CHURCH COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND — grant history

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Latest income
£212.6m
Grants listed (FY2025)
4
Listed grants total
£241.6m
Accounts grants total
£243.7m

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

FY2024: all 25 listed grants are unverified reads (£269 in total) and are excluded from totals and counts (the grant list adds up to far more (or far less) than this charity’s own reported spending and income for the year, so the list is set aside for checking (often a misread; sometimes multi-year awards or a register figure that is itself wrong)).

FY2023: all 30 listed grants are unverified reads (£249 in total) and are excluded from totals and counts (the grant list adds up to far more (or far less) than this charity’s own reported spending and income for the year, so the list is set aside for checking (often a misread; sometimes multi-year awards or a register figure that is itself wrong)).

FY2022: 1 grant totalling £850k is listed but excluded from totals: unverified read (the amount is not printed in the accounts text).

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What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England (2 grantees)
  • Isle Of Man (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2022 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings that have counted grants (unverified reads are left out, so a filing whose grants are all unverified is skipped). A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2022FY2025
upTHE ARCHBISHOPS' COUNCIL£28.3m£197.4m
upCathedrals£10.1m£17.1m

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Archbishops' CouncilFY2025£197.4mStrategic Development Funding, Lowest Income Communities Funding, CHARM Grant, Diocesan Investment Programme, Racial Justice, Net Zero Carbon, Parish Giving Scheme, Disability, Core Technology, Buildings for Mission, Transition Funding, Strategic Transformation Funding, Strategic Ministry Funding, Additional Ordinands Funding, National Giving Strategy, Innovation Funding, Clergy Support Trust, People and Partnerships Funding, National services and support, Safeguarding, Housing Project
BishopsFY2025£25.5mStipends, office and working costs
CathedralsFY2025£17.1mCathedral Sustainability Fund and other grants
Churches Conservation TrustFY2025£1.6mStatutory grant
Archbishops' Council (Diocesan Investment Programme)FY2024Unverified read£97Diocesan Investment Programme
Archbishops' Council (Lowest Income Communities Funding)FY2024Unverified read£30Lowest Income Communities Funding
Bishops (42 dioceses)FY2024Unverified read£24Bishops' and Archbishops' ministry
Archbishops' Council (Church’s Housing Assistance for the Retired Ministry Grant)FY2024Unverified read£20CHARM Grant
Archbishops' Council (National Giving Strategy)FY2024Unverified read£14National Giving Strategy
Cathedrals (Other grants)FY2024Unverified read£11Cathedrals' ministry
Archbishops' Council (Innovation Funding)FY2024Unverified read£10Innovation Funding
Archbishops' Council (Building for Mission)FY2024Unverified read£9Building for Mission
Archbishops' Council (Net Zero Grants)FY2024Unverified read£8Net Zero Grants
Archbishops' Council (Strategic Ministry Funding)FY2024Unverified read£7Strategic Ministry Funding
Archbishops' Council (Posts of First Responsibility)FY2024Unverified read£7Posts of First Responsibility
Archbishops' Council (Racial Justice)FY2024Unverified read£6Racial Justice
Archbishops' Council (Strategic Transformation Funding)FY2024Unverified read£4Strategic Transformation Funding
Archbishops' Council (People and Partnerships Funding)FY2024Unverified read£3People and Partnerships Funding
Cathedrals (Cathedral Sustainability Fund)FY2024Unverified read£3Cathedral Sustainability Fund
Archbishops' Council (Parish Giving Scheme)FY2024Unverified read£3Parish Giving Scheme
Archbishops' Council (Transition Funding)FY2024Unverified read£3Transition Funding
Archbishops' Council (Core Technology)FY2024Unverified read£3Core Technology
Archbishops' Council (Additional Ordinands Funding)FY2024Unverified read£2Additional Ordinands Funding
Churches Conservation TrustFY2024Unverified read£2Statutory grant
Archbishops' Council (National services and support provided by the Council)FY2024Unverified read£1National services and support
Archbishops' Council (Strategic Development Funding)FY2024Unverified read£1Strategic Development Funding
Archbishops' Council (Safeguarding)FY2024Unverified read£1Safeguarding
Archbishops' Council (Disability Grants)FY2024Unverified read£0Disability Grants
Social Impact Investment FundingFY2024Unverified read£0Social Impact Investment Funding
Parish Giving SchemeFY2023Unverified read£61Supporting dioceses and the local church
CHARM Housing GrantFY2023Unverified read£29Supporting dioceses and the local church
Diocesan Investment ProgrammeFY2023Unverified read£28Supporting dioceses and the local church
114 grants to bishops in 42 diocesesFY2023Unverified read£22Bishops’ and Archbishops’ ministry
Lowest Income Communities FundingFY2023Unverified read£18Supporting dioceses and the local church
83 grants to 42 cathedrals – other grantsFY2023Unverified read£10Cathedrals’ ministry
Theological Educational Institutions Fee SupportFY2023Unverified read£10Supporting dioceses and the local church
National Giving StrategyFY2023Unverified read£9Supporting dioceses and the local church
National services and support provided by the CouncilFY2023Unverified read£9Supporting dioceses and the local church
Racial JusticeFY2023Unverified read£8Supporting dioceses and the local church
Transition FundingFY2023Unverified read£6Supporting dioceses and the local church
Core TechnologyFY2023Unverified read£6Supporting dioceses and the local church
SafeguardingFY2023Unverified read£5Supporting dioceses and the local church
Energy Costs GrantsFY2023Unverified read£5Supporting dioceses and the local church
Innovation FundingFY2023Unverified read£4Supporting dioceses and the local church
Strategic Development FundingFY2023Unverified read£4Supporting dioceses and the local church
74 grants to 36 cathedrals – Cathedral Sustainability FundFY2023Unverified read£3Cathedrals’ ministry
Archbishops’ Council for Social Impact Investment FundingFY2023Unverified read£3Other activities
Churches Conservation TrustFY2023Unverified read£2Other activities
Growing Faith Foundation FundingFY2023Unverified read£2Supporting dioceses and the local church
Additional Ordinands FundingFY2023Unverified read£2Supporting dioceses and the local church
People and Partnerships FundingFY2023Unverified read£2Supporting dioceses and the local church
Clergy Hardship SupportFY2023Unverified read£1Supporting dioceses and the local church
Strategic Transformation FundingFY2023Unverified read£0Supporting dioceses and the local church
Posts of First ResponsibilityFY2023Unverified readamount not statedSupporting dioceses and the local church
Building for MissionFY2023Unverified readamount not statedSupporting dioceses and the local church
Sustainability FundingFY2023Unverified readamount not statedSupporting dioceses and the local church
Strategic Ministry FundingFY2023Unverified readamount not statedSupporting dioceses and the local church
Disability GrantsFY2023Unverified readamount not statedSupporting dioceses and the local church
Net Zero GrantsFY2023Unverified readamount not statedSupporting dioceses and the local church
Archbishops' CouncilFY2022£28.3mLowest Income Communities Funding
BishopsFY2022£19.2mBishops' and Archbishops' Ministry
Archbishops' CouncilFY2022£17.8mStrategic Development Funding
Archbishops' CouncilFY2022£15.0mEnergy Costs Grants
Archbishops' CouncilFY2022£11.1mStrategic Transformation Funding
Archbishops' CouncilFY2022£10.4mStrategic Ministry Funding
CathedralsFY2022£10.1mOther Cathedral Grants
Archbishops' CouncilFY2022£5.3mTransition Funding
Archbishops' CouncilFY2022£5.2mSocial Impact Investment Funding
Archbishops' CouncilFY2022£4.5mInnovation Funding
Archbishops' CouncilFY2022£4.3mFunding for posts of first responsibility
Archbishops' CouncilFY2022£4.3mSustainability Funding
Archbishops' CouncilFY2022£4.0mNational services and support provided by the Council
CathedralsFY2022£3.8mCathedral Sustainability Fund
Archbishops' CouncilFY2022£3.1mSafeguarding
Archbishops' CouncilFY2022£3.0mClergy Hardship Support
Archbishops' CouncilFY2022£1.9mAdditional Ordinands Funding
Archbishops' CouncilFY2022£1.5mNational Giving Strategy
Archbishops' CouncilFY2022£1.5mPeople and Partnerships Funding
Churches Conservation TrustFY2022£1.4mStatutory grant
Archbishops' CouncilFY2022£1.3mGrowing Faith Foundation Funding
Archbishops' CouncilFY2022Unverified read£850kTheological Educational Institutions Fee Support
Archbishops' CouncilFY2020£97.8mSupporting dioceses and the local church (Strategic Development Funding, Lowest Income Communities Funding, Transition Funding, Strategic Transformation Funding, Sustainability Funding, Strategic Ministry Funding, Additional Ordinands, National Giving Strategy, Digital church, Other grants)
Bishops in 42 diocesesFY2020£19.8mBishops' and Archbishops' ministry (Stipends, office and working costs)
Cathedrals (42 cathedrals)FY2020£10.5mCathedrals' ministry (Section 21 and 22 grants for stipends/pension costs of dean and residentiary canons; Section 23 grants for staff costs)
Cathedrals (41 cathedrals)FY2020£9.0mCathedrals' ministry (Cathedral Sustainability Fund)
Sheffield DioceseFY2020£4.9mStrategic Transformation Funding (Major change programme)
Manchester DioceseFY2020£1.7mStrategic Transformation Funding (Stage 1 award for transformation plan)
Churches Conservation TrustFY2020£1.6mOther activities (Statutory grant)
HeartEdge at St Martin-in-the-FieldsFY2020£200kCapacity Funding (Part of Manchester SDF project)

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 241600000 vs reference 243700000 (0.9% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder or a recipient and want a correction, email [email protected].

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the filed accounts. They stay in the list and the CSV (read_status column) but are left out of the totals, counts and recipient tallies this site computes.