NOTTINGHAM ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEES

Registered charity 1134449 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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 policy targets between one and three years of normal expenditure, with actual unrestricted reserves showing a deficit of £1.348m at year-end. The Diocese reports being financially resilient, with total reserves of £73.4m, though central funds decreased by £1.79m due to campaign costs and retired priest expenses.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£125k)

“One employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000 per annum” — 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” — 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.

Payments to trustees: Bishop and Priests received payments/benefits (accommodation/living expenses) and car loans. No Director received remuneration as a director.

“No Director received remuneration as a director during the year. The Bishop and Priests of the Diocese, in their capacity as such, are entitled to payments and benefits such as accommodation and living expenses from the Diocese.” — page 28

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Catholic 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.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Bishop Patrick McKinney — Bishop (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.

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).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (30/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (21/02/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Rev PATRICK JOSEPH MCKINNEYchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Anne Patricia Morton · trustee of 1 other charity
Marcella Gillespie
REV CANON EDDY JAROSZ · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev Deacon David John Kerry
Rev Gabriel Offor
Rev John Edward Kyne
Rev PAUL CHIPCHASE

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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?

The accounts state that unrestricted liquid reserves policy targets between one and three years of normal expenditure, with actual unrestricted reserves showing a deficit of £1.348m at year-end. The Diocese reports being financially resilient, with total reserves of £73.4m, though central funds decreased by £1.79m due to campaign costs and retired priest expenses. 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 £60,001 - £70,000 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.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE PILGRIM TRUST	FY2025	£20k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/09/2022	£2.0m	"Restoring Pugin"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/06/2022	£14k	"Project St Thomas - Spalding"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	28/09/2018	£71k	"Discovering Pugin at Nottingham Cathedral"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SISTERS OF MERCY SUNDERLAND	1	£55k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	1	£25k
CATHOLIC TRUST FOR ENGLAND AND WALES	1	£5k
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£750

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHAMPTON ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST.

NORTHAMPTON ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST income £9.2m
DIOCESE OF HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE income £12.9m
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NOTTINGHAM SAINT PETER AND ALL SAINTS income £355k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, NOTTINGHAM income £1.0m
SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £12.9m
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