The Bristol Diocesan Board of Finance Limited

Analysis

The Bristol Diocesan Board of Finance Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newbrick Road. 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 00156243). It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Bristol Diocesan Board of Finance Limited reported income of £10.2m and spending of £15.1m, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9.4m to £10.2m (+8.4%), an average of +2.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Bristol 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 The Peterborough Diocesan Board of Finance (£10.1m), Salesian College Farnborough Limited (£10.2m) and The Coventry Diocesan Board of Finance Ltd (£9.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 83%, investments 10% and charitable activities 2.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £635k. Reserves of £9.4m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 96 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.