Westminster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust and Other Trust Funds Administered by the Westminster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trustee

Analysis

Westminster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust and Other Trust Funds Administered by the Westminster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trustee is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Westminster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust and Other Trust Funds Administered by the Westminster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trustee reported income of £75.1m and spending of £67.8m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £58.1m to £75.1m (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Westminster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust and Other Trust Funds Administered by the Westminster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trustee sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The College of St Mary Magdalen in the University of Oxford (£53.5m), The Keepers and Governors of the Possessions, Revenues and Goods of the Free Grammar School of John Lyon, Within the Town of Harrow-On-The-Hill (£90.8m) and The Methodist Church in Great Britain (£52.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 54%, charitable activities 32% and investments 13%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3.7m. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.2m. Reserves of £28.8m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 699 people.