Diocesan Board of Finance
The Diocesan Board of Finance is the charitable company which transacts the financial business of the Diocese. It is also the Diocesan Parsonage Board.
In our Diocese, the Diocesan Synod is the Diocesan Board of Finance. It has a Finance Committee which meets on alternate months and steers the day-to-day running of the Board. The members of the Finance Committee are the Directors of the Board and Trustees of the charity. There are up to ten Trustees/Directors:
- Ex Officio - Diocesan Bishop and three Archdeacons
- Elected - Five members elected by Diocesan Synod
- Co-opted - Up to four co-opted members
As Parochial Church Councils (PCCs) are not legally able to own property, the DBF of the Diocese has the role of custodian trustee for all PCC property. If a PCC wishes, for example, to sell some property (e.g. a house), they need to apply to the DBF Finance Committee for permission to do this.
Finance Committee Membership
Ex-Officio Directors:
The Rt Rev Rob Saner-Haigh, The Bishop of Penrith and Acting Bishop of Carlisle (President)
The Ven Stewart Fyfe, Archdeacon of West Cumberland
The Ven Ruth Newton, Archdeacon of Carlisle
The Ven Vernon Ross, Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness
Elected by Members:
Mr Jim Johnson (Chair)
Mr Derek Bradley
Ms Janet Busk
Mr Rob Cook
The Rev Charles Hope
Co-opted by the Directors:
None currently co-opted