THE LEICESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE — grant history
Latest income
£10.0m
Grants listed (FY2025)
14
Listed grants total
£1.3m
Accounts grants total
£1.2m
listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: The Minor Repairs & Improvements Fund page states that 'all available funding within the Minor Repairs & Improvements Fund has now been fully allocated' and 'We do not expect any further panel meetings.'
What this funder supports
Causes funded
- Religious Activities
- Education/training
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- General Charitable Purposes
- Environment/conservation/heritage
Where grantees operate
- Leicestershire
- Isle Of Man
- Leicester City
- Throughout England
- Throughout England And Wales
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishops' Council | FY2025 | £438k | Contributions to Archbishops' Council / National Church Responsibilities |
| Leicester Diocesan Board of Education | FY2025 | £150k | Support for education / Staff costs |
| Leicester Cathedral | FY2025 | £150k | Leicester Cathedral grant / Revealed build project |
| University Chaplaincies | FY2025 | £125k | University Chaplaincies |
| Parish improvement grants | FY2025 | £109k | Parish improvement grants |
| St Philip’s Centre | FY2025 | £100k | St Philip’s Centre |
| Resettlement and first appointment grants | FY2025 | £55k | Resettlement and first appointment grants |
| Archdeacon and retired clergy fund grants | FY2025 | £52k | Archdeacon and retired clergy fund grants |
| Strategic Development Fund grants | FY2025 | £38k | Strategic Development Fund grants |
| Ordinand training grants | FY2025 | £24k | Ordinand training grants |
| Ecumenical support (Churches Together) | FY2025 | £18k | Ecumenical support (Churches Together) |
| Growth fund grants | FY2025 | £14k | Growth fund grants |
| Reader and Clergy training grants | FY2025 | £5k | Reader and Clergy training grants |
| International Links | FY2025 | £3k | International Links |
| Archbishops' Council | FY2024 | £446k | Contributions to Archbishops' Council (Training for Ministry, National Church Responsibilities, Retired clergy housing costs) |
| Retired clergy fund grants | FY2024 | £238k | Retired clergy fund grants |
| Growth fund grants | FY2024 | £121k | Growth fund grants |
| Leicester Diocesan Board of Education | FY2024 | £102k | Diocesan Board of Education support grants |
| Strategic Development Fund grants | FY2024 | £92k | Strategic Development Fund grants |
| Parish church grants | FY2024 | £85k | Parish church grants |
| Capital fund grants | FY2024 | £53k | Capital fund grants |
| University Chaplaincies | FY2024 | £42k | University Chaplaincies |
| Leicester Cathedral | FY2024 | £40k | Leicester Cathedral (from restricted/endowment) |
| Citizens UK grant | FY2024 | £22k | Citizens UK grant |
| Ordinand training grants | FY2024 | £21k | Ordinand training grants |
| Leicester Cathedral | FY2024 | £21k | Leicester Cathedral grants |
| Ecumenical support (Churches Together) | FY2024 | £17k | Ecumenical support (Churches Together) |
| Reader and Clergy training grants | FY2024 | £17k | Reader and Clergy training grants |
| Other grants | FY2024 | £11k | Other grants |
| Maintenance grants to Ordinands | FY2024 | £11k | Maintenance grants to Ordinands |
| Archdeacons’ fund grants | FY2024 | £10k | Archdeacons’ fund grants |
| St Peter’s Church grant for Premises Officer | FY2024 | £10k | St Peter’s Church grant for Premises Officer |
| International Links | FY2024 | £9k | International Links |
| St Philip’s Centre | FY2024 | £7k | St Philip’s Centre |
| JD Player interest | FY2024 | £6k | JD Player interest |
| Resettlement and first appointment grants | FY2024 | £5k | Resettlement and first appointment grants |
| Archbishops’ Council | FY2022 | £364k | Contributions to Archbishops’ Council |
| Ordinands | FY2022 | £151k | Ordinand training grants |
| Leicester Diocesan Board of Education | FY2022 | £140k | Diocesan Board of Education support grants |
| University Chaplaincies | FY2022 | £109k | University Chaplaincies |
| Ordinands | FY2022 | £107k | Maintenance grants to Ordinands |
| St Philip’s Centre | FY2022 | £88k | St Philip’s Centre |
| Growth Fund | FY2022 | £65k | Growth fund grants |
| International Links | FY2022 | £51k | International Links |
| Leicester Cathedral | FY2022 | £27k | Leicester Cathedral |
| Churches Together | FY2022 | £25k | Ecumenical support (Churches Together) |
| Capital Fund | FY2022 | £25k | Capital fund grants |
| St Peter’s Church | FY2022 | £19k | St Peter’s Church grant for Premises Officer |
| Community Link grants | FY2022 | £12k | Community Link grants |
| Reader and Clergy training grants | FY2022 | £10k | Reader and Clergy training grants |
| Other grants | FY2022 | £5k | Other grants |
| JD Player interest | FY2022 | £4k | JD Player interest |
| Leicester Cathedral Ministry | FY2022 | £1k | Leicester Cathedral Ministry |