Newcastle Diocesan Society

Analysis

Newcastle Diocesan Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Shields. It was registered in July 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00021135). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Newcastle Diocesan Society reported income of £473k and spending of £221k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £227k to £473k (+109%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 2001%. Over the whole period it spent 17% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Newcastle Diocesan Society 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 At-Tawheed Foundation (£473k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Thomas and St Edmund Salisbury (£473k) and Bodmin, Padstow & Wadebridge Methodist Circuit (£473k).