Collection GB 0074 ACC/1083 - CHURCH COMMISSIONERS

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/1083

Title

CHURCH COMMISSIONERS

Date(s)

  • 1837-1912 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.16 linear metres

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Name of creator

Biographical history

The Church Commissioners were formed in 1948 by joining together two bodies - Queen Anne's Bounty and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The Church Commissioners are based at Church House, Great Smith Street, London. They moved there in March 2007 to work under one roof with the Archbishops' Council and the Church of England Pensions Board.

The Commissioners' role is to manage the Church's historic assets, today invested in stock market shares and property, to produce money to support the Church's ministry. The Church Commissioners meet some 18% of the Church's total running costs.

The Church Commissioners' main responsibilities are: to obtain the best possible long term return from a diversified investment portfolio in order (1) to meet their pension commitments and (2) to provide the maximum sustainable funding for their other purposes such as support for the work of bishops, cathedrals and parish ministry; in doing so, to pay particular regard to making 'additional provision for the cure of souls in parishes where such assistance is most required'; to administer the legal framework for pastoral reorganisation and settle the future of redundant churches.

Source: http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/churchcommissioners/ (accessed June 2009).

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/1083 1837-1912 Collection 0.16 linear metres Church Commissioners , Church of England

The Church Commissioners were formed in 1948 by joining together two bodies - Queen Anne's Bounty and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The Church Commissioners are based at Church House, Great Smith Street, London. They moved there in March 2007 to work under one roof with the Archbishops' Council and the Church of England Pensions Board.

The Commissioners' role is to manage the Church's historic assets, today invested in stock market shares and property, to produce money to support the Church's ministry. The Church Commissioners meet some 18% of the Church's total running costs.

The Church Commissioners' main responsibilities are: to obtain the best possible long term return from a diversified investment portfolio in order (1) to meet their pension commitments and (2) to provide the maximum sustainable funding for their other purposes such as support for the work of bishops, cathedrals and parish ministry; in doing so, to pay particular regard to making 'additional provision for the cure of souls in parishes where such assistance is most required'; to administer the legal framework for pastoral reorganisation and settle the future of redundant churches.

Source: http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/churchcommissioners/ (accessed June 2009).

Received in 1970 (Acc/1083).

Records of the Church Commissioners, 1837-1912, comprising architect's drawings, specifications and correspondence relating to parsonage houses in various parishes including Saint Anne, Brondesbury; Christ Church, Ealing; Holy Trinity, Finchley; Saint John the Baptist, Isleworth; Holy Trinity, Northwood; Christ Church, Roxeth Park; Saint John, South Mimms; Saint Michael and All Angels, Stonebridge and Saint John, Wembley.

ACC/1083/001-011.

Available for general access.

Copyright to the records rests with the City of London.
English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Further material relating to the Church Commissioners can be found at references ACC/0981, ACC/1485, DC, LMA/4204, O/042 and O/272.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. July to October 2009 Commissioners Ecclesiastical commissioners Architecture Buildings Residential buildings Clergy houses Parsonages Religions Ancient religions Christianity Protestantism Anglicanism Church of England Property Church property Visual materials Plans Building plans Organisation and management Administration Church administration Ecclesiastical districts Dioceses Finance Church finance People by roles People Religion Church Commissioners , Church of England Roxeth Harrow Middlesex Ealing (district) Ealing South Mimms Hertfordshire England UK Western Europe Europe Stonebridge Brent London Barnet Finchley Isleworth Hounslow Wembley Northwood Hillingdon Catholicism

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 1970 (Acc/1083).

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Scope and content

Records of the Church Commissioners, 1837-1912, comprising architect's drawings, specifications and correspondence relating to parsonage houses in various parishes including Saint Anne, Brondesbury; Christ Church, Ealing; Holy Trinity, Finchley; Saint John the Baptist, Isleworth; Holy Trinity, Northwood; Christ Church, Roxeth Park; Saint John, South Mimms; Saint Michael and All Angels, Stonebridge and Saint John, Wembley.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

ACC/1083/001-011.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to the records rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Further material relating to the Church Commissioners can be found at references ACC/0981, ACC/1485, DC, LMA/4204, O/042 and O/272.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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