# CHURCH COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; 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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1140097


## Contact

- **Address:** CHURCH HOUSE, GREAT SMITH STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW1P 3AZ
- **Phone:** 020 7898 1000
- **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&#x27; 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



## Geography

- Throughout England





## Trustees

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




