BRENTWOOD ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST

Registered charity 234092 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRENTWOOD DIOCESAN INVESTMENT POOLED FUND

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Latest income
£17.2m
Latest spending
£17.2m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £11.3m against a stated policy target of £10m in cash reserves. The charity reported a net income of £106k for the year, with total income of £17.2m and expenditure of £17.2m, indicating stable financial operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £10m (held: £11.3m)
The Diocese aims to hold cash reserves of £10m. — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Charity beneficially owns 100% of the share capital of Brentwood Diocese (Trading) Limited, which manages building contracts for the Diocese on a no profit/no loss basis.
The Charity beneficially owns 100% of the share capital of Brentwood Diocese (Trading) Limited, company number 2571381, which manages building contracts for the Diocese on a no profit/no loss basis. — page 42
Travel costs totalling £659 (2024: £660) were reimbursed to one (2024:one) director and consultancy costs in respect of courses arranged by the Vicariate for Education in the amount of £1,200 (2024 £1,200) were reimbursed to one (2024: one) Director during the year.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Directors received reimbursement of travel costs (£659) and consultancy costs (£1,200).
The Charity beneficially owns 100% of the share capital of Brentwood Diocese (Trading) Limited, company number 2571381, which manages building contracts for the Diocese on a no profit/no loss basis. — page 42
Travel costs totalling £659 (2024: £660) were reimbursed to one (2024:one) director and consultancy costs in respect of courses arranged by the Vicariate for Education in the amount of £1,200 (2024 £1,200) were reimbursed to one (2024: one) Director during the year.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Brentwood Diocese (Trading) Limited
The Charity beneficially owns 100% of the share capital of Brentwood Diocese (Trading) Limited, company number 2571381 — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Brentwood Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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 05/04/2025)

Total income
£17.2m
Total spending
£17.2m
Cost of raising funds
£260k
Reserves (reported)
£8.9m
Employees
186

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Essex · Havering · Newham · Redbridge · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£17.2m£17.2m
05/04/2024£17.7m£17.2m
05/04/2023£12.6m£12.4m
05/04/2022£13.0m£11.2m
05/04/2021£9.0m£10.5m

Common questions

Is BRENTWOOD ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £11.3m against a stated policy target of £10m in cash reserves. The charity reported a net income of £106k for the year, with total income of £17.2m and expenditure of £17.2m, indicating stable financial operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Price Bailey LLP.