Gloucester Diocesan Board of Education

Analysis

Gloucester Diocesan Board of Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in May 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Gloucester Diocesan Board of Education reported income of £507k and spending of £603k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £179k to £507k (+184%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 243%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Gloucester Diocesan Board of Education sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Life Centre Oxford Trust (£507k), Westhill Endowment (£508k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Philip and St James, Ilfracombe (£506k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 44%, donations and legacies 38% and charitable activities 18%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 8 people.

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.