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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

Latest income
£10.9m
Latest spending
£10.6m
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2024

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.

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.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£10.9m
Total spending
£10.6m
Cost of raising funds
£177k
Reserves (reported)
£45.0m
Employees
117

Reported reserves equal ~51.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£10.9m£10.6m
31/12/2023£9.5m£10.2m
31/12/2022£9.2m£9.7m
31/12/2021£10.8m£11.3m
31/12/2020£13.4m£11.9m

Common questions

Is CATHOLIC TRUST FOR ENGLAND AND WALES financially healthy?

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

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
CATHOLIC CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£8k
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUSFY2023£5k
EDITH BESSIE GIBSON TRUSTFY2025£2k
EDITH BESSIE GIBSON TRUSTFY2022£2k
EDITH BESSIE GIBSON TRUSTFY2024£600
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUSFY2024£500

Funders of similar charities

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FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£75k
THE UNION OF THE SISTERS OF MERCY OF GREAT BRITAIN1£24k

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