Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 5
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

CANTERBURY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE

The Board of Finance is the registered company of the Diocese of Canterbury to manage its financial affairs and hold its assets.The Diocese of Canterbury consists of the parishes of East Kent whose object is the promotion of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 16 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £34,676,000 available, equivalent to 35 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£11,218£11,836£-618£205£100,320£34,67635.217050
31/12/22£13,182£11,594£1,588£213£102,020£21,55322.318750
31/12/21£11,751£11,503£248£321£99,477£20,24521.119350
31/12/20£12,517£11,274£1,243£330£91,990£15,37116.420250
31/12/19£11,119£11,440£-321£325£87,300£13,66814.320650
31/12/18£10,670£10,970£-300£295£82,969£12,96214.21960
31/12/17£11,247£10,704£543£274£82,680£12,16413.61970
31/12/16£10,146£9,935£211£478£76,359£11,65614.11990
31/12/15£10,637£10,555£82£136£75,846£11,54813.12030
31/12/14£11,324£10,706£618£113£76,793£13,426151750
31/12/13£9,616£9,788£-172£176£71,236£12,85815.81540
31/12/12£11,967£9,202£2,765£17£16,987£13,56917.7260
31/12/11£13,201£9,648£3,553£17£14,099£10,78813.4260
31/12/10£9,699£9,649£49£17£10,677£7,7359.6260
31/12/09£8,607£8,955£-349£16£10,421£7,1789.6300
31/12/08£8,535£9,318£-783£12£10,580£7,4479.6280
31/12/07£7,881£7,973£-92£24£12,358£8,33912.6280
31/12/06£8,597£8,012£586n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£7,687£8,263£-576n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£7,931£7,932£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 33%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 35%
Reserves/Spending: 35.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 58 years
(107 years as a company)

https://www.canterburydiocese.org

finance@diocant.org

01227 459401

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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£42,352
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£11,500
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Haberdashers' Company - Golden Lecture donation
£500 22/03/2023
Annual allocation to Lecturer's chosen charity
National Lottery Community Fund - Community support and Sustainability
£10,000 08/07/2022
Funding will be used to contribute to the core running costs of the community centre. The project aims to help the organisation recover from the negative impact of Covid-19 to continue provision of welfare support to people in the local community.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cliftonville Community Centre
£1,390 23/10/2021
We will empower people and communities through the practice of holistic welfare and act as a community hub, organising activities, events and outreach in furtherance of this.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Diocesan Board of Finance
£3,500 21/10/2021
Towards the salary costs of providing structured pre- ESOL classes to expand economic inclusion for refugees in Canterbury.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Diocesan Board of Finance
£5,000 29/04/2021
97% as running costs for a programme using textile arts in the context of English conversation for recently arrived refugee women in East Kent.
DCMS - Canterbury Diocese Church Support Officer
£16,908 01/04/2021
This grant is to part-fund a 3 year Places of Worship Support Officer post in the Canterbury Diocese to support churches with repairs, fundraising, etc.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Cliftonville Community Centre
£2,000 05/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Diocesan Board of Finance
£3,000 31/07/2020
100% salary costs for an additional teaching post for a homework club supporting refugee young people settled in the Folkestone area of East Kent.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Cliftonville Community Centre (COVID19 Grant)
£1,500 11/05/2020
as emergency funding towards food and other essentials to support people in Cliftonville, Margate, during the Coronavirus crisis
DCMS - ALB-Historic England -Canterbury Diocesan Board of- Care of Church Buildings Officer Post
£25,444 01/04/2020
Places of Worship Support Officer Post. The wider aim of the scheme is: For this programme Historic England have three specific targets for support. Activities and projects must help to reduce or avoid risk to the historic environment through at ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 07/02/2020
New Facilities
Tudor Trust - Grant to Cliftonville Community Centre
£66,000 06/09/2019
24
over two years towards the centre manager's salary at a community support organisation in Cliftonville, Margate
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Church of St Peter, Folkestone
£251,800 07/06/2017
A comprehensive repair to the belfry, fabric and stained glass of St Peter’s Church, Folkestone
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 05/05/2017
St. Nicholas Church Re-ordering and Community Use Project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Parochial Church Council, St Mary's Church, Frittenden
£148,900 22/06/2016
St Mary's Church Frittenden - roof and masonry repairs and new work to improve accessibility
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to St Nicholas Church Pluckley
£235,700 22/09/2015
St Nicholas’ Church, Pluckley: masonry repairs and associated work, including provision of a heritage centre
Tudor Trust - Grant to Cliftonville Community Centre
£92,000 19/12/2013
36
over three years as continuation funding towards the senior support worker's salary at a community organisation in Cliftonville, Margate
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (16)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 48-79
  • ANTHONY RICHTER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: -
  • DR JOHN PEDDER MOSS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • GRAHAM CLIFFORD CODLING Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • LT COL -RETD JOHN PETER MORRISON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Army Officer
  • MIRANDA FORD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Director
  • REV CANON ANDREW WILLIAM SEWELL Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Priest
  • REV DAVID ROBERT MALVERN MONTEITH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Priest
  • REV ESTELLA RUTH LAST Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Priest
  • REV GARETH LEE DICKINSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Vicar
  • REVD. CANON DR. JEREMY FREDERICK WORTHEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Minister Of Religion
  • THE MOST REVD AND RT HON JUSTIN PORTAL WELBY Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Archbishop Of Canterbury
  • THE REVD ANDREW JAMES BAWTREE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Priest
  • THE RIGHT REVEREND ROSE HUDSON-WILKIN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Bishop Of Dover
  • THE VENERABLE DR WILLIAM JONATHAN ADAM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Archdeacon
  • THE VENERABLE STEPHEN RONALD TAYLOR Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Archdeacon And Senior Advisor To Bishop Of Dover
  • THE VENRABLE DARREN MILLER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Archdeacon Of Ashford
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/11/1966, number: 249972
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/12/1916, number: 00145650
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from APOLLOS TRUST on 07/01/2021
  • Asset transfer in from THE ST JOHN TRUST FOR THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING on 29/03/2023
Main office

Diocesan Hosue
Lady Woottons Green
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 1NQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST THE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN THE DIOCESE OF CANTERBURY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

DIOCESE OF CANTERBURY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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