The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Catholic Trust for England and Wales

Registered charity 1097482 Registered since 2003

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4.4y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (8)

12
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 14Religious Activities 14Education/training 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 21Education 8Business services 4

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£10.9m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

51.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.0 in 2020

117 from 106 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
67 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.catholicchurch.org.uk
Emailsecretariat@cbcew.org.uk
Phone02079014808
Address39 ECCLESTON SQUARE, LONDON, SW1V 1BX

Finances

£10,908,897 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£13,377,674£11,944,830
2021£10,752,542£11,290,851
2022£9,178,319£9,745,761
2023£9,493,066£10,236,663
2024£10,908,897£10,581,730

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesReligious Activities

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE ADVANCEMENT PRIMARILY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) IN ENGLAND AND WALES OF THE THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION("THE OBJECTS")

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 15TH APRIL 2003.

Trustees (14)

14trustees
66median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Catholic Trust for England and Wales · 04734592 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 15/04/2003

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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