The Salisbury Diocesan Board of Finance

Analysis

The Salisbury Diocesan Board of Finance is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in March 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00017442). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Salisbury Diocesan Board of Finance reported income of £14.7m and spending of £16.1m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13.3m to £14.7m (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Salisbury Diocesan Board of Finance 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 The Liverpool Diocesan Board of Finance (£14.6m), Buckfast Abbey Trust (Held Icw the Religious Community of Benedictine Monks Established at St Marys Abbey Buckfast, Devon) (£14.8m) and The Birmingham Diocesan Board of Finance (£14.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 76%, charitable activities 12%, investments 6.3% and trading 6.0%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.4m. Reserves of £3.4m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 53 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.