The Church Commissioners for England, which manages the Church of England’s endowment fund, delivered a 10.3% return in 2024, marking the sixteenth consecutive year of positive returns, with the fund now valued at £11.1bn at the end of 2024.

The following is the transcript of a talk given at the Solaris Executive Leadership Academy by Alan Smith, First Church Estates Commissioner, The Church Commissioners for England, on 28 May 2025.

A church hall where it was ‘too cold to craft’ has been transformed into a warm space – thanks to a net zero renovation funded by community grants.

Joanne Grenfell, lead bishop for Safeguarding, opens the debate on the Reporting Code of Practice, a new Safeguarding code of practice.

Responsible investing in the age of Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence - The role of the Christian Investor.

Talk by Alan Smith, First Church Estates Commissioner, to the 2024 Church Investors Group Conference on 20 November, 2024.

The summit should make good on commitments to tackling climate change, writes Rt Revd Graham Usher, lead Bishop for the environment.

The Bishop of Leicester reflects on lessons from riots in the city in 2022.

Article for Civil Society magazine by lead safeguarding bishop Joanne Woolway Grenfell on safeguarding governance in the Church of England.

Statement from national safeguarding director in response to Church Times article on reviews promised by former ISB (Independent Safeguarding Board).

The Church Commissioners for England has appointed Laura Moss-Bromage as its new ‘Planet Lead,’ boosting the Responsible Investment team’s work on climate change and biodiversity.