The Board hold the assets of the Diocese and are responsible for its finances. It is a company limited by guarantee (company no. 88175) and comprises of the members of the Diocesan Synod who are equivalent to shareholders. They arrange payment of living expenses from endowments (managed by the Church Commissioners), glebe, fees and parish shares.

Administers the parsonage and glebe houses.

Appointed by the DBF, the Glebe Committee is managed for the benefit of the Diocesan Stipends Fund (which reduces the demand on the parish share). The Estates Manager, Ray Levett, is secretary, assisted by a part-time consultant estates surveyor, David Horsfall (a fully qualified agricultural surveyor), who carries out all rent reviews and deals with day-to-day management. Rents are regularly reviewed to obtain the best possible returns. They are assisted by the Estates Administrator, Amanda Hunt.

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