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Registered charity · Penrith

Carlisle Diocesan Board of Finance

Carlisle Diocesan Board of Finance is a registered charity (number 251977) based in Penrith, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £11m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Carlisle DBF, Carlisle Diocese, Diocese of Carlisle (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £11m (2024)
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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
Cumbria
Website
www.carlislediocese.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Carlisle Diocesan Board of Finance Limited
Registered
1967

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£11m£11m
  • 2023£10m£9.9m
  • 2022£9.7m£9.6m
Earlier years
  • 2021£9.2m£8.8m
  • 2020£8.8m£8.1m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL BY GIFT SUBSCRIPTION, DEVISE, BEQUEST, PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE FOR THE SUPPORT, MAINTENANCE OR DEVELOPMENT OF, OR OTHERWISE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY CHARITY, CHARITABLE INSTITUTION, ORGANISATION, SOCIETY, ASSOCIATION OR FUND IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, WHOLLY OR PARTLY WITHIN THE DIOCESE OF CARLISLE IN THE MANNER AS SET FORTH IN CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION.

Grants received

24 grants · £3,657,382 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 · £2,962,016 (6 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £546,250 (4 grants)
  • Northern Rock Foundation · £100,000
  • Cumbria Community Foundation · £11,250 (3 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £10,566 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £1,8582024-04-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £8,2502024-03-26
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £2,2552023-04-01
  • Cumbria Community Foundation £5002023-03-16
  • Cumbria Community Foundation £7502022-10-31
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.

4y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (7)

9
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 11Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2

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 13Education 9Hospitality 6

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£11.2m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

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

74 from 73 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
251977
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMO & ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 MAY 1893 AS AMENDED 2 AP 1913, 14 MAR 1922, 2 NOV 1926, 29 APRIL 1927, 2 APRIL 1946, 17 MAR 1950, 4 APRIL 1970, 12 MAY 1973, 8 JUNE 1979, 11 MAY 1988, 25 JAN 1995, 31 NOV 2003 , 12 JULY 2006 10 NOV 2007 as amended on 15 Jun 2021
Companies House
Company number 00039625 · Active
Contact on the register
01768807777 · enquiries@carlislediocese.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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