Catholic Care (Diocese of Leeds)

Analysis

Catholic Care (Diocese of Leeds) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in September 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01633737). It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Catholic Care (Diocese of Leeds) reported income of £5.7m and spending of £6.4m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.0m to £5.7m (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Catholic Care (Diocese of Leeds) sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wirrelderly (£5.7m), University of Lincoln Students Union (£5.7m) and Bristol Drugs Project Limited (£5.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, donations and legacies 3.6% and investments 1.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £92k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £29k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 193 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.