Blackburn Diocesan Board of Education

Analysis

Blackburn Diocesan Board of Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in April 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00557954). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Blackburn Diocesan Board of Education reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.3m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.5m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Blackburn Diocesan Board of Education sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mr Willats' Charity (£1.5m), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Bryanston Square with St Mark St Marylebone (£1.5m) and Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 38%, investments 35% and donations and legacies 27%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £17k. Reserves of £2.3m would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.