The Diocese of Norwich Deceased Clergy Dependants' Fund

Analysis

The Diocese of Norwich Deceased Clergy Dependants' Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in June 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Diocese of Norwich Deceased Clergy Dependants' Fund reported income of £16k and spending of £41k, spending 253% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £19k to £16k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 176% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Diocese of Norwich Deceased Clergy Dependants' Fund sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christ International Ministries (£16k), The S.w. Clive Charitable Trust (£16k) and The Claxton Parish Pit Charity (£16k).

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.