East Anglia Diocese Dependent Priests' Fund

Analysis

East Anglia Diocese Dependent Priests' Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05055534). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, East Anglia Diocese Dependent Priests' Fund reported income of £72k and spending of £90k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £222k to £72k (-68%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, East Anglia Diocese Dependent Priests' Fund sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Squash Squared (£72k), Samaritans of Macclesfield and District (£72k) and Action Rochdale Ltd (£72k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.