CATHOLIC TRUST FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Registered charity 1097482 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE OF ENGLAND AND WALES
To promote the Catholic religion principally, but not exclusively, in England and Wales.
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £1,593,211 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by a 14.9% increase in total income to £10,908,897. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £6,901,797, which exceeds the stated policy target of six months' charitable expenditure (approximately £5,300,300). The charity maintains a strong financial position with total reserves of £49,961,346 and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: up to six months’ charitable expenditure (approximately £5,300,300) (held: £6.9m)
“The Trust aims to have the equivalent of up to six months’ charitable expenditure (approximately £5,300,300 excluding exceptional expenditure) in free reserves” — page 11
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
In the news
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Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Archbishop Richard Moth — President of the Bishops’ Conference (source)
- Archbishop John Sherrington — Archbishop of Liverpool and Lead Bishop for Life Issues for the Bishops’ Conference (source)
- Bishop Paul Mason — Lead Bishop for Healthcare for the Bishops’ Conference (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £2.7m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Electoral Commission register entries
Entries on the Electoral Commission’s public register where this charity (or its company) appears as the source — typically sponsorship of an APPG or an overseas visit provided to an MP, which charities may lawfully do. Shown with the Commission’s own reference; this is a transparency record, not an allegation.
- Non Cash: Mike Kane MP (MP - Member of Parliament) — £18k · 16/10/2022 · ref NC0562051
Staff costs
- Non Cash: Mike Kane MP (MP - Member of Parliament) — £15k · 06/10/2019 · ref NC0493372
Staff costs
- Non Cash: Dr Thérèse Coffey MP (MP - Member of Parliament) — £12k · 07/10/2018 · ref NC0400130
Staff costs
- Cash: Mr Andy McDonald MP (MP - Member of Parliament) — £12k · 07/10/2018 · ref C0400210
- Non Cash: Mr Christopher Green (MP - Member of Parliament) — £12k · 07/10/2018 · ref NC0400147
Staff costs
- Non Cash: Conor McGinn MP (MP - Member of Parliament) — £3k · 08/10/2017 · ref NC0397633
Staff costs
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£177k
Reserves (reported)
£45.0m
Reported reserves equal ~51.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (27% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (04/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (13/04/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CATHOLIC TRUST FOR ENGLAND AND WALES financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £1,593,211 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by a 14.9% increase in total income to £10,908,897. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £6,901,797, which exceeds the stated policy target of six months' charitable expenditure (approximately £5,300,300). The charity maintains a strong financial position with total reserves of £49,961,346 and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.
Who funds CATHOLIC TRUST FOR ENGLAND AND WALES?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CATHOLIC TRUST FOR ENGLAND AND WALES as a grant recipient include CATHOLIC CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUS, EDITH BESSIE GIBSON TRUST.
Known funders
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