Brentwood Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust

Analysis

Brentwood Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Brentwood Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust reported income of £17.2m and spending of £17.2m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £9.0m to £17.2m (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Brentwood Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust 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 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Columba's College and Preparatory School (£16.9m), Guildford Diocesan Board of Finance (£17.3m) and The House of the Blessed Mary the Virgin in Oxford, Commonly Called Oriel College, of the Foundation of Edward the Second of Famous Memory Sometime King of England (£15.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 81%, trading 8.6%, investments 5.7% and charitable activities 4.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £442k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Reserves of £8.9m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 186 people.