The Coventry Diocesan Board of Finance Ltd

Analysis

The Coventry Diocesan Board of Finance Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in November 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 00319482). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Coventry Diocesan Board of Finance Ltd reported income of £9.8m and spending of £13.1m, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9.4m to £9.8m (+3.9%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Coventry Diocesan Board of Finance Ltd 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 Catholic Schools Trust (£9.8m), The Peterborough Diocesan Board of Finance (£10.1m) and Downside School (£9.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 69%, investments 26% and trading 4.4%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 4.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £415k. Reserves of £5.1m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 49 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.