THE BLACKBURN DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED — grant history

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Latest income

£15.9m

Grants listed (FY2024)

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

How to apply: The Diocese of Blackburn does not accept unsolicited applications from external organizations. Funding is allocated through the Diocesan Investment Programme and Parish Vision Fund for parishes within the Diocese, with support available from a Community Development Funding Officer to help parishes identify and apply for external grants.

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)

What changed: FY2023 → FY2024

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2023	FY2024
new	Contributions to Archbishops' Council	—	£636k
new	First appointment and resettlement grants	—	£220k
new	Resettlement grants on retirement	—	£220k
new	The Bishop of Blackburn’s Fund for Widows and Orphans of Poor Clergy	—	£125k
new	Area Deans (parishes)	—	£14k
new	CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN BLACKBURN	—	£10k
up	Harvest appeal charities	£8k	£972k
up	Emmanuel Theological College	£10k	£30k
up	Clergy hardship grants	£10k	£16k
down	CHURCHES TOGETHER IN LANCASHIRE	£10k	£4k
not listed	Parishes	£906k	—
not listed	THE ARCHBISHOPS' COUNCIL	£664k	—
not listed	Parish Ministry	£230k	—
not listed	Area Deans (parish)	£21k	—
not listed	Inter Diocesan Counselling services	£4k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Harvest appeal charities	FY2024	£972k	Support for parish ministry
Contributions to Archbishops' Council	FY2024	£636k	National Church responsibilities
Blackburn Diocesan Board of Education	FY2024	£308k	Education
First appointment and resettlement grants	FY2024	£220k	Parish Ministry
Resettlement grants on retirement	FY2024	£220k	Parish Ministry
The Bishop of Blackburn’s Fund for Widows and Orphans of Poor Clergy	FY2024	£125k	Transfers/Grants within group
Ordinands	FY2024	£118k	Support for parish ministry
Emmanuel Theological College	FY2024	£30k	Support for parish ministry
Clergy hardship grants	FY2024	£16k	Support for parish ministry
Area Deans (parishes)	FY2024	£14k	Support for parish ministry
Blackburn Cathedral	FY2024	£10k	Support for parish ministry
Continuing ministerial education	FY2024	£6k	Support for parish ministry
Churches Together in Lancashire	FY2024	£4k	Support for parish ministry
Parishes	FY2023	£906k	Grants to Parishes, Individuals and Other Charities
Archbishops' Council	FY2023	£664k	Contributions to Archbishops' Council
Blackburn Diocesan Board of Education	FY2023	£324k	Education
Parish Ministry	FY2023	£230k	First appointment and resettlement grants
Ordinands	FY2023	£140k	Support for parish ministry
Area Deans (parish)	FY2023	£21k	Area Deans (parish)
Churches Together in Lancashire	FY2023	£10k	Churches Together in Lancashire
Clergy hardship grants	FY2023	£10k	Clergy hardship grants
Emmanuel Theological College	FY2023	£10k	Other
Harvest appeal charities	FY2023	£8k	Harvest appeal charities
Continuing ministerial education	FY2023	£6k	Continuing ministerial education
Inter Diocesan Counselling services	FY2023	£4k	Inter Diocesan Counselling services
Parishes	FY2022	£872k	Support for parish ministry
Contributions to Archbishops' Council	FY2022	£646k	Training for ministry / National Church responsibilities
Education	FY2022	£359k	Expenditure on education
First appointment and resettlement grants	FY2022	£223k	Parish Ministry
Ordinands	FY2022	£173k	Support for parish ministry
Retired clergy and clergy widows	FY2022	£88k	Support for parish ministry
Clergy hardship grants	FY2022	£53k	Support for parish ministry
Harvest appeal charities	FY2022	£16k	Support for parish ministry
Inter Diocesan Counselling services	FY2022	£7k	Support for parish ministry
Area Deans (parish)	FY2022	£6k	Support for parish ministry
Churches Together in Lancashire	FY2022	£6k	Support for parish ministry
Caring for creation	FY2022	£4k	Support for parish ministry
Continuing ministerial education	FY2022	£3k	Support for parish ministry
National Church responsibilities	FY2021	£399k	Contributions to Archbishops' Council / Training for ministry / National Church responsibilities
Grants to Parishes, Individuals and Other Charities	FY2021	£337k	From Designated Funds to Parishes from Allchurches fund / From Restricted Funds to Parishes from Parish Vision Grant fund
Archbishops' Council	FY2021	£302k	Contributions to Archbishops' Council
Charities nominated at Bishops Harvest Appeal	FY2021	£294k	Bishop's Harvest Appeal
Other Grants to Parishes	FY2021	£202k	From Restricted Funds to Parishes from Parish Vision Grant fund / Lower Income Communities Funding
Retired Clergy and Clergy Widows	FY2021	£183k	Retired clergy housing costs / Bishops Clergy Widows Fund
Other Grants to Clergy and Ordinands	FY2021	£177k	Bishop's Clergy In Need Fund / Other
Ordinands from RME fund	FY2021	£127k	Resourcing Ministerial Education (RME) Fund
Grants to Ordinands	FY2021	£123k	From Unrestricted Funds to Ordinands
Inter Diocesan Counselling Service	FY2021	£99k	From Restricted Funds to Parishes from Parish Vision Grant fund
General Synod	FY2021	£10k	General Synod expenses
Parishes from Allchurches Trust	FY2021	£6k	From Restricted Funds to Parishes from Allchurches Trust
Churches Together In Lancashire	FY2021	£6k	Churches Together Lancashire
Other	FY2021	£1k	Other

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.