THE BRISTOL DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED

Registered charity 248502 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The primary objective is to promote and assist the work and purposes of the Church of England in the Diocese of Bristol.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that net assets decreased by £2.9m to £71.6m, driven by a net operational deficit of £4.1m which was partially offset by £1.2m in net capital gains on investments. The trustees report that unrestricted funds of £17m are sufficient to meet the stated reserves policy target of approximately £3.2m, representing three months of general fund expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

247 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (236 freehold); recorded price paid £8.3m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~15.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/07/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (06/10/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Francis Baconchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alison Rowe · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bishop Neil Warwick · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bruce Anthony Finnamore
• Dr Clare Lorna Jefferis · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN DOMINIC SUNDERLAND · trustee of 2 other charities
• Julia Childerhouse · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Adam John Beaumont
• Rev Katharine Emma Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Trudie Anne Wigley · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sally Cordwell · trustee of 2 other charities
• The Venerable Christopher Bryan · trustee of 2 other charities
• The Venerable Rebecca Ann Waring · trustee of 2 other charities
• The Very Reverend Amanda Kirstine Ford · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire · Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Shared trustees with funders

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• The Venerable Rebecca Ann Waring — trustee here and at BRISTOL ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GUILDFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE.

• GUILDFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £15.7m
• THE DURHAM DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £12.5m
• THE NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £8.1m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILIP AND ST JACOB, BRISTOL income £281k
• BRISTOL CCRC TRUST income £653k
• ALL SAINTS CHURCH LANDS income £137k

Side by side with its peers

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