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Registered charity (CIO) · Portsmouth

Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth

Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth is a registered charity (number 1199568) based in Portsmouth, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £18m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £18m (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
Where
Throughout England, Guernsey, Jersey, Cameroon and more
Website
www.portsmouthdiocese.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2022

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£18m£18m
  • 2024£22m£18m
  • 2023£100m£14m

Income trend, 2023 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (THE OBJECTS) ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION IN THE DIOCESE IN SUCH WAYS BEING CHARITABLE AS THE BISHOP SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT AND FOR THE SERVICE AND SUPPORT WHETHER IN THE DIOCESE OR OUTSIDE THE DIOCESE IN SUCH WAYS AS AFORESAID OF ANY LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHETHER EDUCATIONAL OR OTHERWISE PROMOTED OR SUPPORTED BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Grants received

3 grants · £64,635 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.

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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.

2.7y median 3y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
6.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (8)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 11Religious Activities 8Disability 3

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 2Education 1Health and social care 1

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 3 years.
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£18.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

63.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

192 from 217 in 2023
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
1199568
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 06 Jul 2022 as amended on 20 Mar 2023
Contact on the register
02392825430 · communications@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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