The Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education

Analysis

The Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wilton. It was registered in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00464306). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.3m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £3.5m to £2.0m (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jameel Education Foundation UK (£2.0m), Local Information Unit Limited (£2.0m) and Bright Futures Early Learning (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 34%, donations and legacies 27%, investments 14% and trading 13%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 10%. Grants to other organisations totalled £869k. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.