The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Lancaster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust

Registered charity 234331 Registered since 1964

Operates: Cumbria, Lancashire

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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.

10 trustees on the board

7.7y median 7.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

0
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 10General Charitable Purposes 10Disability 8Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£10.7m 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.

5.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 70.7 in 2021

106 from 108 in 2021
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.

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.

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Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.lancasterrcdiocese.org.uk
Emailpaul.ryan@lrcd.org.uk
Phone01524 596059
AddressTHE PASTORAL CENTRE, BALMORAL ROAD, LANCASTER, LA1 3BT

Finances

£10,707,202 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£10,675,792£11,357,065
2022£8,164,681£7,695,697
2023£8,761,846£8,875,966
2024£9,967,869£9,210,775
2025£10,707,202£10,736,026

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAccommodation/housingReligious ActivitiesOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

(1) THE PROVISION MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF CHURCHES PUBLIC CHAPELS AND PRESBYTERIES BELONGING TO OR CONNECTED WITH THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE(2) THE PROVISION MAINTENANCE AND CARRYING ON OF THE RELIGIOUS SERVICES OF THE SAID CHURCH IN SUCH CHURCHES AND PUBLIC CHAPELS OR OTHERS OF A LIKE CHARACTER(3) THE PROVISION MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF HOUSES OF STUDY HALLS AND COLLEGES FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PRIESTS AND PERSONS DESIROUS OF BECOMING PRIESTS OF THE SAID CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OR ELSEWHERE(4) THE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF AND THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL AID FOR INFIRM AND AGED PRIESTS AND CLERICS OF THE SAID CHURCH AND THE BURIAL OF DECEASED PRIESTS AND CLERICS OF THE SAID CHURCH(5) THE PROVISION OF NECESSARY HOLIDAYS AND REST FOR PRIESTS AND CLERICS OF THE SAID CHURCH ENGAGED IN ACTIVE WORK IN THE DIOCESE FOR THE PURPOSES THEREOF BUT SO THAT CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE TRUSTEES UNDER THIS AND THE PRECEDING SUB-CLAUSE SHALL BE MADE ONLY TO OR IN RESPECT OF PERSONS WHOSE OWN MEANS (IF ANY) ARE IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES INADEQUATE FOR SUCH PURPOSES(6) THE RELIEF OF POOR PERSONS PROFESSING THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION IN THE DIOCESE OR NEARLY RELATED TO PRIESTS OR CLERICS OF THE SAID CHURCH(7) THE PROVISION MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES FOR THE GENERAL EDUCATION BOTH RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR OR RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS MEMBERS OF THE SAID CHURCH(8) THE PROVISION MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF HOUSES OF RESIDENCE FOR TEACHERS AND FOR STUDENTS IN ANY SUCH HOUSES OF STUDY HALLS SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES AS AFORESAID(9) THE PROVISION MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF HOMES FOR INFIRM AND AGED PRIESTS AND CLERICS OF THE SAID CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE BEING IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES WITHOUT ADEQUATE MEANS OF SUPPORT AND OF ALMSHOUSES FOR INFIRM AND AGED POOR PERSONS BEING MEMBERS OF THE SAID CHURCH(10) THE PROVISION MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF CEMETERIES OR BURYING PLACES FOR THE INTERMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE SAID CHURCH(11) THE PROVISION MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF PARISH ROOMS AND HALLS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH CHURCHES OR CHAPELS AS AFORESAID TO BE USED FOR THE CONSERVATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION IN THE DIOCESE OR OTHERWISE FOR THE ENLIGHTENMENT EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS AND MORAL BENEFIT OF MEMBERS OF THE SAID CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE(12) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF HOSPITALS AND SANATORIA FOR POOR MEMBERS OF THE SAID CHURCH(13) THE ACQUISITION OF SITES FOR AND OF GROUND TO BE HELD WITH BUILDINGS FOR ANY OF THE PURPOSES AFORESAID AND THE ERECTION RESTORING ALTERING ENLARGING MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING OF ANY BUILDINGS FOR ANY SUCH PURPOSES AND THE LAYING OUT MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF GROUNDS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH BUILDINGS(14) GENERALLY FOR ANY SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS IN THE OPINION OF THE BISHOP MAY BE CONDUCIVE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OR MAINTENANCE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION IN THE DIOCESE(15) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL ADVANCE THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE DIOCESE AS THE TRUSTEES WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BISHOP SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IF AT ANY TIME THE DIOCESE SHALL CEASE TO EXIST OR THERE SHALL CEASE TO BE ANY RELIGIOUS OR OTHER CHARITABLE WORK CARRIED ON BY THE DIOCESE THEN FOR SUCH OTHER LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 31 JULY 1934 AS AMENDED BY THE SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 2 JUNE 1997.AS AMENDED BY SCHEME 8 AUGUST 2001.

Trustees (10)

10trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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