ARUNDEL AND BRIGHTON DIOCESAN TRUST

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The advancement of the Roman Catholic religion and education within the Diocese of Arundel & Brighton and beyond. The Diocese covers the city of Brighton & Hove, the counties of East and West Sussex, and Surrey outside the London boroughs.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023
Total income:
£17,122,000
Donations and legacies | £10.40m | |
Charitable activities | £1.92m | |
Other trading activities | £2.94m | |
Investments | £1.15m | |
Other | £715.00k |
Total expenditure:
£18,139,000
Raising funds | £333.00k | |
Charitable activities | £17.81m | |
Other | £0 |
£2,570,000 investments gains (losses)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £333.00k | |
Charitable expenditure | £17.81m |
Raising funds and other expenditure | £333.00k | |
Charitable expenditure | £17.81m | |
Retained for future use | £1.55m |
People

289 Employee(s)
1 Trustee(s)
4000 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 1 |
£70k to £80k | 1 |
£80k to £90k | 1 |
£100k to £110k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- Religious Activities
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Brighton And Hove
- East Sussex
- Surrey
- West Sussex
- Albania
Governance
- 17 October 1979: Standard registration
- DIOCESE OF ARUNDEL AND BRIGHTON (Working name)
- Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
1 Trustee(s)
Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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Arundel and Brighton Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation Limited (The) | Trustee | 03 January 2025 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2019 | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | ||
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Total gross income | £16.03m | £13.87m | £17.33m | £20.33m | £17.12m | |
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Total expenditure | £16.22m | £14.27m | £14.94m | £18.05m | £18.14m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | £463.00k | £150.00k | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £10.22m | £9.59m | £10.46m | £14.88m | £10.40m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £2.57m | £1.43m | £1.50m | £2.50m | £2.94m | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £2.09m | £1.49m | £2.22m | £1.92m | £1.92m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £771.00k | £495.00k | £404.00k | £405.00k | £1.15m | |
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Income - Other | £372.00k | £865.00k | £2.74m | £628.00k | £715.00k | |
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Income - Legacies | £1.36m | £906.00k | £1.49m | £2.48m | £343.00k | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £15.93m | £14.09m | £14.76m | £17.88m | £17.81m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £296.00k | £181.00k | £176.00k | £177.00k | £333.00k | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £192.00k | £189.00k | £193.00k | £209.00k | £187.00k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £24.00k | £95.00k | £381.00k | £28.00k | £406.00k | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £150.00k | £172.00k | £175.00k | £146.00k | £141.41k | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/12/2019 | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | ||
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Own use assets | £56.07m | £56.27m | £54.48m | £54.46m | £56.27m | |
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Long-term investments | £33.08m | £36.96m | £38.50m | £30.74m | £33.50m | |
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Other assets | £6.08m | £7.48m | £11.04m | £13.15m | £9.78m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £1.48m | £3.52m | £3.33m | £2.76m | £2.39m |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 27 September 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | 27 September 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 27 October 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | 27 October 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 06 August 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | 06 August 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2019 | 30 October 2020 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2019 | 30 October 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
TRUST DEED DATED 19TH MAY 1967 AS AMENDED BY DEEDS OF VARIATION DATED 14TH NOVEMBER 1967 AND 4TH DECEMBER 1998 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 03 JAN 2025
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION. SEE CLAUSE 2 OF TRUST DEED.
Area of benefit
ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ARUNDEL AND BRIGHTON
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- NORFOLK TRUST
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- THE DIOCESE OF ARUNDEL AND BRIGHTON EDUCATION TRUST
- TRUST PROPERTY HELD FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES
- 17 October 1979 : Standard registration
Contact information
- Address:
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The Catholic Diocese of Arundel & Brighton
The St Philip Howard Centre
4 Southgate Drive
CRAWLEY
West Sussex
RH10 6RP
- Phone:
- 01293 651145
- Email:
- coo@abdiocese.org.uk
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