THE CHELMSFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE — grant history

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Latest income

£23.0m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£2.3m

Accounts grants total

£2.3m

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

How to apply: Application is made to the Area CMD Adviser at least a month ahead of the event. Please use the the standard grant application form for all grant funded events.
Deadlines: The deadline for an application to fund an event in any year is 1st December
What they don’t fund: We do not fund transport to and from events, we do not fund the purchase of books, and retreats should be recognised as such - whether they are individual or group retreats.

Summarised from www.chelmsford.anglican.org · www.chelmsford.anglican.org/about-us/what-we-believe · www.chelmsford.anglican.org/support-for-parishes/dac/church-buildings-grants-from-the-church-of-england-1 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

Economic/community Development/employment (1 grantee)
Education/training (1 grantee)
Environment/conservation/heritage (1 grantee)
Religious Activities (1 grantee)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Isle Of Man (1 grantee)
Throughout England (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

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	FY2024	FY2025
new	Parishes	—	£354k
new	Theological Education Institutions	—	£106k
new	Church of England Schools	—	£39k
new	Bishops	—	£19k
new	PCCs	—	£15k
new	Other institutions	—	£13k
new	Housing Justice Lent Appeal	—	£10k
new	Interfaith groups	—	£4k
not listed	Mission Opportunity grants to parishes	£318k	—
not listed	Ordinands in Training	£131k	—
not listed	Grants for parish building projects	£103k	—
not listed	PCCs for mission projects	£98k	—
not listed	Clergy for training	£26k	—
not listed	Overseas mission projects	£21k	—
not listed	Churches Together organisations	£8k	—
not listed	Bishops discretionary grants	£7k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Archbishops' Council	FY2025	£1.4m	Contributions to National Church responsibilities
Parishes	FY2025	£354k	Mission Opportunity grants
Parishes	FY2025	£203k	PCCs for mission projects
Theological Education Institutions	FY2025	£106k	Ordinands in Training
Parishes	FY2025	£89k	Grants for parish building projects
Theological Education Institutions	FY2025	£44k	Clergy for training
Parishes	FY2025	£41k	Building grants
Church of England Schools	FY2025	£39k	Education grants
Bishops	FY2025	£19k	Bishops discretionary grants
PCCs	FY2025	£15k	PCC feasibility study
Other institutions	FY2025	£13k	Other institutional grants
Housing Justice Lent Appeal	FY2025	£10k	Housing Justice Lent Appeal
Interfaith groups	FY2025	£4k	Interfaith working
Archbishops' Council	FY2024	£1.2m	Contributions to National Church responsibilities
Mission Opportunity grants to parishes	FY2024	£318k	Mission Opportunity grants
Ordinands in Training	FY2024	£131k	Ordinands in Training
Grants for parish building projects	FY2024	£103k	Grants for parish building projects
PCCs for mission projects	FY2024	£98k	PCCs for mission projects
Clergy for training	FY2024	£26k	Clergy for training
Overseas mission projects	FY2024	£21k	Overseas mission projects
Churches Together organisations	FY2024	£8k	PCC feasibility study
Bishops discretionary grants	FY2024	£7k	Bishops discretionary grants
Interfaith working	FY2024	£4k	Interfaith working
Education grants	FY2024	£3k	Education 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 (listed sum 2290000 vs reference 2290000 (0.0% 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.