CHURCH OF ENGLAND CENTRAL SERVICES
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-29 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-29.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+13% vs 2023
Employees
211
+18.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,415,000 | £130,697,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | £2,972,000 | |
| Cash | £4,272,000 | £2,996,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,629,000 | £4,840,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £2,972,000 | |
| Equity | — | £2,972,000 | |
| Average employees | 178 | 211 | |
| Wages | £9,121,000 | £11,044,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | 2.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.86x | 0.85x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having due regard to the above, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that ChECS and it's subsidiaries have adequate resources and cash flows to meet spending commitments for a period in excess of twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements, and do not consider there to be material uncertainty over the Charity's ability to meet its future obligations and commitments. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND CENTRAL SERVICES · parent
- Church of England Central Services Trading Limited 100%
- The Parish Giving Scheme 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024, CHECS continued to drive a dynamic programme of change aligned with the Church of England's Vision & Strategy for the 2020s.”
- “This year marked substantial progress in enhancing the organisation's resilience, enabling it to be more modern and fit for the future.”
- “In terms of technology, 2024 saw major improvements in governance, incident response, and disaster recovery under the leadership of a new Director of Technology.”
- “The most significant development this year has been ChECS becoming sole member, with full control, of Parish Giving Scheme (PGS) as at 1 January 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, Carl David | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jul 1962 | British |
| MATHER, Harold Clive | Director | 2019-05-01 | Sep 1947 | British |
| RODGER, Margaret Alexandra | Director | 2022-10-17 | Oct 1954 | British |
| RUSHTON, Samantha Jayne, The Venerable | Director | 2020-02-13 | Jun 1965 | British |
| SMITH, Alan Nigel | Director | 2021-10-01 | Jul 1962 | British |
| ZAMPETTI, Robert David | Director | 2024-11-28 | Apr 1962 | British,American |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINGHELLA, Loretta Caroline Rose | Director | 2018-01-24 | 2021-09-30 |
| PATEL, Nikesh | Director | 2020-02-13 | 2022-10-17 |
| RENSHAW MBE, Elizabeth, Canon | Director | 2020-02-27 | 2023-12-31 |
| SPENCE, John Andrew, Cllr | Director | 2013-11-15 | 2023-09-30 |
| SPENCER, Jonathan Page, Dr | Director | 2013-11-15 | 2019-04-30 |
| WHITTAM SMITH, Andreas | Director | 2013-11-15 | 2017-06-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 49 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-02 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2021-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+458.2%
£23,415,000 £130,697,000
-
Cash
-29.9%
£4,272,000 £2,996,000
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
+18.5%
178 211
-
Wages
+21.1%
£9,121,000 £11,044,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers