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Registered charity · Salford

The Salford Diocesan Trust

The Salford Diocesan Trust is a registered charity (number 250037) based in Salford, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by The Rt Revd John Stanley Kenneth Arnold since 2014. Latest income £29m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Salford Roman Catholic Diocesan Trustees Registered (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £29m (2024)
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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Manchester City, Salford City, Lancashire
Website
www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1967

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£29m£32m
  • 2023£28m£36m
  • 2022£29m£32m
Earlier years
  • 2021£27m£28m
  • 2020£12m£17m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 37%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION PARTICULARLY IN THE DIOCESE OF SALFORD.

Grants received

13 grants · £425,261 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £260,000 (2 grants)
  • National Churches Trust · £140,261 (10 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £25,000

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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.

11 trustees on the board

9.9y median 10y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (11)

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 10Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6Economic/community Development/employment 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.

Finance 11Retail and trade 11Health and social care 10

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£28.8m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

8.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 47.8 in 2020

221 from 161 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
250037
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 16 JULY 1942 AND CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION 17 SEPTEMBER 1954AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 13 APR 2016
Contact on the register
01618172222 · edward.nally@dioceseofsalford.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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