NOTTINGHAM ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEES

Registered charity 1134449 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE CHARITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CIVIL AFFAIRS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF NOTTINGHAM,

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£13.5m
Latest spending
£11.9m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted liquid reserves are held between one and three years of normal expenditure, with total reserves at £73.4m. The Diocese reports financial resilience, although General Unrestricted Funds recorded a deficit of £1.348m and Central Funds decreased by £1.79m during the year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£130k)
“One employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000 per annum (2024: One).” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000 per annum (2024: One).” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between one and three years of its normal expenditure (held: £73.4m)
“it was the policy of the Directors that the unrestricted liquid reserves of the Diocese should amount to between one and three years of its normal expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Insurance services
“Catholic Insurance Services provide the insurance provision for the NRCDT and this amounted to £258 thousand” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

308 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (301 freehold); recorded price paid £4.7m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£13.5m
Total spending
£11.9m
Cost of raising funds
£794k
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
135

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£13.5m£11.9m
31/03/2024£11.2m£10.8m
31/03/2023£9.8m£10.5m
31/03/2022£9.4m£9.6m
31/03/2021£8.0m£8.8m

Common questions

Is NOTTINGHAM ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted liquid reserves are held between one and three years of normal expenditure, with total reserves at £73.4m. The Diocese reports financial resilience, although General Unrestricted Funds recorded a deficit of £1.348m and Central Funds decreased by £1.79m during the year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of NOTTINGHAM ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEES earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds NOTTINGHAM ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NOTTINGHAM ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEES as a grant recipient include THE PILGRIM TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PILGRIM TRUSTFY2025£20kRestoration of original Victorian Gothic Pugin decorations at Nottingham Cathedral.
THE PILGRIM TRUSTFY2024£2kStained Glass Window Condition & Costings Report at the Grade II St Mary on the Sea, Grimsby.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/09/2022£2.0m"Restoring Pugin"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/06/2022£14k"Project St Thomas - Spalding"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/09/2018£71k"Discovering Pugin at Nottingham Cathedral"
The National Lottery Community Fund27/01/2016£10kOur Lady's Community Centre Project - equip and furnish kitchen

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARGARET'S, ASPLEY NOTTINGHAM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NOTTINGHAM ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEES£13.5mmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARGARET'S, ASPLEY NOTTINGHAM FY2024£132k—0below—no doubt
NORTHAMPTON ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST FY2025£9.2m—2within—no doubt
DIOCESE OF HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE FY2025£12.9m—4unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NOTTINGHAM SAINT PETER AND ALL SAINTS FY2023£355k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, NOTTINGHAM FY2024£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.