Portsmouth Diocesan Board Of Finance(The)
Activities of religious organizations · Portsmouth
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 1927Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Company accounts
Net assets
£100,778,570
Cash
£248,948
Turnover
—
Profit / loss
—
Current assets
£7,521,429
Creditors < 1 year
£2,505,147
Equity
£100,778,570
Average employees
Not available
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · companyFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
Some figures were read by AI from scanned accounts, so small errors are possible. View the filed accounts
| Reported figures | 2025-12-31Company · AI-read | 2024-12-31Company · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | £100,778,570 | £98,938,011 |
| Equity | £100,778,570 | £98,938,011 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | — | £94,513,577 |
| Property, plant & equipment | £70,339,265 | £68,832,105 |
| Investments | £25,710,523 | £25,681,472 |
| Current assets | £7,521,429 | £6,419,210 |
| Cash at bank | £248,948 | £548,456 |
| Debtors | £639,800 | £532,241 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £2,505,147 | £1,707,276 |
| Creditors after one year | £287,500 | £287,500 |
| Net current assets | £5,016,282 | £4,711,934 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £101,056,070 | £99,225,511 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Depreciation | £36,789 | — |
| Operating lease charges | £9,615 | £25,256 |
| Audit fees | £27,000 | £20,490 |
| Cash flow | ||
| Cash from operations | −£1,661,961 | −£1,944,846 |
| Capital expenditure | £1,009,714 | £726,698 |
| Net debt | £6,594,129 | £5,599,469 |
| People & pay | ||
| Staff costs | £0 | £51,917 |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- The year
- As a result of the continued challenge on parish share collection and the ongoing cost pressures impacting from inflation, the operating result on the general fund was a deficit of £1,521k (2024: £783k).
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP · senior statutory auditor Helen Blundell LLB FCA FCIE DChA
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Accounts
- FRS 102
- Approved
- 2026-05-18, signed by The Right Revd Jonathan Frost
Related parties (5)
- Portsmouth Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility (PDCSR) · separate charitable limited company · contribution towards staff costs made by PDCSR · £203,337 (2024: £132,967)
- Portsmouth Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility (PDCSR) · separate charitable limited company · free use of office space and IT Cloud functionality
- Portsmouth and Winchester Diocesan Board of Education (DBE) · shares trustees with PDBF · funding provided for its operations · £190,468 (2024: £86,666)
- Portsmouth and Winchester Diocesan Board of Education (DBE) · shares trustees with PDBF · free use of office space
- John Gwynn · trustee · costs for provision of expertise in relation to appointment of new auditors; outstanding at year end and included in accruals · £175
Borrowings (1)
- Bank/other loan · 287,500
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
13 outstanding chargesProperty · created 2011-12-14
£300,000 DUE OR TO BECOME DUE
OutstandingUnknown · created 2011-12-14
£132,000 DUE OR TO BECOME DUE
OutstandingUnknown · created 1965-06-28
All monies
OutstandingUnknown · created 1965-05-21
£3,300 DUE FROM THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COU NCIL OF THE PARISH OF WYMERING WITH WIDL EY TO THE CHARGEE.
OutstandingUnknown · created 1962-06-15
£400 DUE FROM THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH OF CO UNCIL OF THE CONVENTIONAL DISTRICT OF ST FAITH, COWES.
OutstandingProperty · created 1961-07-06
£3,000 DUE FROM THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COU NCIL OF THE PARISH OF ST MARKS, PORTSMOU TH TO THE CHARGEE AND ANY FURTHER ADVANC ES.
OutstandingUnknown · created 1961-03-28
£2,250 DUE FROM THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COU NCIL OF THE STATE PARISH OF ALL SAINTS TO THE CHARGEE.
OutstandingUnknown · created 1960-08-26
£1,840 AND FURTHER ADVANCES DUE FROM THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE PARI SH OF ST. CUTHBERT-COPNER PORTSMOUTH
OutstandingProperty · created 1958-02-21
£1,400 DUE FROM THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COU NCIL OF THE PARISH OF ALL SAINTS RYDE,IS LE OF WIGHT TO THE CHARGEE
OutstandingUnknown · created 1957-08-12
£450 DUE FROM THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNC IL OF CHRISTCHURCH TO THE CHARGEE
OutstandingUnknown · created 1953-11-12
£1500 DUE FROM THE ISLE OF WIGHT MORA L WELFAX ASSOUATION TO THE CHARGE
OutstandingUnknown · created 1952-11-26
300 AND ALSO ALL OTHER MONEYS HEREAFTER BECOME DUE FROM THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH CON UCIL OF CHRIST PORTSDOWN TO THE CHARGE O N ANY ACCOUNT WHATESOEVER NOT BEING MONE Y SECURED BY A MORTGAGE OF OTHER PROPERT Y (SEE DOC 71 FOR DETAILS)
OutstandingUnknown · created 1933-10-25
£400 (OWING)
OutstandingShow 5 satisfied / released
Unknown · created 2020-11-26 · satisfied 2024-06-04
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SatisfiedUnknown · created 2020-11-26 · satisfied 2024-06-04
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SatisfiedUnknown · created 2020-11-26 · satisfied 2024-06-04
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SatisfiedUnknown · created 2020-11-26 · satisfied 2024-06-04
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SatisfiedUnknown · created 2020-11-26 · satisfied 2024-06-04
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Satisfied