The Exeter Diocesan Board of Finance

Analysis

The Exeter Diocesan Board of Finance is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in February 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00186001). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Exeter Diocesan Board of Finance reported income of £18.8m and spending of £17.1m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £15.7m to £18.8m (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Exeter 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 Master and Scholars of Balliol College in the University of Oxford (£18.8m), The College of All Souls of the Faithful Departed, of Oxford (£19.2m) and St Mary's School (Calne) (£18.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 69%, investments 11%, trading 8.6% and charitable activities 4.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £8,000. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.5m. Reserves of £6.1m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 70 people.