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Registered charity · Bristol

Clifton Diocese

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £15m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire, North Somerset and more
Website
www.cliftondiocese.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Clifton Diocese
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£15m£14m
  • 2023£11m£13m
  • 2022£12m£11m
Earlier years
  • 2021£14m£9.7m
  • 2020£7.6m£8.8m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2023: Government contracts under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE ANY SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS IN THE OPINION OF THE BISHOP MAY BE CONDUCIVE (WHETHER IN THE DIOCESE OF ELSEWHERE) TO:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OR MAINTENANCE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND DOCTRINES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS THAT:(I) ARE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND SUBJECT TO THE REGULATIONS AND DISCIPLINE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH; AND(II) GIVE PREFERENCE TO THE EDUCATION OF ROMAN CATHOLIC CHILDREN OR THE CHILDREN OF ROMAN CATHOLICS;(C) PURELY AS ANCILLARY TO (B) ABOVE, FACILITIES FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC;BY SUCH MEANS AS THE DIRECTORS, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BISHOP, SHALL THINK FIT.

Grants received

7 grants · £2,764,766 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Education · £2,642,166 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £84,600 (2 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £30,000 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £8,000

Most recent

Board analysis

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.

4.7y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
10.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 11General Charitable Purposes 2The 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 10Manufacturing 9Professional services 5

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£15.0m 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.

22.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 26.8 in 2020

144 from 151 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1170168
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03 NOV 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 DEC 2017
Companies House
Company number 10462076 · Active
Contact on the register
01179025598 · clifton.admin@cliftondiocese.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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