THE BATH AND WELLS DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE — grant history

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Latest income

£17.0m

Grants listed (FY2024)

Listed grants total

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Accounts grants total

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extracted from its FY2024 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

How to apply: The Diocese of Bath and Wells does not accept unsolicited applications from external organizations. The funder provides guidance and access to a 'Cornerstone Grants Database' for parishes to identify national and regional funders, but does not list its own direct grant application process for external entities.

Summarised from www.bathandwells.org.uk · www.bathandwells.org.uk/parish-support/Church-buildings-and-churchyards/i-want-to-make-a-change/funding-options/ · www.bathandwells.org.uk/parish-support/giving-and-grants/ 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 (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Bath And North East Somerset (1 grantee)
North Somerset (1 grantee)
Somerset (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2021 → FY2023

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	FY2021	FY2023
new	Energy support grants	—	£38k
down	Zambian Dioceses	£22k	£1k
down	National Pooling adjustment	£31k	£-10k

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Training Ordinands	FY2023	£393k	Training for Ministry
Ordinands in training	FY2023	£297k	Ordinands in training
Archbishops’ Council, General Synod, etc.	FY2023	£230k	National Church Responsibilities
CHARM	FY2023	£156k	Retired Clergy Housing (CHARM) & Grants
Grants and Provisions	FY2023	£40k	Grants and Provisions
Energy support grants	FY2023	£38k	Energy support grants
Inter-diocesan support of Mission Agency clergy pension contributions	FY2023	£13k	Mission Agency pension contributions
Clergy (including retired and clergy widows)	FY2023	£11k	Clergy (including retired and clergy widows)
Somerset Churches Together	FY2023	£4k	Somerset Churches Together
Bath and West Show Tent	FY2023	£2k	Bath and West Show Tent
Zambian Dioceses	FY2023	£1k	Zambian Dioceses
National Pooling adjustment	FY2023	£-10k	Pooling of ordinand candidates’ costs
Training Ordinands	FY2021	£393k	National Church Responsibilities
Ordinands in training	FY2021	£284k	General Grants
Archbishops' Council, General Synod, etc.	FY2021	£275k	National Church Responsibilities
CHARM	FY2021	£145k	National Church Responsibilities
Grants and Provisions	FY2021	£34k	National Church Responsibilities
National Pooling adjustment	FY2021	£31k	National Church Responsibilities
Zambian Dioceses	FY2021	£22k	General Grants
Inter-diocesan support of Mission Agency clergy pension contributions	FY2021	£18k	National Church Responsibilities
Clergy (including retired and clergy widows)	FY2021	£11k	General Grants
Somerset Churches Together	FY2021	£4k	General Grants
Bath and West Show Tent	FY2021	£2k	General Grants

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 (no individually listed grants). 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.