St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance

Analysis

St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in September 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00143034). It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance reported income of £11.1m and spending of £11.9m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £10.0m to £11.1m (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance 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 Derby Diocesan Board of Finance Limited (£11.0m), The Baptist Union of Great Britain (£11.1m) and The Oratory Schools Association (£10.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 79%, charitable activities 8.7%, investments 6.7% and trading 5.5%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 4.7%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 70 people.