Bangor Diocesan Trust

Analysis

Bangor Diocesan Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bangor. It was registered in June 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00204176). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bangor Diocesan Trust reported income of £482k and spending of £664k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £283k to £482k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 295%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bangor Diocesan Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary's Watford (£482k), St Mary's Christian Workers Trust (£483k) and Somerset Mendip Circuit - Methodist Church (£482k).