# CHURCH COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1140097
- **Other names:** CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Jan. 27, 2011
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1140097


## Contact

- **Address:** CHURCH HOUSE, GREAT SMITH STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW1P 3AZ
- **Phone:** 02078981000
- **Email:** commissioners.enquiry@churchofengland.org
- **Website:** www.cofe.anglican.org/about/churchcommissioners/



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE MISSION AND MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE WAYS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN: THE CHURCH COMMISSIONERS MEASURE 1947; THE PASTORAL MEASURE 1983; AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS MEASURE 1998

**Activities:** 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.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £207417455 | £370068024 | £9893512515 | 184 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £192121024 | £494354476 | £9099268443 | 166 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £148459318 | £246247909 | £9056774953 | 113 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £148127625 | £226338653 | £8645709110 | 88 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £134822897 | £319642153 | £7572490343 | 82 |



## Trustees

- Alan Smith — appointed April 8, 2018
- Busola Sodeinde — appointed Jan. 1, 2021
- Christopher Hancock — appointed Jan. 1, 2023
- Cyrus Stokes Gentry — appointed March 25, 2025
- Dame Kate Barker — appointed April 1, 2023
- Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally — appointed Jan. 28, 2026
- Dr Catharine Alison Rhodes — appointed Jan. 1, 2024
- Dr Nicholas Land — appointed Jan. 1, 2024
- Jenny Buck — appointed Jan. 1, 2023
- MOST REVD AND RT HON STEPHEN GEOFFREY COTTRELL — appointed July 9, 2020
- Marsha de Cordova MP — appointed Oct. 7, 2024
- Nigel TIMMINS — appointed April 3, 2021
- ROSALIND MORAG ELLIS KC — appointed Jan. 1, 2019
- Remi Olu-Pitan — appointed Oct. 1, 2022
- Rev CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL SMITH — appointed July 27, 2017
- Rev Sarah Jane Geileskey — appointed Jan. 1, 2024
- Richard Christopher Somer Denno — appointed Jan. 1, 2024
- Robert Zampetti — appointed Jan. 1, 2024
- Rt Hon Sir Robert James Buckland — appointed Feb. 18, 2025
- Rt Revd Graham Usher — appointed Dec. 1, 2021
- Rt Revd Pete Wilcox — appointed Jan. 1, 2024
- Rt Revd Philip John North — appointed Oct. 30, 2025
- Rt Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin — appointed Jan. 17, 2026
- SUZANNE AVERY — appointed Feb. 28, 2017
- The Revd Preb Amatu Christian-Iwuagwu — appointed Jan. 1, 2024
- The Very Revd Rogers Govender — appointed May 1, 2022
- Very Revd Mark Bonney — appointed Jan. 1, 2019