WESTMINSTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST AND OTHER TRUST FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY THE WESTMINSTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEE
Registered charity 233699 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DIOCESE OF WESTMINSTER
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the Charity’s free reserves increased to £28.8 million, which remains below the Trustees' stated target of £32.0 million. The Trustees note that while the Charity has sufficient resources to meet liabilities as they fall due, it faces risks from increasing construction costs and economic volatility.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“Although the Charity’s free reserves have grown substantially since last year, from £19.2 million to £28.8 million, they are below the target level.” — page 53
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Archbishop Richard Moth — Archbishop (source)
- Bishop Paul McAleenan — Auxiliary Bishop (source)
- Bishop James Curry — Auxiliary 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 31/12/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£440k
Reserves (reported)
£28.8m
Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (01/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (22/02/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (11/11/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (14/09/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustees
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Hertfordshire · Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WESTMINSTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST AND OTHER TRUST FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY THE WESTMINSTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEE financially healthy?
The accounts state that the Charity’s free reserves increased to £28.8 million, which remains below the Trustees' stated target of £32.0 million. The Trustees note that while the Charity has sufficient resources to meet liabilities as they fall due, it faces risks from increasing construction costs and economic volatility. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.
Who funds WESTMINSTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST AND OTHER TRUST FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY THE WESTMINSTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WESTMINSTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST AND OTHER TRUST FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY THE WESTMINSTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEE as a grant recipient include HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, CATHOLIC TRUST FOR ENGLAND AND WALES, THE UNION OF THE SISTERS OF MERCY OF GREAT BRITAIN.
Known funders
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