The Bishop's Development Fund

Analysis

The Bishop's Development Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in August 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Bishop's Development Fund reported income of £104k and spending of £85k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £32k to £104k (+223%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 221%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Bishop's Development Fund sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist, Chester (£104k), Haven Gospel Hall Trust (£104k) and New Street Church CIO (£104k).