The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited

Analysis

The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in October 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00225234). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited reported income of £15.0m and spending of £16.9m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £18.2m to £15.0m (-17%), an average of -4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited 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 Buckfast Abbey Trust (Held Icw the Religious Community of Benedictine Monks Established at St Marys Abbey Buckfast, Devon) (£14.8m), Mayfield School Ltd (£15.4m) and The Salisbury Diocesan Board of Finance (£14.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 70%, charitable activities 11% and investments 9.8%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.3m. Reserves of £6.0m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 80 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.