Church Commissioners
Britishplural noun
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But in 2025, the Church Commissioners announced a commitment of £1.6bn over the next three years for exactly those things, saying reparatory justice spending would sit alongside, not replace, existing work.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
In a statement to the paper, the Church Commissioners said that arrangements for the fund were being "developed transparently - in line with charity law".
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
“This isn’t about paying compensation to individuals, and its not really just about the money,” said Church Commissioners chief executive Gareth Mostyn.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
The Bishop of Manchester, the Right Reverend Dr David Walker, deputy chairman of the Church Commissioners, also said he is also "deeply sorry" for the fund's "shaming" historic links to the slave trade.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2023
The building was defrayed by a parliamentary grant from His Majesty's Church Commissioners, on an understanding with the parishioners, that the Church at Hampton should, at the same time, be enlarged by the parish.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 551, June 9, 1832 by Various
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