LICHFIELD DIOCESAN TRUST(THE)

Company summary

Company number: 00071045
Status: ACTIVE
Incorporated / age: 2 August 1901125 years
Registered office: St Mary's House, The Close, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 7LD
Accounts due: 30 September 2026
Confirmation statement due: 20 July 2027
Active officers: 7
Outstanding charges: 0

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Company type
Private limited by guarantee without share capital
Address
St Mary's House, The Close, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 7LD
Nature of business
Activities of religious organisations

Officer details

Name	Role	Appointed On	Resigned On	Country of Residence	Date of Birth	Address
HILL, Jonathan Richard Leigh ACTIVE	Secretary	01 Mar 2022				St Mary's House, The Close, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 7LD
DACE, Jessamine Ann ACTIVE	Director	22 May 2022		England	May 1982	St Mary's House, The Close, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 7LD
HILL, Jonathan Richard Leigh ACTIVE	Director	23 May 2022		England	March 1965	St Mary's House, The Close, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 7LD
JACKSON, Elizabeth Barbara, The Venerable ACTIVE	Director	05 Jun 2026		England	July 1967	St Mary's House, The Close, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 7LD
SMITH, Megan Rachel, The Ven Dr ACTIVE	Director	01 May 2024		England	June 1970	St Mary's House, The Close, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 7LD
WATSON, Nicholas Edgar, The Venerable ACTIVE	Director	05 Jun 2026		England	June 1967	St Mary's House, The Close, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 7LD
WELLER, Susan Karen, The Ven Rev ACTIVE	Director	01 Jan 2015		United Kingdom	August 1965	Belmont, Beacon Mews, Lichfield, WS13 7AH, England
HOLT, Diane Alicia RESIGNED	Secretary	23 May 2006	01 Mar 2022			29 Millers Vale, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 3UP
TAYLOR, David Robert RESIGNED	Secretary		23 May 2006			2 The Charters, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7LX
ASTBURY, William Stanley RESIGNED	Director		27 Apr 1992		May 1922	9 Hopkins Drive, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 3RR
BAKER, Simon Nicholas Hartland, Venerable RESIGNED	Director	11 Jul 2013	01 Jul 2019	Britain	January 1957	10, Mawgan Drive, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9SD, England
BOWERS, Enid Christine RESIGNED	Director		13 May 2002		December 1948	Plashes Farm, Acton Trussell, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 0SA
BOWRAN, Philip Albert RESIGNED	Director	14 Jul 1994	19 Jun 2017	England	January 1948	16 Clough Lane, Werrington, Stoke On Trent, ST9 0DD
CHAPMAN, Thomas Graham, Reverend RESIGNED	Director	22 Jun 1993	30 Sep 1993		November 1933	The Vicarage Maughan Street, Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, DY5 2DN
CHIDLOW, Gerald George William RESIGNED	Director	22 Jun 1993	18 Jun 2008		May 1935	The Rickyard, Drawwell Clive, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 3JN
CRUMP, Douglas Woodward RESIGNED	Director	13 May 2002	22 Jul 2010	England	May 1944	Stealaway, The Meadows, Hilderstone, Staffordshire, ST15 8XT
CURRELL, Roy Wilfrid RESIGNED	Director		06 May 1997		July 1928	Farcroft House, Bishops Lane, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 3BL
DEAVILLE, James Michael RESIGNED	Director		11 Jun 1992		March 1915	The Beeches 32 Hanover Court, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV6 8QL
EDE, Dennis, The Venerable RESIGNED	Director		06 May 1997		July 1931	39 The Brackens, Archdeacon House Clayton, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 4JL
FRANCIS, Julian Montgomery, The Ven RESIGNED	Director	08 Nov 2019	31 May 2024	England	March 1960	St Mary's House, The Close, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 7LD
FROST, George, The Venerable RESIGNED	Director	06 Oct 1998	30 Nov 2000		April 1935	24 The Close, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7LD
FROST, George, The Venerable RESIGNED	Director		06 May 1997		April 1935	The Vicarage, Tong, Shifnal, Shropshire, TF11 8PW
GRUNDY, Malcolm Samuel RESIGNED	Director		13 May 2002		October 1931	7 Kentmere Close, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 9HZ
HALL, John Barrie, The Venerable RESIGNED	Director	17 Oct 1998	26 Nov 2010	United Kingdom	May 1941	The Vicarage, Tong, Shifnal, Salop, TF11 8PW
HARRISON, Christopher Gerald RESIGNED	Director		27 Jun 1995		December 1945	Hordley House, Hordley, Ellesmere, Salop, SY12 9BD
JACKSON, Robert William, The Venerable RESIGNED	Director	03 May 2005	14 Aug 2009		June 1949	55b Highgate Road, Walsall, Staffordshire, WS1 3JE
KING, Stephen RESIGNED	Director		22 Jul 2010	England	September 1923	Fairlands Stourbridge Road, Wombourne, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 4BY
LILEY, Christopher Frank, The Venerable RESIGNED	Director	14 May 2001	30 Apr 2013	England	August 1947	24 The Close, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7LD
MACLEOD, Edward George RESIGNED	Director	26 Sep 2013	18 Jun 2017	British	April 1937	42, Sandon Avenue, Newcastle Under Lyme, ST5 3QA, Great Britain
MARDLING, Trevor Ralph RESIGNED	Director		13 May 2002		August 1946	51 High Street, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 8AF
MILLICHAMP, Alan Harbridge RESIGNED	Director		22 Jun 1993		July 1936	157 Stubby Lane, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 3NE
MORRIS, Harold Burgess RESIGNED	Director	13 May 2002	18 Nov 2011	England	July 1925	4 Wincote Drive, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV6 8LR
MORRIS, Harold Burgess RESIGNED	Director		06 May 1997	England	July 1925	4 Wincote Drive, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV6 8LR
NINIS, Richard Betts, The Venerable RESIGNED	Director		31 Aug 1998		October 1931	32 Robert Street, Williton, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 4QL
PARKER, Matthew John, Venerable RESIGNED	Director	01 Sep 2013	14 Jul 2021	England	June 1963	39, The Brackens, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 4JL, England
PEARSON, John Arthur Nicholas RESIGNED	Director	22 Jun 1993	28 Oct 2019	England	April 1936	Brookwood, Haughton Lane, Shifnal, Salop, TF11 8HW
POWER, Keith Gerald RESIGNED	Director		02 Apr 2009		March 1931	10 Red Barn Lane, Shrewsbury, Salop, SY3 7HR
ROSE, Jonathan Andrew William RESIGNED	Director	23 May 2005	17 Dec 2012	United Kingdom	November 1946	The Pump House, Colemere, Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 0QL
ROWELL, William Kevin, Reverend RESIGNED	Director	22 Jun 1993	30 Sep 1993		February 1951	The New Rectory, Norton-Le-Moors, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 8BY
SADLER, Anthony Graham, The Venerable RESIGNED	Director	01 Oct 1998	11 Apr 2004		April 1936	The Archdeacons House, 10 Paradise Lane Pelsall, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 4NH
SIMS, Christopher Sidney, The Venerable RESIGNED	Director	01 Nov 2010	28 Sep 2014	Britain	September 1949	55b, Highgate Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 3JE, England
SMITH, Alan Gregory Clayton, Right Reverend Dr RESIGNED	Director	01 Oct 1998	05 Dec 2001		February 1957	Athlone House, 68 London Road, Shrewsbury, Salop, SY2 6PG
SMITH, Lawson Edward RESIGNED	Director	14 Jul 2000	17 Dec 2012	England	June 1936	Little Garth, 3 Roman Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 9AZ
STONE, Geoffrey Owen, The Venerable RESIGNED	Director	02 Apr 2002	31 Jul 2013	England	December 1949	39 The Brackens, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 4JL
THOMAS, Paul Wyndham, The Venerable RESIGNED	Director	29 May 2011	31 May 2024	England	April 1955	The Archdeacons House, Tong, Tong, Shifnal, Shropshire, TF11 8PW, England
THORNEYCROFT, John Patrick RESIGNED	Director	17 Dec 2012	14 Jul 2021	England	December 1939	21, High Street, Albrighton, Wolverhampton, WV7 3JB, England
TOPLIS, Alan RESIGNED	Director		28 Sep 2023	United Kingdom	August 1943	Streethay Lodge, Streethay, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 8LR
TURNER, Walter John RESIGNED	Director		01 Jun 1994		January 1929	23 The Close, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7LD
WRIGHT, Edwin Walker RESIGNED	Director		27 Apr 1992		July 1911	19 Stockwell Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV6 9PG

HILL, Jonathan Richard Leigh ACTIVE
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 01 Mar 2022
Address: St Mary's House, The Close, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 7LD

DACE, Jessamine Ann ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 22 May 2022
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: May 1982
Address: St Mary's House, The Close, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 7LD

HILL, Jonathan Richard Leigh ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 23 May 2022
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: March 1965
Address: St Mary's House, The Close, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 7LD

JACKSON, Elizabeth Barbara, The Venerable ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 05 Jun 2026
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: July 1967
Address: St Mary's House, The Close, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 7LD

SMITH, Megan Rachel, The Ven Dr ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 May 2024
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: June 1970
Address: St Mary's House, The Close, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 7LD

WATSON, Nicholas Edgar, The Venerable ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 05 Jun 2026
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: June 1967
Address: St Mary's House, The Close, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 7LD

WELLER, Susan Karen, The Ven Rev ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Jan 2015
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: August 1965
Address: Belmont, Beacon Mews, Lichfield, WS13 7AH, England

HOLT, Diane Alicia RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 23 May 2006
Resigned on: 01 Mar 2022
Address: 29 Millers Vale, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 3UP

TAYLOR, David Robert RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 23 May 2006
Address: 2 The Charters, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7LX

ASTBURY, William Stanley RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 27 Apr 1992
Date of birth: May 1922
Address: 9 Hopkins Drive, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 3RR

BAKER, Simon Nicholas Hartland, Venerable RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 11 Jul 2013
Resigned on: 01 Jul 2019
Country of Residence: Britain
Date of birth: January 1957
Address: 10, Mawgan Drive, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9SD, England

BOWERS, Enid Christine RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 13 May 2002
Date of birth: December 1948
Address: Plashes Farm, Acton Trussell, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 0SA

BOWRAN, Philip Albert RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 14 Jul 1994
Resigned on: 19 Jun 2017
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: January 1948
Address: 16 Clough Lane, Werrington, Stoke On Trent, ST9 0DD

CHAPMAN, Thomas Graham, Reverend RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 22 Jun 1993
Resigned on: 30 Sep 1993
Date of birth: November 1933
Address: The Vicarage Maughan Street, Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, DY5 2DN

CHIDLOW, Gerald George William RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 22 Jun 1993
Resigned on: 18 Jun 2008
Date of birth: May 1935
Address: The Rickyard, Drawwell Clive, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 3JN

CRUMP, Douglas Woodward RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 13 May 2002
Resigned on: 22 Jul 2010
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: May 1944
Address: Stealaway, The Meadows, Hilderstone, Staffordshire, ST15 8XT

CURRELL, Roy Wilfrid RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 06 May 1997
Date of birth: July 1928
Address: Farcroft House, Bishops Lane, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 3BL

DEAVILLE, James Michael RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 11 Jun 1992
Date of birth: March 1915
Address: The Beeches 32 Hanover Court, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV6 8QL

EDE, Dennis, The Venerable RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 06 May 1997
Date of birth: July 1931
Address: 39 The Brackens, Archdeacon House Clayton, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 4JL

FRANCIS, Julian Montgomery, The Ven RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 08 Nov 2019
Resigned on: 31 May 2024
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: March 1960
Address: St Mary's House, The Close, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 7LD

FROST, George, The Venerable RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 06 Oct 1998
Resigned on: 30 Nov 2000
Date of birth: April 1935
Address: 24 The Close, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7LD

FROST, George, The Venerable RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 06 May 1997
Date of birth: April 1935
Address: The Vicarage, Tong, Shifnal, Shropshire, TF11 8PW

GRUNDY, Malcolm Samuel RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 13 May 2002
Date of birth: October 1931
Address: 7 Kentmere Close, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 9HZ

HALL, John Barrie, The Venerable RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 17 Oct 1998
Resigned on: 26 Nov 2010
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: May 1941
Address: The Vicarage, Tong, Shifnal, Salop, TF11 8PW

HARRISON, Christopher Gerald RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 27 Jun 1995
Date of birth: December 1945
Address: Hordley House, Hordley, Ellesmere, Salop, SY12 9BD

JACKSON, Robert William, The Venerable RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 03 May 2005
Resigned on: 14 Aug 2009
Date of birth: June 1949
Address: 55b Highgate Road, Walsall, Staffordshire, WS1 3JE

KING, Stephen RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 22 Jul 2010
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: September 1923
Address: Fairlands Stourbridge Road, Wombourne, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 4BY

LILEY, Christopher Frank, The Venerable RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 14 May 2001
Resigned on: 30 Apr 2013
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: August 1947
Address: 24 The Close, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7LD

MACLEOD, Edward George RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 26 Sep 2013
Resigned on: 18 Jun 2017
Country of Residence: British
Date of birth: April 1937
Address: 42, Sandon Avenue, Newcastle Under Lyme, ST5 3QA, Great Britain

MARDLING, Trevor Ralph RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 13 May 2002
Date of birth: August 1946
Address: 51 High Street, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 8AF

MILLICHAMP, Alan Harbridge RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 22 Jun 1993
Date of birth: July 1936
Address: 157 Stubby Lane, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 3NE

MORRIS, Harold Burgess RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 13 May 2002
Resigned on: 18 Nov 2011
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: July 1925
Address: 4 Wincote Drive, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV6 8LR

MORRIS, Harold Burgess RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 06 May 1997
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: July 1925
Address: 4 Wincote Drive, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV6 8LR

NINIS, Richard Betts, The Venerable RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Aug 1998
Date of birth: October 1931
Address: 32 Robert Street, Williton, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 4QL

PARKER, Matthew John, Venerable RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Sep 2013
Resigned on: 14 Jul 2021
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: June 1963
Address: 39, The Brackens, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 4JL, England

PEARSON, John Arthur Nicholas RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 22 Jun 1993
Resigned on: 28 Oct 2019
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: April 1936
Address: Brookwood, Haughton Lane, Shifnal, Salop, TF11 8HW

POWER, Keith Gerald RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 02 Apr 2009
Date of birth: March 1931
Address: 10 Red Barn Lane, Shrewsbury, Salop, SY3 7HR

ROSE, Jonathan Andrew William RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 23 May 2005
Resigned on: 17 Dec 2012
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: November 1946
Address: The Pump House, Colemere, Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 0QL

ROWELL, William Kevin, Reverend RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 22 Jun 1993
Resigned on: 30 Sep 1993
Date of birth: February 1951
Address: The New Rectory, Norton-Le-Moors, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 8BY

SADLER, Anthony Graham, The Venerable RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Oct 1998
Resigned on: 11 Apr 2004
Date of birth: April 1936
Address: The Archdeacons House, 10 Paradise Lane Pelsall, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 4NH

SIMS, Christopher Sidney, The Venerable RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Nov 2010
Resigned on: 28 Sep 2014
Country of Residence: Britain
Date of birth: September 1949
Address: 55b, Highgate Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 3JE, England

SMITH, Alan Gregory Clayton, Right Reverend Dr RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Oct 1998
Resigned on: 05 Dec 2001
Date of birth: February 1957
Address: Athlone House, 68 London Road, Shrewsbury, Salop, SY2 6PG

SMITH, Lawson Edward RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 14 Jul 2000
Resigned on: 17 Dec 2012
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: June 1936
Address: Little Garth, 3 Roman Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 9AZ

STONE, Geoffrey Owen, The Venerable RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 02 Apr 2002
Resigned on: 31 Jul 2013
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: December 1949
Address: 39 The Brackens, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 4JL

THOMAS, Paul Wyndham, The Venerable RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 29 May 2011
Resigned on: 31 May 2024
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: April 1955
Address: The Archdeacons House, Tong, Tong, Shifnal, Shropshire, TF11 8PW, England

THORNEYCROFT, John Patrick RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 17 Dec 2012
Resigned on: 14 Jul 2021
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: December 1939
Address: 21, High Street, Albrighton, Wolverhampton, WV7 3JB, England

TOPLIS, Alan RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 28 Sep 2023
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: August 1943
Address: Streethay Lodge, Streethay, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 8LR

TURNER, Walter John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 01 Jun 1994
Date of birth: January 1929
Address: 23 The Close, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7LD

WRIGHT, Edwin Walker RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 27 Apr 1992
Date of birth: July 1911
Address: 19 Stockwell Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV6 9PG

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Created	Status	Filings
12 Nov 2018	Outstanding	Registration of a charge (MR01) (opens in a new tab)
30 Aug 2018	Outstanding	Registration of a charge (MR01) (opens in a new tab)
03 Feb 2005	Outstanding	Registration of a charge (395) (opens in a new tab)
23 Jan 2003	Outstanding	Registration of a charge (395) (opens in a new tab)
18 Aug 1976	Outstanding
21 Aug 1975	Outstanding
25 Feb 1974	Outstanding
11 Oct 1954	Outstanding

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