Shrewsbury Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust

Analysis

Shrewsbury Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ch43 4ux. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shrewsbury Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust reported income of £18.2m and spending of £20.1m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £10.0m to £18.2m (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Shrewsbury Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Virgin Foundation (£18.2m), Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust (£18.2m) and Mountbatten Isle of Wight (£17.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 72%, trading 19% and investments 5.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £703k. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 19%. Reserves of £637k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 225 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.