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THE BLACKBURN DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED — grant history

Registered charity 247647 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£15.9m
Grants listed (FY2024)
13
Listed grants total
£2.7m
Accounts grants total
£2.5m

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2024 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Summarised from www.blackburn.anglican.org · www.blackburn.anglican.org/parish-vision-fund · www.blackburn.anglican.org/major-new-funding-award-to-diocese-from on 14/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

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
  • Religious Activities (5 grantees)
  • Education/training (4 grantees)
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (2 grantees)
  • Environment/conservation/heritage (2 grantees)
  • Economic/community Development/employment (2 grantees)
  • General Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity (1 grantee)
Where grantees operate
  • Blackburn With Darwen (3 grantees)
  • Lancashire (3 grantees)
  • Isle Of Man (2 grantees)
  • Cheshire West & Chester (1 grantee)
  • Cumbria (1 grantee)
  • Derbyshire (1 grantee)
  • Cheshire East (1 grantee)
  • Blackpool (1 grantee)
  • Liverpool City (1 grantee)
  • Manchester City (1 grantee)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Harvest appeal charitiesFY2024£972kSupport for parish ministry
Contributions to Archbishops' CouncilFY2024£636kNational Church responsibilities
Blackburn Diocesan Board of EducationFY2024£308kEducation
First appointment and resettlement grantsFY2024£220kParish Ministry
Resettlement grants on retirementFY2024£220kParish Ministry
The Bishop of Blackburn’s Fund for Widows and Orphans of Poor ClergyFY2024£125kTransfers/Grants within group
OrdinandsFY2024£118kSupport for parish ministry
Emmanuel Theological CollegeFY2024£30kSupport for parish ministry
Clergy hardship grantsFY2024£16kSupport for parish ministry
Area Deans (parishes)FY2024£14kSupport for parish ministry
Blackburn CathedralFY2024£10kSupport for parish ministry
Continuing ministerial educationFY2024£6kSupport for parish ministry
Churches Together in LancashireFY2024£4kSupport for parish ministry
ParishesFY2023£906kGrants to Parishes, Individuals and Other Charities
Archbishops' CouncilFY2023£664kContributions to Archbishops' Council
Blackburn Diocesan Board of EducationFY2023£324kEducation
Parish MinistryFY2023£230kFirst appointment and resettlement grants
OrdinandsFY2023£140kSupport for parish ministry
Area Deans (parish)FY2023£21kArea Deans (parish)
Churches Together in LancashireFY2023£10kChurches Together in Lancashire
Clergy hardship grantsFY2023£10kClergy hardship grants
Emmanuel Theological CollegeFY2023£10kOther
Harvest appeal charitiesFY2023£8kHarvest appeal charities
Continuing ministerial educationFY2023£6kContinuing ministerial education
Inter Diocesan Counselling servicesFY2023£4kInter Diocesan Counselling services
National Church responsibilitiesFY2021£399kContributions to Archbishops' Council / Training for ministry / National Church responsibilities
Grants to Parishes, Individuals and Other CharitiesFY2021£337kFrom Designated Funds to Parishes from Allchurches fund / From Restricted Funds to Parishes from Parish Vision Grant fund
Archbishops' CouncilFY2021£302kContributions to Archbishops' Council
Charities nominated at Bishops Harvest AppealFY2021£294kBishop's Harvest Appeal
Other Grants to ParishesFY2021£202kFrom Restricted Funds to Parishes from Parish Vision Grant fund / Lower Income Communities Funding
Retired Clergy and Clergy WidowsFY2021£183kRetired clergy housing costs / Bishops Clergy Widows Fund
Other Grants to Clergy and OrdinandsFY2021£177kBishop's Clergy In Need Fund / Other
Ordinands from RME fundFY2021£127kResourcing Ministerial Education (RME) Fund
Grants to OrdinandsFY2021£123kFrom Unrestricted Funds to Ordinands
Inter Diocesan Counselling ServiceFY2021£99kFrom Restricted Funds to Parishes from Parish Vision Grant fund
General SynodFY2021£10kGeneral Synod expenses
Parishes from Allchurches TrustFY2021£6kFrom Restricted Funds to Parishes from Allchurches Trust
Churches Together In LancashireFY2021£6kChurches Together Lancashire
OtherFY2021£1kOther

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 2679000 vs reference 2453000 (9.2% 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 and want a correction, contact us.