PLYMOUTH DIOCESAN TRUST
Registered charity 213227 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PLYMOUTH DIOCESE, PLYMOUTH ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEES REGISTERED, PRCDTR
The advancement or maintenance of the Roman Catholic religion in the Diocese. The provision of religious services. The education and training of priests. The provision and maintenance of churches, presbyteries and schools. The maintenance and support of priests, the poor and others.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the Diocese operated at a net deficit of £3,683,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit of £2,751,000 in the previous year. Despite this deficit, the Trustees concluded that there are no material uncertainties regarding the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing sufficient resources to meet liabilities as they fall due. The total net assets stood at £84,125,000, with free reserves calculated at £30,500,000.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 12 months total expenditure (held: £30.5m)
“The Trust’s aim is that this level should be sufficient to cover at least 12 months total expenditure” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by PKF Francis Clark, Torquay. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Nicholas Hudson — Bishop of the Diocese of Plymouth (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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£800k
Reserves (reported)
£30.5m
Reported reserves equal ~33.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (15/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (17/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- PLYMOUTH ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEES REGISTERED
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bournemouth · Cornwall · Devon · Dorset · Plymouth City · Poole · Torbay
Income and spending
Common questions
Is PLYMOUTH DIOCESAN TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Diocese operated at a net deficit of £3,683,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit of £2,751,000 in the previous year. Despite this deficit, the Trustees concluded that there are no material uncertainties regarding the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing sufficient resources to meet liabilities as they fall due. The total net assets stood at £84,125,000, with free reserves calculated at £30,500,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Francis Clark, Torquay.
Who funds PLYMOUTH DIOCESAN TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name PLYMOUTH DIOCESAN TRUST as a grant recipient include THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND, THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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