WREXHAM DIOCESAN TRUST

Registered charity 700426 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DIOCESE OF WREXHAM

The advancement of the Roman Catholic Church in the Diocese of Wrexham and elsewhere. The promotion of Catholic teaching. The provision and maintenance of churches, presbyteries and schools. The provision and care of priests.The support of pastoral and apostolic works in parishes and local communities.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF WREXHAM.

Area of benefit: ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF WREXHAM OR ELSEWHERE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Wrexham, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Diocese reported a net deficit of £42,470 for the year ended 5 April 2025, compared to a surplus in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, total reserves stood at £16.7m, with £7.8m available for general use, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet long-term commitments including clergy retirement and property maintenance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Champion Accountants LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £309k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher James Ryanchair
• Ann Josephine Snowden · trustee of 1 other charity
• Canon Francis Gerard Doyle Canon
• Dcn David Ian Gozzard Deacon
• Dr Alex John McCulloch
• Keith John McDonogh
• Rev Nicholas Enzama
• Rt Rev Peter Malcolm Brignall

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• PLYMOUTH DIOCESAN TRUST income £7.6m
• LEEDS DIOCESAN TRUST income £13.3m
• BIRMINGHAM DIOCESAN TRUST income £27.0m
• DIOCESE OF HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE income £12.9m
• MIDDLESBROUGH DIOCESAN TRUST income £7.1m
• SHREWSBURY ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST income £18.2m

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