LYNDON RUSSELL BANNON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Teacher

SHARON HUDSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Headteacher

DR CHRISTOPHER GORDON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Consultant Clinical Endocrinologist, Other trusteeship: STOCKPORT PLAZA TRUST LIMITED,

PAUL BOWDEN LLB LLM Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Defence Litigator, Other trusteeships: NATIONAL JUSTICE MUSEUM, THE KISS FOUNDATION UK,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/03/1967, number: 525790
Registered at Companies House on 07/07/1905, number: 00085176

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

Chester Diocesan Board of Education
5500 Daresbury Park
Daresbury
WARRINGTON
WA4 4GE

Objectives

THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED TO ACT AS THE EDUCATION AUTHORITY FOR THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DIOCESE, AND TO EXERCISE AND PERFORM WITHIN THE DIOCESE THE RIGHTS POWERS DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS BY THE MEASURE, AND ANY AMENDMENTS AND RE-ENACTMENTS, GIVEN TO AND IMPOSED ON IT BY THAT MEASURE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CHESHIRE COUNTY AND DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

Data Sources