The Lincoln Diocesan Trust and Board of Finance Ltd

Analysis

The Lincoln Diocesan Trust and Board of Finance Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in November 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00097256). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Lincoln Diocesan Trust and Board of Finance Ltd reported income of £11.1m and spending of £10.6m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £10.5m to £11.1m (+5.7%), an average of +1.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Lincoln Diocesan Trust and 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 Baptist Union of Great Britain (£11.1m), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity with Saint Paul Onslow Square and Saint Augustine South Kensington (£11.2m) and St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance (£11.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 42%, investments 28%, charitable activities 3.3% and trading 1.4%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 4.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £430k. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 42 people.