**LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST**
## **ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED**
**5 APRIL 2024**
**Registered charity number 234331**
**LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024**
|**Contents**||
|---|---|
|Trustees and advisors|3|
|Report of the trustees|4|
|Independent auditor’s report|15|
|Consolidated statement of financial
activities|18|
|Charity statement of financial
activities|19|
|Consolidated & charity balance
sheets|20|
|Consolidated cash flow statement|21|
|Notes to the financial statements|22 - 52|
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**LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024**
## **TRUSTEES AND ADVISORS**
The Charity is governed by a Trust Deed dated 31 July 1934 (as subsequently amended by schemes of the Charity Commission) and is registered by the Charity Commission of England and Wales as charity number 234331. The Diocese was created by the Holy See in 1924, the northern area formerly having been within the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle and the southern area having been within the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
## **Address**
The Pastoral Centre Balmoral Road Lancaster LA1 3BT
## **Trustees**
The following served as trustees during the year: The Right Rev Bishop P Swarbrick Rev M Docherty Rev Canon P Embery Rev Canon P Hart Sister R Thomas (resigned September 2023) Mr P Briers Mr M Callagher Mr M Forrest (resigned September 2023) Mrs L Forster (resigned December 2023) Mrs S Greenwood Ms N Wisdom Mr A Woowat
## **Custodian Trustee**
Lancaster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trustees Registered a body incorporated under the Charitable Trustees Incorporation Act 1872 (now Part 12 of the Charities Act 2011).
The custodian trustee holds the property and other assets of the charity on behalf of the Charity Trustees.
## **Secretary to the Trustees**
Ms K Heaton-Brown
**Investment managers Solicitors Auditors** Quilter Cheviot FMGS Law Ltd MHA One Kingsway 1 Middle Street Richard House London Lancaster 9 Winckley Square WC2B 6AN LA1 1JZ Preston, Lancs (appointed September 2023) PR1 3HP
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## **Aims and objectives**
The principal purpose of the charity is the furtherance of the Catholic religion within the Diocese of Lancaster. This is achieved by such charitable purposes as the Bishop of Lancaster, in his absolute discretion, shall think fit in accordance with the Trust Deed, the principal objectives of which are as follows:
- The provision, maintenance and upkeep of churches, public chapels and presbyteries.
- The provision of religious services in these churches and public chapels.
- The provision and maintenance of houses and colleges for the education and training of priests and persons wishing to become priests.
- The maintenance, support and provision of medical and surgical aid and accommodation for infirm and aged priests and the burial of deceased priests.
- The provision of support for priests and clerics working in the Diocese.
- The relief of poor persons professing the Roman Catholic Religion.
- The provision and maintenance of schools and colleges for young people.
- The provision and maintenance of houses, study halls and residences for teachers.
- The provision and upkeep of accommodation for infirm or aged priests.
- The provision and maintenance of cemeteries.
- The provision and maintenance of parish rooms and halls for the enlightenment, education and religious and moral benefit of people of the diocese.
- The provision and maintenance of hospitals and sanatoria for the poor.
- The acquisition of sites for buildings in connection with the above.
- Generally, for any such charitable purposes as, in the opinion of the Bishop, may be conducive to the advancement or maintenance of the Roman Catholic religion in the Diocese of Lancaster.
- 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. 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.
## **Organisation, governance and decision-making**
The Diocese of Lancaster has at present (June 2024) 70 parishes with regular services available in around 100 churches and chapels and 81 schools (a mix of academies and VA schools) throughout the whole of the county of Cumbria and those parts of Lancashire, north of the River Ribble and the west of the Pennines. The communities served by the charity are quite diverse and include towns/cities in Cumbria such as Barrow, Workington, Carlisle and Whitehaven and the whole of the Lake District. In urban areas, parishes might be just a few square miles in size, whereas in the more rural parts of Cumbria parishes can be 200+ square miles. In Lancashire the coastal resorts of Blackpool and Morecambe fall within our boundaries, as does the city of Preston.
Although a clear structure of accountability and authority exists within the Catholic Church, as far as possible, day-today decision-making and actual pastoral practice takes place at local level in accordance with diocesan policies and wider Church beliefs. Individuals are encouraged to be involved with the delivery and planning of the services that our parishes provide to local communities. Parishes are, for example, expected to have various committees to advise priestleaders on finance and property as well as the care of the charity’s beneficiaries. As there are declining numbers of priests in this country, local communities are increasingly taking a greater responsibility in the running of their parishes. Whilst the trustees of the charity have overall responsibility in civil law matters, many of these local committees are constituted in Church Law, and act in an advisory capacity to Parish Priests/Priests in Charge; however, their work to support their Parish Priests/Priests in Charge and the trustees in their own responsibilities is invaluable.
Meetings of the board of trustees, at which the operation of the charity is discussed, are held regularly though out the year with at least nine meetings per annum. Although overall governance is vested with this body, its decision-making is informed by the work of sub-committees through their regular reports. Trustees play a significant role on each of the charity’s main sub-committees.
The principle sub-committees are:
## **Trustees’ Safeguarding Sub-Committee**
The diocese and its trustees are committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk in accordance with civil and national Church guidelines.
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The Lancaster Diocesan Trustees’ Safeguarding Sub-committee oversee safeguarding matters in accordance with recommendations arising from the recent ICSSA enquiry into historic sexual abuse. The diocese is working towards full compliance with the newly developed national catholic safeguarding standards. The Safeguarding Sub-Committee will oversee the necessary governance arrangements in order to monitor that procedures are followed and best practise is developed and maintained. The diocese will be subject to audit by the National Catholic Standards Agency (CSSA) which has regulatory, advisory and audit functions.
Day to day safeguarding work is undertaken by the Diocesan Safeguarding Coordinator whose responsibilities includes oversight of the creation and continuation of a safe environment throughout the diocese; responding when concerns are raised and undertaking the necessary liaison with statutory agencies; supporting those hurt by abuse and managing those church personnel who have caused harm. Each parish has one or more safeguarding representatives _._
## **Finance Sub-Committee**
This committee, which is supported by a Certified Accountant who is a diocesan officer, monitors the day to day financial activities of the charity, particularly its liquidity and financial health, setting and controlling the central diocesan budget, and monitors delegated expenditure by parishes (up to £8,000 per project or item). The diocesan office, which reports to this committee, processes most of the charity’s Gift Aid claims and the ‘annual financial returns’ submitted from parishes and other bodies; these are then consolidated into these main charity accounts. The charity’s strategies against fraud (and possible bribery) also sit with this committee. The committee does not of itself currently have delegated spending powers; it is also responsible for liaising with the charity’s external auditors. The Finance Committee in conjunction with the Property Committee is delegated to approve expenditure on individual property maintenance projects costing up to £25,000. Both committees must agree otherwise the matter is to be referred to the board of trustees.
## **Property and Health & Safety Sub-Committee**
This committee is supported by a qualified surveyor, who is also a diocesan officer, examines and makes judgment on the appropriateness, and the value for money of, property projects submitted by the trustees, or parishes of the diocese. Again, parishes must come to the trustees with any projects over £8,000 in value. The committee also examines proposed leases, and land sales or purchases in accordance with best practice and Charity Law. Currently, all proposed leases (and projects over £8,000) are ratified by the full trustee body. The Property Committee in conjunction with the Finance Committee is delegated to approve expenditure on individual property maintenance projects costing up to £25,000. Both committees must agree otherwise the matter is to be referred to the board of trustees.
This sub-committee ensure that the statutory duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and other relevant statutory instruments are met within the Diocese of Lancaster. It will represent the diocese on health and safety and act to protect the health and safety of the clergy, diocesan employees and other people who might be affected by their business within the Diocese of Lancaster. We continue to develop the computerised system introduced across the diocese for the evaluation, monitoring and reporting of health and safety at each “site” operated. Training and health and safety advice and support is provided with this system.
## **Investment Sub-Committee**
Members are drawn primarily from the Finance Sub-Committee and the diocesan Faith and Justice Commission. This sub-committee is responsible for setting policy and monitoring performance of the charity’s investments, most of which are designated to individual parishes, but are under the control of the charity in civil law. Professional investment fund managers externally manage the portfolio of investments. The charity was one of the first Catholic dioceses to introduce an ethical and socially responsible investment strategy, and it uses an ethical screening service to this end. The portfolio manager issues a quarterly report of investment performance and an ethical screening report twice yearly as well as meeting face-to-face annually. The investment manager ensures that the portfolio complies with the Diocesan Ethical Policy.
## **Board of Education and Formation**
The Education Service supports 81 schools to ensure that they are successful and act in accordance with the Trust Deed of the Diocese. This involves offering advice and direction on a broad range of educational matters such as, Religious Education and curriculum issues, Catholic Life of a school, staffing and recruitment, governance, admissions, capital and academy developments. The Diocesan Schools Commissioner works closely with the Catholic Education Service, the Regional Schools Commissioners (North and Northwest), Parishes, Local Authorities, and the Department for Education to secure the best support for the schools of the Diocese.
Our Catholic schools and sixth form college have an important part to play in the mission of the Church. Our Diocesan schools make a strong contribution to education in Cumbria and North Lancashire. They exist so that the Gospel of
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Jesus Christ is announced to future generations. As Bishop Paul Swarbrick says, “Our Catholic schools have been the bedrock of our mission to make Jesus Christ known and loved in our communities for nearly two centuries. Events in recent years have highlighted how vital our schools are and how their work and witness reveal Jesus Christ's presence in their locality. Our schools are an integral and critical part of the Diocese of Lancaster's mission.
## **Diocesan Schools Buildings Committee**
This monitors the repair and development budgets for school buildings of Voluntary Aided Schools in the Diocese. In the voluntary sector, building work is commissioned by the governors/schools with the State paying up to 90% of eventual costs in grant-aid. This is provided in the form of an annual budgeted amount of ‘SCA’ money, which is then bid for by schools through a local committee process, aided by a professional officer, to prioritise projects according to need, and to ensure best value for the taxpayer.
As the academisation program progresses the monitoring and control of schools’ building will change and this will impact on the operation and function of the Schools Building Committee.
## **Diocesan Youth Service Management Group**
Currently two trustees serve with others on this committee which oversees the direction and management of our Diocesan Youth Service. Youth Service staff co-ordinate and train volunteers in the parishes and assist with the organisation of events for young people, including the diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes where our youngsters learn to work with elderly, sick and disabled individuals and groups. The residential diocesan youth centre at Castlerigg in Keswick, which has been open for more than 40 years, draws together young people from schools and parishes from all over the Diocese and beyond, supporting both Catholics and those not of our tradition alike. The centre helps educate young people to develop their physical, mental, moral and spiritual abilities so that they grow up to enable them to contribute positively to society as well as helping them achieve their potential as human beings.
## **Other diocesan commissions and agencies**
See below for information on other diocesan commissions and agencies.
## **Trustees**
In accordance with clause 15 of the Trust Deed, new trustees are appointed by resolution of the trustees but only with and subject to the approval of the Bishop of Lancaster. Trustees are appointed with a view to the overall needs of the Diocese, and considering their skills and backgrounds. Recruitment is undertaken internally or externally whenever a vacancy arises, or at any time, to ensure there is an appropriate pastoral and professional representation including educational, finance, accountancy, legal and property experience. Trustees are not expected to have knowledge of all the operations of the charity upon appointment, but will learn about these through the way trustees’ meetings are conducted as well as by serving on sub-committees. The responsibilities of trustees in law are clearly explained on the Charity Commission website, and training opportunities are offered as appropriate; though it is appreciated that many trustees are already in full-time employment.
The central administration of the charity has paid qualified staff supporting the work of the trustees. There are also many volunteers working at every level within the charity, many of whom have considerable professional experience. We would estimate (broadly) that volunteers provide a full-time equivalent of 75 employees, representing a donation of time equivalent to at least £1.5m throughout each year.
## **Subsidiary entities**
The charity has several subsidiary charities and limited liability companies that it controls. Details of these are given in note 2. The subsidiary charities have similar aims to those of the Diocese of Lancaster. The limited companies carry out trading activities, mainly that of social centres and clubs. The financial results of all these subsidiary entities are consolidated into the group accounts.
## **Investment powers, policy and performance**
The trustees' investment powers are governed by the Trustees Act 2000. By an Order of the Charity Commission dated 10th January 1996, the trustees were empowered to delegate certain management and dealing authority to their investment manager. Investments comprise a mix of UK FTSE 350 equities, UK gilts, cash & unit trusts, North American equities, European equites and Alternative Investment, the later include “green” investments. All individual investments conform to the Trustees Investment Policy which includes criteria established in accordance with the Diocesan Ethical Investment Policy which is reviewed regularly. The return on investments in recent years has been good when considered against comparable benchmarking. The trustees are satisfied that the capital performance and income generated are more than satisfactory and meet our current needs and strategies.
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## **Planning for the future**
In line with many other Catholic dioceses in England and Wales, the charity is facing the issue of how best to deliver its services for stakeholders against the backdrop of declining numbers at church. Buildings for worship were often constructed in years gone by when demographics were quite different to today and when the principles of design were also quite different.
Our church buildings and parish communities have a special place in the hearts of many Catholics; therefore the capacity to adapt to changing circumstances does not always come easy, and the Bishop together with the trustees recognise this when plans are being considered. An important strategic review document, formed after extensive consultation, ‘Fit for Mission?’ remains the blueprint for many of the changes that necessarily must take place.
Our schools however remain popular, with overall pupil numbers broadly static. Many of our schools serve areas of relative social deprivation. We also have well-used church halls across the diocese, many of which are used by the wider community for non-religious use.
## **Review of activities – general**
The activities of the charity are carried out in three main areas: parishes, schools and diocesan. All are directed towards promoting the Faith and spreading the Word of God. Although most direct contact with beneficiaries is via parishes and schools there is a significant amount provided by the diocese which also provides support to the schools and parishes. It is difficult to quantify the Spiritual “success” of these activities but most parishes remain well supported despite the overall decline in Mass attendance and the number on roll at schools remain high. It is also difficult to gauge the financial benefit of activities. How can the “success “of rich and poor parishes be compared?
## **Review of activities - parishes**
Most of the charity’s beneficiaries’ contact with the charity is at local level; that is our parishes. The reach and impact of parish ministry includes contact with people in schools, hospitals, higher education establishments and prisons. As well as religious services, parishes provide many additional activities including youth groups, social groups, and important support for some of the most vulnerable in our society.
Practical support for those in need, both at home and abroad, feature prominently in the regular activities of many parishes. Although many parish activities nourish those who attend church or are closely connected to it, the evangelising nature of the Gospel imperative and the call to service mean that our parishes are also outward-looking communities with a sense of contributing to the common good of the wider community and building-up ‘social capital’. Parishes have a degree of autonomy within the charity, not least because locally delivered services are best planned and delivered by local people. Each parish has its own bank account and is responsible for its own income and expenditure, according to the principle of subsidiarity. Financial records are also kept locally, with annual financial returns being submitted. Independent Financial Examiners are appointed in each parish and several parishes are randomly selected for more detailed external audit each year. All bank balances and account transactions can be viewed centrally for monitoring purposes, with an alert system in place for any unusual or significant transactions.
There are at present (December 2024) 46 diocesan priests working for and within the diocese, together with 11 priests on loan to us from elsewhere. A further 4 diocesan priests are engaged in non-parochial ministry outside of the diocese. There are also 30 retired priests for whom we care. Some priests and sisters from religious communities have a presence in the diocese, either working with the charity or doing similar work under their own auspices. The Diocese has undertaken several initiatives to welcome more religious priests and sisters to minister in our community. Their presence in the Diocese adds a new and vibrant element which will be beneficial to the Diocesan Family. Any overseas religious coming to the Diocese comply with all immigration and safeguarding requirements.
The diocese is aware that immigration is an important national issue, and always seeks, as a recognised Level 1 Sponsoring Body, to only invite an appropriate number of individuals into the country. These have clearly defined religious roles and the diocese undertakes to provide for their upkeep. Thanks are due to the United Kingdom Visa and Immigration Office for the role they play. It should be noted that such invitations are to complement the work done by indigenous priests (a shortage occupation at the current time) and religious communities, not replace it. Our strategy for promoting vocations to priesthood remains at the forefront of our minds, though it is recognised that this ‘career’ does not fit neatly into usual ‘recruitment’ models or remuneration packages.
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## **Review of activities - diocese**
In addition to the principal trustees’ sub-committees listed above, diocesan structures exist to support and implement the decisions of the Bishop and trustees. These include a range of committees, service delivery bodies, advisory boards and commissions to provide assistance to the Bishop in his ministry of oversight and service within the diocese. There are also several funds managed at diocesan level for the general benefit of the diocese as a whole; these include:
## **Faith & Justice Commission**
The commission works with parishes, schools and youth groups throughout the diocese in promoting justice and peace issues, particularly in raising awareness and encouraging involvement with these. Significant emphasis is placed on a greater understanding of world development. The commission organises conferences and produces regular newsletters for the people of the diocese. A part-time worker is employed to support this work.
## **Sick & Retired Priests Care Fund**
The diocese looks after its aged and infirm clergy through the Sick and Retired Priests Care Fund. This is a restricted fund to support those priests who have retire and those recovering from illness. The fund provides a discretionary retirement grant for priests no longer in active ministry, and a home where needed. Some retired priests continue to serve the diocesan community in a reduced role providing occasional help. The fund provides support for some retired housekeepers and manages residential properties for retired clergy situated in the diocese.
Whilst many priests generously continue to serve past conventional retirement age (75 for clergy in Church Law), we do have an increasing number of those retired due to longevity of life and medical advances. Care of these priests is included as an integral part of the diocesan Trust Deed.
## **Ecclesiastical Education Fund**
This (restricted) fund provides financial support for the selection and formation of students preparing for the Priesthood and for the Permanent Diaconate in the diocese. Currently we have three students in training for the Diocesan Priesthood. It also supports ongoing formation of the clergy and provides for priests undertaking postgraduate studies in the UK or abroad. The fund also supports the Vocations Directors for Priesthood and the Permanent Diaconate and their teams in the work of promoting vocations.
## **Lancaster Diocesan Pilgrimage Trust**
The Pilgrimage Trust oversees the annual diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes for the sick and disabled pilgrims and their families. The pilgrimages are extensively supported by the young people and volunteer medics and carers of the diocese who assist in the care and transporting of the sick and disabled.
## **Public benefit**
The Charities Act 2006 has included "Public Benefit" in the definition of a charitable purpose, such that all organisations wishing to be recognised as charities must demonstrate explicitly that their aims are for the public benefit. Based on the Charity Commission guidance, specific examples of a public benefit include the advancement of religion, the advancement of education, the prevention or relief from poverty, the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill health, disability, financial hardship etc. As a "mainstream" religious denomination (and that religion has been stated by parliament to be a charitable purpose) the trustees are confident that the existing aims and activities of the charity, as set out above, sit comfortably within the Charity Commission guidelines.
Many parishes have outreach groups/activities committed to actively working for the needy in their locality. As far as is possible, practical help is given at the point of need, rather than to schemes and projects, though the latter also often happens. Many parishes in urban areas are now involved with local food banks.
International aid also features in the activities of many parishes, usually using existing recognised charities established for this purpose (e.g. CAFOD), or through religious orders who have people on the ground to ensure that aid is used for the purpose it is given. Some parishes have formal links with the projects they support and this ensures good communication and education about the issues facing people in difficult situations abroad.
It should also be recognised that well over 1,000 weekly visits are made to the elderly in their homes throughout the year. We also have teams of chaplains working in hospitals (often on 0.2 of a post) and other healthcare facilities; with many of the clergy working in these places offering a round-the-clock availability throughout the year. Many of these are undertaken by volunteers.
One of the principal activities within each parish is the celebration of Mass by the parish priests. Approximately 11,000 (December 2023) people attend Sunday Mass within our Diocese. But parish priests do far more than celebrate Mass: they are active leaders in our communities and many of our clergy are involved with people at important times of their
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lives, such as births, marriages and bereavement. Although a church service may take only one hour, this is usually preceded by several hours of contact and preparation with those concerned. Most clergy engage in personal counselling, even if informally; others have trained to use sign-language to provide spiritual support to those who have serious hearing impairments. There is clear evidence that most of our schools - which are open to non-Catholics as well as Catholics - produce good results, both academically and socially. Although our schools are denominational in nature, OFSTED reports often comment on their positive achievements in areas of social inclusion, community cohesion, mutual respect and understanding, and promoting citizenship. Faith groups also provide important support and anchor points for persons who are new to the country. One of the strengths of church communities is that they provide community ‘anchor-points’, which often includes the church building itself, which has sometimes been used by generations of the same family. Of its nature, the Church does not only look after its ‘own’, but serves the wider locality; it is difficult to gauge the full amount of social investment that is accumulated from the efforts of people of faith, not least because they often do their work deliberately unnoticed and unsung. We know that many parishioners participate in other local charitable endeavours which may or may not have any faith connection.
The stability of parish life is important in a changing world, but that does not mean that local communities are not responding to changing times. Some youth groups, for example have been around for many years with inflow and outflow of young people; other activities for young people are established in the knowledge that they will have a timespan to serve a particular group of young people, who will inevitably move on to other things as they get older or move to university.
It is worth mentioning that many church communities collaborate with other non-Catholic church communities in social projects, so that the interaction generated avoids duplication and best allows delivery of a quality service. One such project includes the ‘Street Pastors’ initiative which puts volunteers on the streets of cities and towns at night to coincide with young adults’ social activities. The initiative not only provides a listening ear, but often helps people get home more safely, and frees up the emergency services to deal with more pressing matters – such initiatives are always done in partnership with the local authority and the Police.
Our Lake District churches and youth centre serve people who come to the area for recreation. Similarly, those coming to seaside resorts such as Blackpool and Morecambe, often come to services during their stay and receive hospitality.
## **Charitable objectives**
The principal objectives of the charity are the provision of churches, religious services, halls, welfare of clergy, relief of poverty and education. The days of diocesan expansion through construction of new church buildings are all but over. The challenge now is to keep existing places of worship open in the context of declining numbers of worshippers and fewer clergy. Creative twinning or merging of parishes is an on-going process, led by the diocesan bishop, who has the primary responsibility for the conduct of public religious worship. It is also true that use of motor vehicles aids mobility and facilitates journeying to other Catholic churches further afield; this being said, there is still great loyalty to local parishes.
The charity continues to respond to developments in education. Our one sixth form college and 11 secondary schools and 69 primary schools, some of which are in socially deprived areas, are run by good staff and are overseen by volunteer governing bodies. OFSTED reports are generally very positive with some outstanding schools being identified, or good schools with some outstanding features. The provision of an academy support trust, and close liaison with local authorities by the Diocesan Education Service helps to ensure that our faith-led education sector keeps up with change and can respond to developing needs quickly.
Our diocesan priests are required to take on more work as their numbers decline. The boom years for clergy were the 1960’s and early 1970’s. Since then the ratio of priests to people nationally has returned to where it was for much of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s (that is 1:750). However, we now have more churches open than 100 years ago, all of which need staffing (even if part-time). In common with other dioceses and denominations, clergy are developing new ways of working to ensure the provision of quality and quantity of worship and pastoral services to our beneficiaries, which includes an ever greater use of lay leadership and deacons. At the same time, our clergy are to be commended, that they have not withdrawn from other areas of pastoral ministry to prisons, hospitals and schools for example.
## **Serious incident reporting**
No serious incidents have been reported during the year of review.
## **Review of financial performance**
The group (including social clubs) reported a surplus, before investment gains, of £796k for the year (2023: loss of £114k).
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The charity (parishes and central diocese only) reported a surplus of £757k (2023: loss £131k). The loss if after gains on sale of assets (surplus properties) of £370 (2023: £46k).
There was an increase in the market value of group investments £4.5m (2023: decrease £4.30m). Investment values have remained fairly stable post year end. The market value of group investments at 5 April 2024 was £34.57m compared to £30.62m at 5 April 2023.
At the end of the financial year, the diocese had net positive group credit bank balances of £14.7m (2023: £13.53m), with additional cash balances of £201k (2023: £16k) held as part of the investment portfolio.
The following is a summary of the financial performance of the Diocesan charity for the last six years: -
|Net results of the charity
Gains/(losses) on investment
Net movement in funds|**2024**
**2023**
**2022**
**2021**
**2020**
**2019**
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
757
(131)
412
(523)
(2,647)
4,998
4,625
(4,027)
1,118
7,558
(4,164)
(348)|
|---|---|
||5,022
(4,158)
1,530
7,035
(6,811)
4,650|
Total charity funds at 5 April 2024 were £82.04m (2023: £77.01m) and total group funds were £84.73m (2022: £79.43m).
## **Income**
Total charity incoming resources were £9.97m (2023: £8.44m) and the charity reported a surplus on activities of £757k (2023: loss of £131k). There was a large increase in the value of investments and the unrealised gain on these for the charity was £4.26m (2023: unrealised loss £4.03m) resulting in total fund movement (increase) of £5.02m (2023: decrease £4.16m). There was a gain on disposal of assets of £370k (2023: gain £46k).
There has been an increase in voluntary income streams of the charity with the total of donations and legacies increasing from £4.72m to £5.56m. Legacy receipts increase from £924k to £1.46m. Donations received increased from £714k to £788k. Income from Charitable Activities has increased overall from £1.19m to £1.47m.
Mass offertory collections have increased from £2.26m to £2.34 reflecting Mass attendance returning to a “new normal” following the pandemic. Mass offertory and Mass attendance remain below pre Covid 19 pandemic levels and there is an underlying downward trend in Mass attendance which has been the trend for many years now.
The average giving per head for 2024 was £4.35 (2023: £4.36) on the reported average Mass attendance figure of 11,020 (December 2023) per week, before Gift Aid, and not including other donations. This Mass attendance figure for 2023 is higher than that recorded in December 2022 of 10,398 but still significantly lower than pre-pandemic level which was circa 14,000 per week. Future Mass attendance is not expected to increase.
As the name suggests, ‘voluntary donations’ or ‘donations’ are at the discretion of the donor, and at the present time pushing for more, especially in poorer communities might be deemed inappropriate. However, the trustees note that other charities have had to respond to drops in their income by developing new methods of fundraising. The scope for this within church on a Sunday is limited, but a possible fundraising initiative in the future might be adopted.
Thanks are due to our parishioners and other donors for their continued and generous support.
Income of the charity from stocks and shares investments showed an increase from £891k in 2023 to £927k for 2024. Bank interest received increased to £196k from (2023: £121k) received. Future bank interest receipt will depend on future rates and the amount of funds placed directly on deposit. Interest in no longer paid on the total of net bank balances held.
## **Trading/cost of raising funds**
The trustees do not consider that the charity has any trading income and that any sale of goods etc is from charitable activities and such activities are fund raising and not trading. Such income only forms a small part of the charity’s total income. Although the charity has used the standard SORP heading “Other trading activities” which include “social clubs” and “fund raising – fetes etc”, the income from these is not trading income. The trading of parish centre bars and proprietary parish clubs is operated through separate limited companies the results of which are consolidated in the group accounts.
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES**
Donated goods form only a very small amount of charity income, although there is no practical method of valuing donated goods, but the total value of these is not expected to be significant. Many of these would be given as raffle prizes.
## **Expenditure**
Resources expended by the charity in 2024 were £9.21m and the comparable figure for 2023 was £8.58m. The cost of the provision of places of worship and other buildings, including repairs and maintenance, increased from £3.96m to £4.25m. The increase in expenditure is directly attributable to the increased costs of heating and lighting and the costs of repairs and maintenance.
Two of the highest areas of expenditure are the provision of places of worship & ancillary buildings at £4.25m (2023: £3.96m), a significant number of which are listed buildings, and the provision of religious services and pastoral care at £2.37m (2023: £2.45m). These two cost headings account for approximately 71% (2023: 75%) of total expenditure of the charity and equate to around 66% (2023: circa 76%) of the total income of the charity. The cost of heating of buildings, particularly churches, and maintenance of buildings, many of which are listed, have increase significantly and are likely to remain high. Total heats costs have more than doubled. It is noted that many church heating systems are out of date and inefficient. The age and listed status of many of our properties mean that locally installed renewables, such as solar power are not often possible to consider.
The charity rarely makes external grants from central diocese; however parishes have a degree of discretion in supporting local causes. Those organisations supported by central diocese include ecumenical partnerships, £12k (2023: £5k) and for the structures of the Catholic Church nationally £92k (2023: £88k). Total of grants, donations and levies for the charity amounted to £671k (2023: £685k).
## **Staff costs**
Total staff costs for the year were higher at £1.43m (2023: £1.19m) with most staff engaged by the parishes. The increase reflects a general increase in wage rates, the full annual cost of replacement staff engaged in the previous year and higher staff costs at clubs and centre with activity in these having returned to more usually levels.
Two employee of the charity received remuneration in excess of £60,000 (2023: 1). See note 5 to the account for more details. No trustee received payment for services as a trustee, though any clergy serving as trustee will receive payment as office holders (i.e. clergy in active ministry).
We employ several professionals as senior management, to work in the central administration of the diocese in the areas of financial management, property management, safeguarding and education. There is a total of 17 (2023: 16) professional staff and support staff with a total remuneration (including pension and National Insurance cost) of circa £634k (2023: £513k).
Again, it should be noted that some of our management, and most of the charity’s governance, is by the efforts of volunteers, many of whom have a lifetime of experience in their given field. This applies to the main trustee body, principal sub-committees and diocesan commissions. Parishes rely heavily on volunteers in all aspects of parish live.
A total of £469k (2023: £444k) was paid to clergy as office holders in active ministry. There has been a change in the remuneration available to priests which has resulted in the increased cost. The number of priests in active ministry has decreased from 59 to 57 as recorded at 5 April annually, including priests on loan from other religious orders, of which there were 11 at 5 April 2024 (10 as at April 2023). The decline in the number of serving priests is due to more priests retiring on reaching retirement age than there are men joining the priesthood. An increasing number of priests will retire in the coming years reducing further the number of priests in active ministry.
Staff pay is determined by the trustees for those staff not engaged at parish level. The trustees may decide directly or via one of the sub-committees or boards. The pay of parish staff is decided locally following available guidance from the trustees. The Diocese is committed to ensuring that all staff, wherever engaged, are remunerated at least to the living wage level.
## **Fund Raising**
Fund raising within the diocesan charity is carried out at local parish or department level and there is no co-ordinated diocesan wide fund raising structure or activity. We do not use any professional fund raisers and are not registered with any fund raising body or organisation.
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES**
Local fund raising is usually by means of appeals made at public events such as Mass or by organising events such coffee mornings, sales or fetes for example. Appeals and events are organised by the Parish Priest or by parishioners on his behalf. A parish priest may on occasion approach an individual parishioner direct for support but this would be rare and by exception and only if the parishioner was well known to him.
Although these public events are open to all, the majority of those who attend are regular and well know supporters i.e. local parish congregations and are often social occasions as well as fund raising opportunities. The members of the congregation are all well known to and by the parish priest and many to each other. These close relationships allow for the easy identification of people who are vulnerable and to take appropriate action to protect them such as involving a family member if a person were to offer a large or unusual donation.
The Catholic Church has a long tradition of raising funds from its supporters. These supporters range from those who are extremely poor to those who are very wealthy and will include many vulnerable people. The Church has taken care to ensure the people can only give what they can afford and that donations are freely given. People are free to attend events or not, will not be pressurised to donate and will not be contacted at home.
The Diocesan Trustees do not have a formal system for monitoring of fund raising activities and due to the nature and widespread location of such activities it would not be possible or practicable to introduce one. The Trustees have not received any complaints regarding fund raising during the current financial year.
## **Reserves policy**
The Diocesan Trustees recognises that the reserves of the Trust reflect the full range of activities across all parishes and the other diocesan activities. There are funds that are held for specific purposes (restricted funds). Detailed records are held which identify the range of reserves for internal management purposes (see note 13), and it should be noted that the policy for the financial management of these reserves will vary with the purpose for which they are held. All restricted funds are reviewed on a regular basis to ensured that funds actively being used of the purpose of each fund.
Parish based reserves often reflect endowments or legacies from previous years, many of which have been given or established to provide for the longer-term costs associated with the care of often large and old buildings, some of which are ‘listed’ for the public benefit of the nation. It is also important to recognise that in the canon law of the Catholic Church, each parish is an individual entity and the designation of the finances of each entity must be respected; therefore it is often not possible for cash-based funds to be simply moved from one part of the charity to another. However, given that a levy is paid on various sources of parish income to contribute to the costs of centrally provided diocesan services, then those parishes which are better off, or which have reserves are, in fact, contributing to the common good of all.
Many regular voluntary donations by the charity’s beneficiaries and donors in parishes will be spent on the general purposes of the charity in that parish within a reasonably short amount of time as ‘revenue’ expenditure.
When a parish with unrestricted reserves in any asset class requires funding for a particular project, the trustees will consider using these reserves as either partial, or occasionally as full, funding for the project, whilst taking the longer term future of the parish and the overall diocesan position into account. However, some fundraising at local level is normally expected for significant projects, so that parish reserves are not exhausted all at once, unless this is necessary.
Diocesan reserves reflect funds held for broader or group obligations, such as those for investing in the formation of future clergy and the care of sick and retired priests, as well as funds held for specific purposes. There is no doubt that the diocese needs to consider how these reserves can best be applied in the future to help support changes that will take place due to changes in demography, pastoral need and the actual practise of the faith from place to place (i.e. where the charity is committed to provide churches in order to maintain genuine accessibility by the charity’s beneficiaries, even where a particular church might be deemed financially non-viable as a standalone unit). It should be noted that the central diocesan administration does not presently hold any long term reserves itself, but has an internal historic debt to parishes, which represents previous unfunded expenditure. With the agreement of parishes, a long term plan is in place to repay this debt over an appropriate period, primarily using ‘windfall’ receipts.
The net asset distribution of the reserves set out in note 14 reflects conscious decisions which have been taken in respect of liquidity and longer term investment. Across the charity, banking and market based investment arrangements are pooled, and the trustees are satisfied that the unrestricted reserves are sufficiently liquid and under their control that they can fund the activities of the diocese for a period more than 12 months.
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES**
The charity is currently meeting all its pension contribution arrangements and is fully compliant with auto enrolment. All pension arrangements are contributory schemes there are no final salary schemes. Clergy retirement grants are paid from a separate restricted fund with its own management body. The Clergy investment portfolio is also actively managed by Quilter Cheviot.
The total of group reserves, including endowment funds and restricted funds, at 5th April 2024 was £84.73m (2023: £79.40m) with £36.89m (2023: £36.63m) held in fixed assets, the majority of which is property (mostly churches and presbyteries); investments in shares/stocks £34.57m (2023: £30.60m) and £14.9m in cash at bank, including that held as part of the investment portfolio (2023: £13.54m).
## **Investments**
Reserves are held in several different asset classes, which include cash, market-based investments and property. On occasion, reserves held in physical assets (land and buildings) may be converted from one asset class to another to provide a better income return.
As indicated above, parish cash reserve balances which are not needed for use in the short to medium-term may be pooled with those reserves of others for investment purposes. Our investments have performed quite well over several years. Most of the investment are held in FTSE 350 companies, UK gilts and more recently some North American and European companies. The portfolio valuation at 5th April 2024 was £34,57m (2023: £30.62m) including the investments of the restricted fund for Sick and Retired Priests valued at £3.60m (2023: £3.16m) which is held in a separate fund with a greater emphasis on the generation of income to provide a source of funding for our revenue obligations in this regard.
Our investment manager has a medium high balanced risk brief for potential progressive capital growth and income. In recent years the performance of our investments has compared favourably with the financial sector benchmarks considered by the Investment Committee. The investment policy has been changed to allow wider investment in overseas companies provided that all investments comply with the Diocesan Ethical Investment Policy. Investment income of the Group for the year was £985k (2023: £949k) and unrealised capital gain was £4.5m (2023: unrealised loss £4.30m)
## **Risk management**
The trustees actively review the major risks which they believe the charity is potentially exposed to, identifying the types of risk and the likelihood and potential impact of occurrence, as well as the steps that can be taken to mitigate against these. To mitigate risk the trustees maintain and regularly review a risk register and have put in place insurances, checks, controls and procedures which are communicated to parishes and other diocesan organisations.
A significant percentage of voluntary donations are in cash. Systems exist in parish for the collecting and recording of income, including cash. The Diocesan Finance office scrutinizes all the parish Annual Financial returns for anomalies of discrepancies. A number of parish Annual Financial Returns are also selected for examination each year by the external auditors who visit those parishes selected.
Staff in our Finance Office scrutinizes local bank account balances online daily, noting any significant account movements which are reported to the Finance Sub-committee. Urgent action will be taken to investigate any suspicious transactions or account activity immediately.
The Property Sub-committee monitors approved projects to prevent escalation of costs. Parishes are required to report significant variations on any project’s costs. School projects are also closely monitored through the School Building Committee.
At the present time, forty one schools across the diocese have converted to academy status), with each school being part of one of three diocesan multi academy trusts. Several trustees are ‘members’ of each of these three academy trusts. The aim is for all diocesan schools to convert to academy status in due course. Although we have a good track record with our voluntary schools, academy status is a new area of risk, especially as the directors of academy trusts are responsible for education standards and financial control.
The on-going financial and pastoral viability of a number of parishes continues to be a matter of concern. Where a parish makes a financial loss for three years in a row, this is formally reported to the trustees.
The central administration budget is monitored monthly and a variance report is presented to trustees.
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LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST
ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
Trustees. responsibillties In respect of the flnanclal statements
The law applicable lo charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial stslemenls for each
financial year which give a true and fair view of the financial aclivrties of the charity during the year and of its financial
position al the end of the year. In preparing financial slalemenls. giving a true and fair view. the trustees should follow
best practice and:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consislenlly.
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent,
slate whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been
followed. subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial slalemenls,
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless this basis is not considered appropriate.
The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disc105e with reasonable accuracy the financial
PQs11ion of the charity and to ensure that the financial ststements comply with the applicable law and provisions of the
Trust Deeds. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and for taking reasonable
steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities
Appointment of auditors
A resoluts'on lo re-appoint MHA as aLtditors will be considered al a meeting of the trustees.
Rev Canon P Hart- Trustee
Date..
ILfr
January 2025
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## **INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST**
## **Opinion**
We have audited the financial statements of the Lancaster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust (the ‘parent charity’) and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 5 April 2024 which comprise the consolidated statement of financial activities, the charity statement of financial activities, the consolidated and charity balance sheet, the consolidated cash flow statement and the notes to the financial statements. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 _The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland_ (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
- give a true and fair view of the state of the group's and parent charity’s affairs as at 5 April 2024, and of the group's incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended;
- have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
- have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.
## **Basis for opinion**
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the group and parent charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
## **Conclusions relating to going concern**
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group and parent charity’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
## **Other information**
The other information comprises the information included in the trustees' annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
## **Matters on which we are required to report by exception**
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- the information given in the trustees' report is inconsistent in any material respect with the financial statements; or
- sufficient accounting records have not been kept; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE LANCASTER ROMAN
CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST
Responsibilities of tru$tees
As explained morè lully in the trustees. responslbSlltSes slalemenl. the trusloes are responsible for the preparallon of
the financial slalements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the
trustees determine is necessary lo enable the preparation of financial stslemenls that are free from material
missiatement, whether due lo fraud or error.
In preparing the financial slalemonls. the Iruslees are responsible for assessing the group and parent charity's ability
lo continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable. rnallers related lo going concern and using the going
concern basis ol accounting unless the trustees either intend lo liquidate the group or the parent charity or lo cease
operations, or have no realistic allernalive bul lo do so.
Audltor responsibilities for the audit of the financial statemen15
We have been appointed 8$ auditor under section 151 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance wilh the Act
and relevant regulations made or having effect Ihereunder.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assumnce about whether the financial statements as a whole are fe from
rnaterial misslalemenl, whether duts lo fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion.
Reasonable assuran¢e is a high level of assurance. bul is not a guarante6 that an audit conducted in a¢¢ordance
with ISAS IUKI will always delecl a material misslalémenl when il exists. Misslalements can arise from fraud or error
and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected lo influence the
economi¢ decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial slatemenls.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in
line with our responsibilities, outlined above, lo delecl material misstatements In respect of irregularities, including
fraud. The extent to whi¢h our priKedures are capable of dtsle¢ling irregularities, including fraud is detailed below..
Enquiries with the board about any known or suspe¢led instances of non-compliance with laws and
regulations. including fraud,
An evaluation of th& risk of management override of controls and subsequènt testing, including through
tesling joumal entries and other adjustmanls for appropriateness,
Auditing the risk of fraud in income by way of transactional lesling al parish and central diocesan level, testing
income cOgnItion in accordance with the SORP, and testing for completeness of incom8 around the year
end,
An evaluation of the charity's internal control environrnenl,
Challenging assumptions and judgements made by the board, in particular in relation lo future performance of
the charity and.
A review of board minutes.
Because of the inherenl limitations of an audit, there is 8 risk that we will not delecl 811 irregularities. including those
leading to a material misstatement in the financial slalemenls or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases
the more that compliance with a law or rtsgulalion is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the
financial statements, as we will be less likely lo become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also
greater regarding irregularities o¢¢urring due lo fraud ralher than error, as fraud involves inlenlSonal concealment,
forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresenlalion.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the FRC'S website al.. htt s'.IAwN.frc.or
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assurancelaudilor-s-res
onsibilities-for-the-audit-of-the-fildescri
lion-of-the-auditorO/¢E20/0800A99s-res
onsibilili&s-for.
This description forms part of our auditor's report.
Use ofour rèport
This report is mad8 solely to the charity's trustees. as a body, in accordance wlth Part 4 of the Charities IA¢¢ounls
and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might stste lo the charity's trustèes
those m811ors we are required to stale to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the full851 exlenl
permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other Ihan the charity and the charity's Iruslees
as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
MHA
MHA
Chartered Ac¢ounlants and Slalulory Auditor
14 Mannin Way Lancaster Business Park Lancaster
LA13SW
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE LANCASTER ROMAN
CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST
Dal6.' 21 a.
MHA is eligible for appointment as auditor of the group by virtue of ils eligibility for appointment as auditor of a
Company under secllon 1212 of the Companies Act 2006
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITES**
## **INCOME FROM:**
Donations and legacies Charitable activities Other trading activities Investments Other **TOTAL**
## **EXPENDITURE ON:**
Raising funds Charitable activities Other **TOTAL**
## **NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) before other recognised gains**
Net gains/(losses) on investments
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) Transfers between funds**
**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS** Total funds brought forward **FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
|**Note**
**3.1**
**4.1**
**10**|**PARISH**
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Endowment
**Total**
£000
£000
£000
**£000**
4,286
70
-
**4,356**
531
3
-
**534**
1,544
-
-
**1,544**
602
-
17
**619**
98
-
-
**98**||**CENTRAL DIOCESAN AGENCIES**
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
**Total**
£000
£000
**£000**
1,032
175
**1,207**
846
96
**942**
276
19
**295**
256
307
**563**
272
-
**272**||**GROUP**
**TOTAL**||**Group**
**2023**
£000
4,726
1,197
1,723
1,070
46|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||
||||||**£000**|||
|||||||||
||||||**5,563**|||
||||||**1,476**|||
||||||**1,839**|||
||||||**1,182**|||
||||||**370**|||
||7,061
73
17
**7,151**||2,682
597
**3,279**||**10,430**||8,762|
||460
-
-
**460**
6,522
83
-
**6,605**
8
-
-
**8**||97
27
**124**
1,892
545
**2,437**
-
-
**-**||||461
8,409
6|
|||||||||
||||||**584**|||
||||||**9,042**|||
||||||**8**|||
||6,990
83
-
**7,073**||1,989
572
**2,561**||**9,634**||8,876|
|||||||||
||71
(10)
17
**78**||693
25
**718**||**796**||(114)|
||2,857
-
84
**2,941**||245
1,317
**1,562**||||(4,300)|
||||||**4,503**|||
|||||||||
||2,928
(10)
101
**3,019**||938
1,342
**2,280**||**5,299**||(4,414)|
||
(684)
-
(17)
**(701)**||953
(252)
**701**||||
-|
||||||**-**|||
|||||||||
||2,244
(10)
84
**2,318**||1,891
1,090
**2,981**||**5,299**||(4,414)|
||62,898
391
567
63,856||2,899
12,682
15,581||||83,851|
|||||||||
||||||79,437|||
||**65,142**
**381**
**651**
**66,174**||**4,790**
**13,772**
**18,562**||**84,736**||79,437|
|||||||||
The Statement of Financial activities includes all recognised gains and losses in the year. All the above relate to continuing activities. The notes to the accounts form part of the financial statements.
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 CHARITY STATEMENT OF FINACIAL ACTIVITIES**
## **INCOME FROM:**
Donations and legacies Charitable activities Other trading activities Investments Other **TOTAL**
**EXPENDITURE ON:** Raising funds Charitable activities Other
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) before other recognised gains**
Net gains/(losses) on investments
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) before transfers**
**Transfers between funds**
**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS** Total funds brought forward **FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
|**Notes**
**3.2**
**4.2**
**10**|**PARISH**
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Endowment
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
4,285
70
-
4,355
531
3
-
534
1,165
-
-
1,165
602
-
17
619
98
-
-
98||**CENTRAL DIOCESAN AGENCIES**
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
£000
£000
£000
1,026
176
1,202
846
96
942
258
19
277
198
306
504
272
-
272||**CHARITY**
**TOTAL**||**Charity**
**2023**
£000
4,723
1,194
1,472
1,012
46|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||
||||||**£000**|||
|||||||||
||||||**5,557**|||
||||||**1,476**|||
||||||**1,442**|||
||||||**1,123**|||
||||||**370**|||
||6,681
73
17
6,771||2,600
597
3,197||**9,968**||8,447|
||89
-
-
89
6,522
83
-
6,605||81
27
108
1,864
545
2,409||||193
8,385
-|
|||||||||
||||||**197**|||
||||||**9,014**|||
|||||||||
||6,611
83
-
6,694||1,945
572
2,517||**9,211**||8,578|
|||||||||
||70
(10)
17
77||655
25
680||**757**||(131)|
||2,858
-
84
2,942||6
1,317
1,323||||(4,027)|
||||||**4,265**|||
|||||||||
||2,928
(10)
101
3,019||661
1,342
2,003||**5,022**||(4,158)|
||(684)
-
(17)
(701||953
(252)
701||||-|
||||||**-**|||
|||||||||
||2,244
(10)
84
2,318||1,614
1,090
2,704||**5,022**||(4,158)|
||62,748
391
567
63,706||630
12,682
13,312||||81,176|
|||||||||
||||||77,018|||
||**64,992**
**381**
**651**
**66,024**||**2,244**
**13,772**
**16,016**||**82,040**||77,018|
|||||||||
The Statement of Financial activities includes all recognised gains and losses in the year. All the above relate to continuing activities. The notes to the accounts form part of the financial statements.
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LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST
ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024
BALANCE SHEET
GROUP
CHARITY
2024
2023
{re-statedl
2024
2023
Notes
£000
£000
£000
£000
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
Investments
36.891
34.572
71,463
36,630
30,626
67,256
38,846
32,684
69,330
36,381
28,627
65,008
10
CURRENT ASSErs
Stocks
Debtors
Cash al bank and in hand
17
699
14,705
17
689
13,529
14,235
11
705
14.670
15.381
713
13,485
14,203
Creditors.. amounts falling due within
one year
12
12,101)
(1.993)
12,6711
{2.1931
NET CURRENT
ASSETSIILIABILITIESI
13,320
12,242
12,010
Creditors.. amounts falling due after mo
than one year
12
14n
{611
NET ASSETS
84,736
79,437
82,040
77,018
FUNDS
Reslricled income funds
Endowment funds
Parish general funds
Diocesan general funds
13.1
13.2
13.3
13.4
14,153
6S1
65,142
4,790
13,073
567
62,898
2.899
14.153
651
64,992
2.244
13,073
567
62,748
630
TOTAL FUNDS
79.437
77.018
Approved by the Trustees on
January 2025 and sned on their behalf by
The Right Reverend P Swarbrick
Bishop of Lancaster & Chair of the
Trustees
Reverend Canon P Hart
Financial Administrator & Trustee
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**LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT**
|**2024**
2023
**£000**
£000
**Cash flows from operating activities**
**Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities**
**(660)**
**(1,068)**
**Cash flows from investing activities:**
Dividends, interest and rents from investment
**1,182**
1,070
Proceeds from sale of property, plant & equipment
**467**
219
Purchase of property, plant & equipment
**(370)**
(184)
Proceeds of sale of investments
**3,112**
8,588
Purchase of investments
**(2,370)**
(8,764)
**Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities**
**1,361**
(139)
**Cash flows from financing activities:**
Repayment of borrowing
**-**
-
Cash inflows from new borrowing
**-**
-
**Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities**
**-**
-
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period
**1,361**
(139)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period
**13,545**
13,684
Change in cash and cash equivalents due to exchange rate movement
**-**
-
**Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period**
**14,906**
13,545
**Reconciliation of net income/(expenditure) to net cash flow from operating activities**
**Net income/(expenditure) for the reporting period (as per the**
**statement of financial activities)**
**5,299**
(4,414)
**Adjustments for:**
Depreciation charges
**12**
20
(Gains)/losses on investments
**(4,503)**
4,300
Dividend, interest and rents from investments
**(1,182)**
(1,070)
Loss/(Profit) on sale of fixed assets
**(370)**
(46)
(increase)/decrease in stocks
**-**
(4)
(increase)/decrease in debtors
**(10)**
11
increase/(decrease) in creditors
**94**
135
**Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities**
**(660)**
(1,068)
**Analysis of change in cash in hand and at bank**
Bank
**14,705**
13,529
Held by investment fund managers
**201**
16
**14,906**
13,545|change
1,176
185|
|---|---|
||1,361|
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**LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **1 ACCOUNTING POLICES**
## **Basis of accounting**
Lancaster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust is a registered charity in the United Kingdom. The address of the charity, the nature of its operations and its principal activities are all detailed in the Trustees’ report and Trustees and Advisors pages of these financial statements.
The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS102. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2015.
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at valuation. The financial statements are prepared in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity.
The financial statements have been prepared to give a ‘true and fair’ view and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a ‘true and fair’ view. This departure has involved following Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standards applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) issued on 16 July 2014 rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.
The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all years presented unless otherwise stated.
## **Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis**
The trustees have assessed whether the use of the going concern basis is appropriate in the preparation of the financial statements. The period of assessment is one year from the date of approval of these financial statements. The trustees have concluded that there are no material uncertainties that cast doubt on the ability of the charity/group to continue as a going concern. The trustees are of the opinion, based on available financial data, that there will be sufficient incoming resources and assets to meet future liabilities when they fall due taking into account the expected reduction in income with expenditure remaining unchanged during the period of assessment.
A significant area of uncertainty is the value of investments and the income from these which can be drastically affected by economic and other factors beyond the control of the trustees. The trustees are of the opinion that the Charity can withstand a significant fall in the value of these and in investment income receipts, though this in not anticipated.
## **Basis of consolidation**
The consolidated financial statements of the group incorporate the financial statements of the Diocesan Trust, “the charity” which comprise the parishes and central diocesan agencies and subsidiary entities over which the diocese is considered to exert control. Details of the subsidiary entities are given in note 2.
## **Financial instruments**
The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments. Financial instruments are recognised in the charity’s balance sheet when the charity becomes party to contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to offset the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## _Basic financial assets_
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
## _Impairment of financial assets_
Financial assets are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in the statement of financial activities.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income.
## _De-recognition of financial assets_
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the charity transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
## _Classification of financial liabilities_
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the charity after deducting all of its liabilities.
## _Basic financial liabilities_
Basic financial liabilities including creditors are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised. Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## _De-recognition of financial liabilities_
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
## **Judgement and key sources of estimation uncertainty**
In the application of the charity’s accounting polices the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
In the opinion of the trustees there have been no significant estimate or judgements made in the process of applying the charity’s accounting policies that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year.
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **Income recognition**
Income is included in the period in which the charity/group becomes entitlement to the income, it is probable that it will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably. Specific polices apply to the categories of income noted below.
Legacies are accounted for on entitlement which is considered to be the earlier of notification from the executor that probate has been granted and confirmed that there are sufficient assets to make a distribution or a when a distribution is received.
Collections, including Mass offerings, and other donations are accounted for on a cash received basis as such voluntary donations can only be measured with certainty upon receipt.
Gift Aid donations are accounted for on a cash received basis with any related Gift Aid or Gift Aid Small Donation Scheme tax credits accounted for on an accruals basis.
Revenue grant income is accounted for when received.
Capital grants are recognised as restricted income when received or receipt can be measured reliably and associated costs are charged against these restricted funds.
Investment income is accounted for an accruals basis.
Income from charitable activities is accounted for on a cash received basis.
Income from fund raising activities is accounted for on a cash received basis.
Rental income from functional properties is accounted for when received under the terms of the lease or hire agreement and when it is probable that it will be received and the amount can be reliably measured.
Trading subsidiary accounts are produced on an accruals basis.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to the expenditure, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount can be reliably measured. All expenditure is included in the financial statements on an accruals basis inclusive of irrecoverable VAT.
Expenditure on direct charitable activities mainly comprise: the provision of places of worship and associated buildings e.g. presbyteries; provision of religious services and pastoral care and support; support of education and youth services; training of priests and deacons and the financial support of sick and retired priests.
Support costs include the costs of the Finance and Property Offices, Health & Safety services, Safeguarding Office, the provision of the Pastoral Centre, which houses the administrative offices of the diocese and provide a central meeting venue, and governance costs. Support costs are apportioned to charitable activities based on an estimate of management and employee time spent in support of these activities.
Governance costs are now included under support costs and comprise those costs of the organisation administration and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements including external audit, legal and other professional services. Governance costs are apportioned to charitable activities based on an estimate of management and employee time spent in support of these activities.
## **Investments**
Investments are initially recognised at their transaction value then subsequently included in the balance sheet at their fair value using the closing quoted market price. Any realised and unrealised gains and losses on revaluation or disposals throughout the year are included in the statement of financial activities.
## **Tangible fixed assets - other than schools**
Functional freehold properties including churches, presbyteries, houses, parish hall/centres and similar buildings are included in the balance sheet at deemed cost. The deemed cost is the discounted insurance value at 1997, which
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
have been discounting based on inflation statistics to arrive at original cost. For the purposes of these financial statements and in line with the provisional arrangements of FRS 102 these estimates of depreciated value at 1997 are now the deemed cost.
The charity took advantage of the transitional provisions under FRS 102 to take the value of freehold property as deemed cost on transition at 6 April 2014 but as historical cost is unknown and cost per the accounts refers to an earlier valuation by the charity, the trustees have continued to show brought forward valuation and accumulated depreciation at transition date in the notes to the accounts. Depreciation has not been charged on freehold property following the introduction of FRS 102 as this charge is considered meaningless.
Freehold properties purchased since 1997 are recorded at cost. Properties donated after 1997 are included at valuation.
Depreciation is calculated to write off the cost, or valuation, of tangible fixed assets, less their estimated residual values over the expected useful economic lives of the assets concerned. The principal annual rates and method used for this purpose are as follows:
||Rate|Method|
|---|---|---|
|Fixtures, fittings and equipment|25%|reducing balance basis|
|Motor Vehicles|25%|reducing balance basis|
All additions to fixtures, fittings and other fixed assets after 6th April 1995 more than £5,000 are included at purchase cost less accumulated depreciation.
The charity owns a number of works of art, including paintings, manuscripts and sculptures. All parishes own silverware, in daily use for the purposes of the parish, which are on display within the diocese and parishes. Many have been donated, bequeathed or inherited by the diocese or parishes. Such items are not included at any value in the financial statements because it is considered that no meaningful value can be attributed to them.
## **Tangible fixed assets – schools property**
The diocese owns land on which its voluntary aided and academy schools are built. The school buildings are occupied, improved, extended and repaired by the school governors. All voluntary aided schools, which are exempt charities, and academy schools, occupy land and buildings rent free. The nature of occupation of the land and buildings by these exempt charities and academies means that the diocesan trustees do not have the power to dispose of the land or buildings until a school ceases its occupation, which in turn would require the approval of the governing body and the Secretary of State and may involve recovery of grant aid by the DCSF or the obligation to use the proceeds for other educational provision. Consequently such land and buildings are not in direct use by the charity, do not generate any income, cannot be disposed of on the open market and cannot be used for any other purpose during the schools’ occupation, which may be indefinite. In view of these restrictions the trustees believe the recoverable amount of these assets is nil and are included at nil valuation in these financial accounts.
## **Stocks**
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value.
## **Debtors and creditors within one year**
Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable and payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in expenditure.
## **Cash and cash equivalents**
Liquid resources comprise amounts held on deposit with recognised banks and building societies and cash on hand at parishes etc.
## **Provisions**
These are recognised when there is a commitment made to the incurring of expenditure.
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **Pension costs**
The charity operates a defined contribution scheme. Contributions are charged in the Statement of Financial Activities as they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme.
## **Fund accounting**
The charity/group has various types of funds for which it is responsible, and which require separate disclosure within the financial statements. These are:
## _Endowment funds_
Funds given to the charity or its subsidiaries, subject to the restriction that they are held as capital. Income derived from endowment funds is included in the Statement of Financial Activities and may be restricted to a particular purpose.
## _Restricted funds_
Donations, grants or legacies received which have been given for a specific purpose or purposes as specified by the donor, where such purposes are within the overall aims of the organisation. These funds may represent capital only (where the capital must be retained) or income and capital (where the donation and income deriving from them may be utilised).
## _General funds_
These represent unrestricted funds which are available at the discretion of the Trustee in furtherance of the objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.
## _Designated funds_
These are funds included within the general funds that have been set aside and designated by the trustees for specific purposes.
## _Parish funds_
There are included within the general funds. In civil administration a parish is not a distinct legal entity but forms part of the wider diocese, but with a degree of independence and autonomy. Parish funds and assets, unless subject of a separate trust recognised in law, are funds of the Diocesan Trust and therefore the responsibility of the diocesan trustees. In Canon Law a parish is a public juridical person with the parish priest conducting his ministry under the authority of the Bishop. A parish has the right under Canon Law to acquire, retain, administer and alienate temporal goods subject to the norms of Canon Law.
## **Taxation**
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster is a charity within the meaning of section 1119 Corporation Taxes Act (CTA) 2010. Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by sections 478 - 489 of the CTA 2010 or section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 2010, to the extent that such income or gains are applied to exclusively charitable purposes.
The charity’s subsidiary and associated undertakings are subject to corporation tax in the same way as any commercial or charitable organisation, as appropriate.
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **2 GROUP BODIES**
The charity has interests in associated and subsidiary undertakings, which are consolidated in the financial statements, as follows:
**Limited companies** St Kentigern’s Parish Centre Ltd Subsidiary 100% Social club/centre St Anthony’s Parish (Preston) Centre Ltd Subsidiary 100% Social club/centre St Margaret Mary's Parish Community Centre Subsidiary 100% Social club/centre (Carlisle) Ltd
All the above companies are incorporated in the United Kingdom.
## **Trusts and Charities**
The charity has consolidated the financial statements of the following associated or subsidiary trusts and charities into these financial statements:
The Moyston Trust Lancaster Diocesan Pilgrimage Trust St Cuthbert’s Carlisle School Charity St John’s Poulton 1838 Charity
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **3.1 ANALYSIS OF INCOME – GROUP CURRENT YEAR**
|**Donations and legacies**
Collections
Donations
Legacies
Special collections
Gift Aid
Other
**Charitable activities**
Grants received
Service charges receivable
Sale of candles, votives etc
Youth Service income
Insurance claim receipts
Income from chaplaincy
Subscriptions and other charges
Inter diocese re-charges
Education Service income
Income for graveyards & funerals
Other
**Other trading activities**
Social clubs
Fund raising - fetes etc
Rental income
**Investments**
Bank interest received
Dividend income
Rental and leasing income
Other
**Other**
Gains and losses on sale of fixed assets
Other
**TOTAL GROUP INCOME 2024**|**PARISHES**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Endowments
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000||**CENTRAL DIOCESAN AGENCIES**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£000
£000
£000||**2024**||**2023**
£000
2,265
714
924
380
443
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||
||||||**£000**|||
|||||||||
||2,345
-
-
2,345||-
-
-||**2,345**|||
||
583
70
-
653
388
-
-
389
417
-
-
417
553
-
-
553
-
-
-
-||30
175
205
1,001
-
1,001
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
-
-||
**858**|||
||||||**1,389**|||
||||||
**417**|||
||||||**554**|||
||||||**-**|||
||4,286
70
-
4,356||1,032
175
1,207||**5,563**||4,726|
||4
3
-
7||
56
50
106||||
151
-
135
442
28
79
180
-
-
47
135|
||||||**113**|||
||-
-
-
-||-
-
-||**-**|||
||123
-
-
123
-
-
-
-
46
-
-
46
62
-
-
62
93
-
-
93
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
79
-
-
79
124
-
-
124||21
-
21
435
-
435
-
-
-
(8)
-
(8)
94
46
140
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
248
-
248||**144**|||
||||||**435**|||
||||||**46**|||
||||||**54**|||
||||||**233**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**79**|||
||||||**372**|||
||531
3
-
534||846
96
942||**1,476**||1,197|
||69
-
-
69
499
-
-
499
976
-
-
976||-
-
-
5
-
5
271
19
290||||
318
104
1,301|
||||||**69**|||
||||||**504**|||
||||||**1,266**|||
||1,544
-
-
1,544||276
19
295||
**1,839**||
1,723|
||
-
-
-
-
602
-
17
619
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-||197
-
197
59
307
366
-
-
-
-
-
-||||
121
949
-
-|
||||||**197**|||
||||||**985**|||
|||||||||
|||||||||
||602
-
17
619||256
307
563||**1,182**||1,070|
||98
-
-
98
-
-
-
-||272
-
272
-
-
-||||
46
-|
||||||**370**|||
||||||**-**|||
||98
-
-
98||272
-
272||**370**||46|
|||||||||
||**7,061**
**73**
**17**
**7,151**||**2,682**
**597**
**3,279**||**10,430**||8,762|
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **3.1 ANALYSIS OF INCOME – GROUP PREVIOUS YEAR 5 April 2023**
|**3.1 ANALYSIS OF INCOME – GROUP**
**PREVIOUS YEAR 5 April 2023**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**_Donations and legacies_**
Collections
Donations
Legacies
Special collections
Gift Aid
Other
**Charitable activities**
Grants received
Service charges receivable
Sale of candles, votives etc
Youth Service income
Insurance claim receipts
Income from chaplaincy
Subscriptions and other charges
Inter diocese re-charges
Education Service income
Income for graveyards & funerals
Other
**Other trading activities**
Social clubs
Fund raising - fetes etc
Rental income
**Investments**
Bank interest received
Dividend income
Rental and leasing income
Other
**Other**
Gains and losses on sale of fixed assets
Other
**TOTAL GROUP INCOME 2023**|**PARISHES**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Endowments
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
2,265
-
-
2,265
638
34
-
672
870
-
-
870
380
-
-
380
438
-
-
438
-
-
-
-||**CENTRAL DIOCESAN AGENCIES**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£000
£000
£000
-
-
-
11
31
42
9
45
54
-
-
-
-
5
5
-
-
-||**2023**||**2022**
£000
2,183
707
406
290
421
-|
|||||||||
||||||**£000**|||
|||||||||
||||||**2,265**|||
||||||**714**|||
||||||**924**|||
||||||**380**|||
||||||**443**|||
||||||**-**|||
||4,591
34
-
4,625||20
81
101||**4,726**||4,007|
||31
5
-
36
-
-
-
-
116
-
-
116
-
-
-
-
28
-
-
28
69
-
-
69
93
-
-
93
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
47
-
-
47
5
-
-
5||
115
-
115
-
-
-
19
-
19
442
-
442
-
-
-
10
-
10
43
44
87
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
130
-
130||||390
-
107
350
45
66
172
-
-
41
306|
||||||**151**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**135**|||
||||||**442**|||
||||||**28**|||
||||||**79**|||
||||||**180**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**47**|||
||||||**135**|||
||389
5
-
394||759
44
803||**1,197**||1,477|
||318
-
-
318
104
-
-
104
1,011
-
-
1,011||-
-
-
-
-
-
273
17
290||||37
230
978|
||||||**318**|||
||||||**104**|||
||||||**1,301**|||
||1,433
-
-
1.433||273
17
290||**1,723**||1,245|
||-
-
-
-
581
-
16
597
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-||
121
-
121
59
293
352
-
-
-
-
-
-||||-
899
-
-|
||||||**121**|||
||||||**949**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||581
-
16
597||180
293
473||**1,070**||899|
||46
-
-
46
-
-
-
-||-
-
-
-
-
-||||537
-|
||||||**46**|||
||||||**-**|||
||46
-
-
46||-
-
-||**46**||537|
|||||||||
||**7,040**
**39**
**16**
**7,095**||**1,232**
**435**
**1,667**||**8,762**||8,165|
29
## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **3.2 ANALYSIS OF INCOME – CHARITY CURRENT YEAR**
|**3.2 ANALYSIS OF INCOME – CHARITY**
**CURRENT YEAR**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Donations and legacies**
Collections
Donations
Legacies
Special collections
Gift Aid
Other
**Charitable activities**
Grants received
Service charges receivable
Sale of candles, votives etc
Youth Service income
Insurance claim receipts
Income from chaplaincy
Subscriptions and other charges
Inter diocese re-charges
Education Service income
Income for graveyards & funerals
Other
**Other trading activities**
Social clubs
Fund raising - fetes etc
Rental income
**Investments**
Bank interest received
Dividend income
Rental and leasing income
Other
**Other**
Gains and losses on sale of fixed assets
**TOTAL CHARITY INCOME 2024**|**PARISHES**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Endowments
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
2,345
-
-
2,345
582
70
-
652
387
-
-
387
419
-
-
419
552
-
-
552
-
-
-
-||**CENTRAL DIOCESAN AGENCIES**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£000
£000
£000
-
-
-
25
176
201
1,000
-
1,000
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
-
-||**2024**||**2023**|
|||||||||
||||||**£000**||£000|
||||||||2,265
711
924|
||||||**2,345**|||
||||||
**853**|||
||||||**1,387**|||
||||||
**419**||380|
||||||**553**||443
-|
||||||**-**|||
||4,285
70
-
4,355||1,026
176
1,202||**5,557**||4,723|
||
||
||||
148
-
135
442
28
79
180
-
-
47
135|
||4
3
-
7||56
50
106||**113**|||
||-
-
-
-
123
-
-
123
-
-
-
-
46
-
-
46
62
-
-
62
93
-
-
93
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
79
-
-
79
124
-
-
124||-
-
-
21
-
21
435
-
435
-
-
-
(8)
-
(8)
94
46
140
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
248
-
248||**-**|||
||||||**144**|||
||||||**435**|||
||||||**46**|||
||||||**54**|||
||||||**233**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**79**|||
||||||**372**|||
||531
3
-
534||846
96
942||**1476**||1194|
||||||**,**||,|
||69
-
-
69||-
-
-||**69**||84
104
1,284|
||1.20
-
-
120
976
-
-
976||5
-
5
253
19
272||**125**|||
||||||**1,248**|||
||1,165
-
-
1.165||258
19
277||
**1,442**||
1,472|
||
-
-
-
-
602
-
17
619
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-||196
-
196
2
306
308
-
-
-
-
-
-||||
121
891
-
-|
||||||**196**|||
||||||**927**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||602
-
17
619||198
306
504||**1,123**||1,012|
||98
-
-
98||272
-
272||||
46|
||||||**370**|||
||98
-
-
98||272
-
272||**370**||46|
|||||||||
||6,681
73
17
6,771||2,600
597
3,197||**9,968**||8,447|
30
## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
**3.2 ANALYSIS OF INCOME – CHARITY PREVIOUS YEAR 5 April 2023**
|**3.2 ANALYSIS OF INCOME – CHARITY**
**PREVIOUS YEAR 5 April 2023**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Donations and legacies**
Collections
Donations
Legacies
Special collections
Gift Aid
Other
**Charitable activities**
Grants received
Service charges receivable
Sale of candles, votives etc
Youth Service income
Insurance claim receipts
Income from chaplaincy
Subscriptions and other charges
Inter diocese re-charges
Education Service income
Income for graveyards & funerals
Other
**Other trading activities**
Social clubs
Fund raising - fetes etc
Rental income
**Investments**
Bank interest received
Dividend income
Rental and leasing income
Other
**Other**
Gains and losses on sale of fixed assets
**TOTAL CHARITY INCOME 2023**|**PARISHES**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Endowments
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
2,265
-
-
2,265
638
33
-
671
870
-
-
870
380
-
-
380
439
-
-
439
-
-
-
-||**CENTRAL DIOCESAN AGENCIES**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£000
£000
£000
-
-
-
8
32
40
9
45
54
-
-
-
-
4
4
-
-
-||**2023**||**2022**
£000
2,184
705
405
290
421
-|
|||||||||
||||||**£000**|||
|||||||||
||||||**2,265**|||
||||||**711**|||
||||||**924**|||
||||||**380**|||
||||||**443**|||
||||||**-**|||
||4,592
33
-
4,625||17
81
98||**4,723**||4,005|
||28
5
-
33
-
-
-
-
116
-
-
116
-
-
-
-
28
-
-
28
69
-
-
69
93
-
-
93
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
47
-
-
47
5
-
-
5||115
-
115
-
-
-
19
-
19
442
-
442
-
-
-
10
-
10
43
44
87
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
130
-
130||||317
59
107
350
45
65
112
2
-
41
305|
||||||**148**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**135**|||
||||||**442**|||
||||||**28**|||
||||||**79**|||
||||||**180**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**47**|||
||||||**135**|||
||386
5
-
391||759
44
803||**1,194**||1,403|
||84
-
-
84
104
-
-
104
1,010
-
-
1,010||
-
-
-
-
-
-
257
17
274||||37
62
978|
||||||**84**|||
||||||**104**|||
||||||**1,284**|||
||1,198
-
-
1,198||257
17
274||**1,472**||1,077|
||||||||-
828
-
-|
||-
-
-
-
581
-
16
597
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-||121
-
121
1
293
294
-
-
-
-
-
-||**121**|||
||||||**891**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||581
-
16
597||122
293
415||**1,012**||828|
||46
-
-
46||-
-
-||||537|
||||||**46**|||
||46
-
-
46||-
-
-||**46**||-|
|||||||||
||**6,803**
**38**
**16**
**6,857**||**1,155**
**435**
**1,590**||**8,447**||7,850|
31
## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **4.1 ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE – GROUP CURRENT YEAR**
|**Expenditure on raising funds:**
Parish fund raising events’ costs
Other fund raising events’ costs
Social club bar purchases
Social club other costs
Investment management costs|**Expenditure on raising funds:**
Parish fund raising events’ costs
Other fund raising events’ costs
Social club bar purchases
Social club other costs
Investment management costs|**PARISHES**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Endowments
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
38
-
-
38
-
-
-
-
169
-
-
169
194
-
-
194
51
-
-
51
8
-
-
8
-
-
-
-||**CENTRAL DIOCESAN AGENCIES**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£000
£000
£000
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
16
27
43
74
-
74
-
-
-||**2024**||**2023**
£000
49
4
99
144
84
81
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||||
|||||||**£000**|||
||||||||||
|||||||**45**|||
|||||||**-**|||
|||||||**169**|||
|||||||**194**|||
|||||||**94**|||
|Rental property management costs||||||**82**|||
|Other||||||**-**|||
|**Expenditure on charitable activities**
Provision of places of worship & ancillary
buildings
Provision of religious services & pastoral care
Support of education & youth services
Training of priests, deacons & seminarians
Support of retired priests
Grants, donations & levies
Other charitable activity costs
**Other**
**TOTAL GROUP EXPENDITURE 2024**||460
-
-
460||97
27
124||**584**||461|
|||4,018
20
-
4,038
1,867
18
-
1,885
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
600
44
-
644
37
1
-
38||204
6
210
466
5
471
1,140
102
1,242
5
130
135
7
302
309
27
-
27
43
-
43||||3,958
2,464
769
161
364
687
6|
||||||||||
|||||||**4,248**|||
|||||||**2,356**|||
|||||||**1,242**|||
|||||||**135**|||
|||||||**309**|||
|||||||**671**|||
|||||||**81**|||
|||6,522
83
-
6,605||1,892
545
2,437||**9,042**||8,409|
||||||||||
|||8
-
-
8||-
-
-||**8**||**6**|
||||||||||
|||6,990
83
-
7,073||1,989
572
2,561||**9,634**||**8,876**|
32
## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
**4.1 ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE – GROUP PREVIOUS YEAR 5 April 2023**
|**_Expenditure on raising funds:_**
Parish fund raising events’ costs
Other fund raising events’ costs
Social club bar purchases
Social club other costs
Investment management costs|**PARISHES**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Endowments
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
49
-
-
49
-
-
-
-
99
-
-
99
144
-
-
144
52
-
-
52
7
-
-
7
-
-
-
-||**CENTRAL DIOCESAN AGENCIES**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£000
£000
£000
-
-
-
4
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
17
15
32
74
-
74
-
-
-||**2023**||**2022**
£000
28
40
60
145
106
22
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||
||||||**£000**|||
|||||||||
||||||**49**|||
||||||**4**|||
||||||**99**|||
||||||**144**|||
||||||**84**|||
|Rental property management costs
|||||**81**|||
|Other
|||||**-**|||
|**Expenditure on charitable activities**
Provision of places of worship & ancillary buildings
Provision of religious services & pastoral care
Support of education & youth services
Training of priests, deacons & seminarians
Support of retired priests
Grants, donations & levies
Other charitable activity costs
**Other**
**TOTAL GROUP EXPENDITURE 2023**|351
-
-
351||95
15
110||**461**||401|
||3,515
136
-
3,651
1,836
19
-
1,855
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
552
16
-
568
-
-
-
-||307
-
307
606
3
609
763
6
769
5
156
161
11
353
364
117
2
119
6
-
6||||2,833
1,998
854
148
245
1,050
162|
|||||||||
||||||**3,958**|||
||||||**2,464**|||
||||||**769**|||
||||||**161**|||
||||||**364**|||
||||||**687**|||
||||||**6**|||
||5,903
171
-
6,074||1,815
520
2,335||**8,409**||7,290|
|||||||||
||6
-
-
6||-
-
-||**6**||6|
|||||||||
||6,260
171
-
6,431||1,910
535
2,445||**8,876**||7,697|
33
## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **4.2 ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE - CHARITY**
## **CURRENT YEAR**
|**4.2 ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE -**
**CHARITY**
**CURRENT YEAR**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Expenditure on raising funds:**
Parish fund raising events’ costs
Other fund raising events’ costs
Social club bar purchases
Social club other costs
Investment management costs|**PARISHES**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Endowments
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
38
-
-
38
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
51
-
-
51
-
-
-
-||**CENTRAL DIOCESAN**
**AGENCIES**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£000
£000
£000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
27
27
81
-
81||**2024**||**2023**
£000
52
-
-
-
66
75|
|||||||||
||||||**£000**|||
|||||||||
||||||**38**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**78**|||
|Rental property management costs|||||**81**|||
|**Expenditure on charitable activities**
Provision of places of worship & ancillary
buildings
Provision of religious services & pastoral
care
Support of education & youth services
Training of priests, deacons & seminarians
Support of retired priests
Grants, donations & levies
Other charitable activities
**TOTAL CHARITY EXPENDITURE**
**2024**|89
-
-
89||81
27
108||**197**||193|
||4,017
20
-
4,037
1,867
18
-
1,885
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
601
44
-
645
37
1
-
38||204
6
210
447
5
452
1,140
102
1,242
5
130
135
8
302
310
27
-
27
33
-
33||||3,960
2,448
768
160
364
685
-|
||||||**4,247**|||
||||||**2,337**|||
||||||**1,242**|||
||||||**135**|||
||||||**310**|||
||||||**672**|||
||||||**71**|||
||6,522
83
-
6,605||1,864
545
2,409||**9,014**||8,385|
||6,611
83
-
6,694||1,945
572
2,517||**9,211**||8,578|
34
## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **4.2 ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE – CHARITY PREVIOUS YEAR 5 April 2023**
|**_Expenditure on raising funds:_**
_Parish events fund raising costs_
_Other events fund raising costs_
_Social club bar purchases_
_Social club other costs_
_Investment management costs_|**PARISHES**
_Unrestricted_
_Restricted_
Endowments
Total
_£000_
_£000_
£000
£000
49
-
-
49
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
51
-
-
51
-
-
-
-||**CENTRAL DIOCESAN AGENCIES**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£000
£000
£000
3
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
15
75
-
75||**_2023_**||**_2022_**
_£000_
_28_
_-_
_-_
_-_
_86_
_38_|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||
||||||**_£000_**|||
|||||||||
||||||**52**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**66**|||
|_Rental property management costs_|||||**75**|||
|**_Expenditure on charitable activities_**
_Provision of places of worship & ancillary buildings_
_Provision of religious service & pastoral care_
_Support of education & youth services_
_Training of priests, deacons & seminarians_
_Support of retired priests_
_Grants, donations & levies_
_Other charitable activities_
**_TOTAL CHARITY EXPENDITURE 2023_**|100
-
-
100||78
15
93||**193**||_152_|
||_3,516_
_136_
-
3,652
_1,836_
_19_
-
1,855
_-_
_-_
-
-
_-_
_-_
-
-
_-_
_-_
-
-
_552_
_15_
-
567
_-_
_-_
-
-||308
-
308
589
4
593
762
6
768
4
156
160
11
353
364
117
1
118
-
-
-||||_2,762_
_1,726_
_5,364_
_111_
_245_
_1,050_
_160_|
||||||**_3,960_**|||
||||||**_2,448_**|||
||||||**_768_**|||
||||||**_160_**|||
||||||**_364_**|||
||||||**_685_**|||
||||||**_-_**|||
||_5.904_
_170_
-
6,074||1,791
520
2,311||**_8,385_**||_11,418_|
|||||||||
||_6,004_
_170_
-
6,174||1,869
535
2,404||**_8,578_**||_11,570_|
35
## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **5 EMPLOYEES AND OFFICE HOLDERS (including key management personnel)**
The number of employees, which excludes clergy and volunteers, during the year was: -
|Central diocesan: administration and support services
Education Service
Youth Service including Castlerigg
Parochial
Clubs & centres
The aggregate remuneration paid to employees was: -
Wages and salaries (re-stated 2023)
Social security costs
Pension costs
Amounts paid to clergy during the year: - for active ministry
retirement gratuities|**2024**
13
4
11
61
18
107
£000
1,305
66
60
1,431
469
220
689|**2023**|
|---|---|---|
|||12
4
11
65
18|
||13||
||4||
||11||
||61||
||18||
||107|110|
|||£000
1,101
48
41|
||£000||
||1,305||
||66||
||60||
||1,431|1,190|
|||444
254|
||||
||469||
||220||
||689|698|
The number of employees who earned more than £60,000 (including benefits but excluding employer’s national insurance and pension contributions) during the year was as follows: -
|£60,001 - £70,000
£80,001 - £90,000|**2024**
1
1
2|**2023**
1
-|
|---|---|---|
|||1|
Employees include administrative staff at both Diocese and Parishes, together with associated and related entities. Clergy are self-employed office holders and not employees.
## **Key personnel**
The trustees consider the board of trustees as the key management personnel of the charity in charge of directing and controlling the charity and running and operating the charity on a day to day basis. All trustees give their time freely, and no trustee receives any remuneration in respect of the work undertaken in the role of trustee. There are members of the board of trustees who are also clergy of the Diocese of Lancaster, and as with other members of the clergy receive a remuneration for the work they undertake in their clerical role only. These trustees are identified in the list of trustees on page 3 " Trustees and Advisors".
Details of trustees' expenses and related party transactions are disclosed in the notes the accounts. Trustees are required to disclose all relevant interests and register them with the diocesan secretary and in accordance with the trustees' policy withdraw from decisions where a conflict of interest may arise.
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **6 TRUSTEES**
No trustee received any remuneration during the year or previous year. Certain trustees received allowances as serving clergy but not in their capacity as trustee.
During the year 4 trustees (2023: 4) received expenses to the value of £3,021 (2023: £2,729) in respect of travel and subsistence costs in respect of their position as a trustee.
Trustees who are also serving clergy may receive expenses in connection with their clerical role. Any such expenses have not been quantified and are not included above.
## **7 NET EXPENDITURE**
|**NET EXPENDITURE**|||
|---|---|---|
|This is stated after charging: -
Depreciation
Audit
|**2024**
£000
**12**
**39**|**2023**
£000
20|
|||33|
||||
## **8 ALLOCATED SUPPORT COSTS**
|Raising Funds
Charitable Activities:
Provision of places of worship
Provision of religious services & pastoral
care
Support of education & youth services
Training of priests, deacons & seminarians
Support of sick & retired priests
Grants, donations & Levies
Other charitable activity costs|Finance Office
Gift Aid & Special
Collections
Pastoral Centre
Property Office
H&S
Governance
**Group Total**
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
2
2
-
-
-
3
**7**
43
10
19
52
35
41
**200**
9
7
6
24
7
15
**68**
5
5
9
5
2
5
**31**
1
-
-
-
-
3
**4**
1
2
2
1
-
2
**8**
3
4
-
3
-
4
**14**
7
-
-
-
-
-
**7**|
|---|---|
||71
30
36
85
44
73
**339**|
## **Basis of allocation**
Governance and support costs are allocated on estimates of staff and trustees time spent on each charitable or other activity.
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **9 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
## **9.1 GROUP**
|**Cost or valuation**
At the beginning of the year
Additions
Disposals
At end of the year
**Depreciation and impairments**
At beginning of the year
Eliminated on disposals
Depreciation
Impairment
At end of the year
**Net book value**
Net book value at the beginning
of the year
**Net book value at the end of**
**the year**|**PARISHES**
Freehold
land &
buildings
Motor
vehicles
Fixtures,
fittings and
equipment
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
£
£
£
£
36,994
42
1,089
38,125
-
-
3
3
(121)
-
-
(121)||**CENTRAL DIOCESAN AGENCIES**
Freehold
land &
buildings
Motor
vehicles
Fixtures,
fittings and
equipment
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
£
£
£
£
6,874
21
136
7,031
367
-
-
367
-
-
(4)
(4)||**2024**||2023
£000
£
45,156
184
(184)|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||
||||||**£000**|||
||||||**£**|||
||||||**45,156**|||
||||||**370**|||
||||||**(125)**|||
||36,873
42
1,092
38,007||7,241
21
132
7,394||**45,401**||45,156|
||6,144
28
1,041
7,213
-
-
-
-
-
1
8
9
-
-
-
-||1,161
21
131
1,313
(24)
-
(4)
(28)
-
-
3
3
-
-
-
-||||8,517
(11)
20
-|
|||||||||
||||||**8,526**|||
||||||**(28)**|||
||||||**12**|||
||||||**-**|||
||6.144
29
1,049
7,222||1,137
21
130
1,288||**8,510**||8,526|
||30,850
14
48
30,912||5,713
-
5
5,718||||36,639|
|||||||||
||||||36,630|||
||**30,729**
**13**
**43**
**30,785**||**6,104**
**-**
**2**
**6,106**||||36,630|
||||||**36,891**|||
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **9 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
## **9.2 CHARITY**
|**Cost or valuation**
At the beginning of the year
Additions
Disposals
At end of the year
**Depreciation and impairments**
At beginning of the year
Eliminated on disposals
Depreciation
Impairment
At end of the year
**Net book value**
Net book value at the beginning
of the year
**Net book value at the end of**
**the year**|**PARISHES**
Freehold
land &
buildings
Motor
Vehicles
Fixtures,
fittings and
equipment
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
£
£
£
£
36,792
42
965
37,799
-
-
-
-||**CENTRAL DIOCESAN AGENCIES**
Freehold
land &
buildings
Motor
vehicles
Fixtures,
fittings and
equipment
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
£
£
£
£
6,873
21
138
7,032
367
-
-
367
(121)
-
(4)
(125)||**2024**||2023
£000
£
44,868
146
(183)|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||
||||||£000|||
||||||**£**|||
||||||**44,831**|||
||||||**367**|||
||||||**(125)**|||
||36,792
42
965
37,799||7,119
21
134
7,274||**45,073**||44,831|
||6,144
37
964
7,145
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
-||1,161
14
130
1,305
(24)
-
(4)
(28)
-
2
2
4
-
-
-
-||||8,448
(12)
14
-|
|||||||||
||||||**8,450**|||
||||||**(28)**|||
||||||**5**|||
||||||**-**|||
||6,144
37
965
7,146||1,137
16
128
1,281||**8,427**||8,450|
||30,648
5
1
30,654||5,712
7
8
5,727||||36,420|
|||||||||
||||||36,381|||
||**30,648**
**5**
**0**
**30,653**||**5,982**
**5**
**6**
**5,993**||||36,381|
||||||**36,646**|||
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**LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
|**10 INVESTMENTS**
**CHARITY**
Equities & unit trusts
Fixed interest
Less
Held for subsidiary entities
Held for third parties
Cash
**Charity**
**GROUP**
Equities & unit trusts
Fixed interest
Less:
Third party
Cash
**Group**|Market
value at
start of year
Costs of
investments
purchased
Proceeds
of sale of
investments
£000
£000
£000
25,490
2,338
(3,113)
5,096
34
-|CIMV
**Market**
**value at**
**end of year**
£000
**£000**
4,497
**29,212**
11
**5,141**|
|---|---|---|
||30,586
2,372
(3,113)|4,508
**34,353**|
||1,955
-
(350)
20
2
(2)|240
**1,845**
3
**23**|
||1,975
2
(352)|243
**1,868**|
||28,611
2,370
2,761
16
28,627
25,534
2,338
(3,114)
5,096
34
-|4,265
**32,485**
**199**|
|||4,265
**32,684**|
|||4,495
**29,253**
11
**5,141**|
||30,630
2,372
(3,114)
20
2
(2)|4,506
**34,394**
3
**23**|
||30,610
2,370
(3,112)
16
30,626|4,503
**34,371**
**201**|
|||4,503
**34,572**|
The Diocesan Trust operates a pooled investment fund where investors hold units and do not invest directly in discrete holdings.
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**LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **11 DEBTORS & PREPAYMENTS**
|**11 DEBTORS & PREPAYMENTS**|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Gift Aid and Gift Aid Small
Donation Scheme recoverable
Sundry debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Loans to clergy|**GROUP**||||**CHARITY**||
||||||**2024**
£000
**395**
**95**
**213**
**2**
**705**||
||**2024**||**2023**||**2024**|2023
£000
375
166
170
2|
||£000||£000
(restated)
375
142
170
2||£000||
||**395**||||**395**||
||**88**||||**95**||
||**214**||||**213**||
||**2**||||**2**||
||**699**||689||**705**|713|
An amount of £55,473 included in sundry debtors is being repaid by an annual instalment of £18,491 each and therefore full repayment will be made within 3 years. Note that no payment was received during the year ended 5 April 2024. All other debtors are receivable within one year.
## **12 CREDITORS & ACCRUALS**
|**Amounts falling due within one year**
Trade creditors
**24**
Accruals and deferred income
**59**
Taxation and social security
**-**
Other creditors
**2,018**
**2,101 **
**Amounts falling due after more than one year**
Other creditors
**47**|15
75
-
1,903
1,993
61|**11**
**59**
**-**
**2,601**
**2,671**
**-**||
|---|---|---|---|
||||**3**
**74**
**-**
**2,116**|
||||**2,193**|
||||-|
## **Restatement of group debtors and group creditors for 2023**
Group debtors and group creditors, amounts falling due within one year, have been restated for 2023 as both sundry debtors and sundry creditors were each overstated by £264k as inter-company balances had not been eliminated on consolidation. This has no impact on net assets or net surplus/deficit reported for 2023 which remain unchanged.
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
|**13.1 RESTRICTED FUNDS –current year**
**Charity: Diocesan Central Agencies**
Ecclesiastical Education Fund
Poor Missions Fund
Sick and Retired Priests Fund
Funds for Overseas Missions
Kirkham Church of St John and RC Purposes
Catforth, Thurnham & Westby Schools
St Ignatius Legacy
Diocesan Catholic Caring Fund
Good Shepherd Fund
Academy Support Grant
Newman School Rebuilding Fund
Legacy (M Lawton)
Diocesan Schools Singing Program
Mary Strand Trust
The Moyston Fund
Sundry Funds (restated)
Total of diocesan agencies restricted fund|Opening
balance
2023
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Unrealised
gains on
investments
**Closing**
**balance**
**2024**
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
4,860
160
(151)
(32)
581
**5,418**
1,915
56
(4)
(112)
230
**2,085**
5,002
198
(313)
100
455
**5,442**
9
-
-
-
-
**9**
295
9
-
(8)
42
**338**
86
2
-
(1)
9
**96**
21
-
-
-
-
**21**
134
-
-
-
-
**134**
63
8
-
-
-
**71**
18
-
-
(18)
-
**-**
144
139
(102)
(181)
-
**-**
41
-
-
-
-
**41**
25
-
-
-
-
**25**
25
-
-
-
-
**25**
-
-
(2)
-
-
**(2)**
44
25
-
-
-
**69**|
|---|---|
||12,682
597
(572)
(252)
1,317
**13,772**|
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **13.1 RESTRICTED FUNDS (continued) – current year**
|**Charity: Parishes**
St John Vianney & St Monica, legacy
Our Lady of Eden, Carlisle, Reverend Turner legacy
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Carlisle Restoration Fund
St Mary, Fleetwood, legacy
St Wulstan & St Edmund, Fleetwood, Allen Millar Memorial Fund
Our Lady of the Assumption & St Cuthbert, Wigton & Silloth
Refugee support projects (various parishes)
Workington Stella Maris Project
St Thomas, Clayton, legacy
St Mary & St James, Scorton, legacy
St Mary, Hornby, Lottery Community Grant
Total of parish restricted funds
**CHARITY total: all restricted funds 2024**
**GROUP total 2024: all restricted funds**|Opening
balance
2023
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Unrealised
gains on
investments
**Closing**
**balance**
**2024**
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
36
-
-
-
-
**36**
18
-
-
-
-
**18**
16
-
-
-
**16**
193
-
-
-
-
**193**
33
30
(33)
-
-
**30**
16
25
(21)
-
-
**20**
44
3
(12)
-
-
**35**
10
15
(12)
-
-
**13**
10
-
-
-
-
**10**
10
-
-
-
-
**10**
5
-
(5)
-
-
**-**|
|---|---|
||391
73
(83)
-
-
**381**|
|||
||13,073
670
(655)
(252)
1,317
**14,153**|
|||
||13,073
**670**
**(655)**
**(252)**
**1,317**
**14,153**|
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
|**13.1 RESTRICTED FUNDS –previous year 5 April 2023**
**_Charity: Diocesan Central Agencies_**
Ecclesiastical Education Fund
Poor Missions Fund
Sick and Retired Priests Fund
Funds for Overseas Missions
Kirkham Church of St John and RC Purposes
Catforth, Thurnham & Westby Schools
St Ignatius Legacy
Diocesan Catholic Caring Fund
Good Shepherd Fund
Academy Support Grant
Newman School (Carlisle) Chapel Fund
Newman School Rebuilding Fund
Legacy (M Lawton)
Diocesan Schools Singing Program
Mary Strand Trust
Sundry Funds (restated)
Total of diocesan agencies restricted fund|_Opening_
_balance 2022_
_Income_
_Expenditure_
_Transfers_
_Unrealised gains_
_on investments_
**Closing**
**balance**
**2023**
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
**£000**
5,456
137
(171)
(44)
(518)
**4,860**
2,125
50
(4)
(51)
(205)
**1,915**
5,606
232
(353)
100
(583)
**5,002**
9
-
-
-
-
**9**
332
8
-
(8)
(37)
**295**
93
2
-
(1)
(8)
**86**
21
-
-
-
-
**21**
134
-
-
-
-
**134**
57
6
-
-
-
**63**
18
-
-
-
-
**18**
6
-
(6)
-
-
**0**
60
-
-
84
-
**144**
41
-
-
-
-
**41**
25
-
-
-
-
**25**
25
-
-
-
-
**25**
45
-
(1)
-
-
**44**|
|---|---|
||14,053
435
(535)
80
(1,351)
**12,682**|
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
|**13.1 RESTRICTED FUNDS –previous year 5 April 2023**
St John Vianney & St Monica, Legacy
Our Lady of Eden, Carlisle, Reverend Turner legacy
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Carlisle Restoration Fund
St Mary, Fleetwood, legacy
St Mary, Fleetwood, Local Authority grant
St Wulstan & St Edmund, Fleetwood, Allen Millar Memorial Fund
Our Lady of the Assumption & St Cuthbert, Wigton & Silloth
Refugee support projects (various parishes)
Workington Stella Maris Project
Workington, Legacy
St Thomas, Clayton, legacy
St Mary & St James, Scorton, Legacy
St Mary, Hornby, Lottery Community Grant
Total of parish restricted funds
**_CHARITY total: all restricted funds 2023_**
**_GROUP total: all restricted funds 2023_**|_Opening_
_balance 2022_
_Income_
_Expenditure_
_Transfers_
_Unrealised gains_
_on investments_
**Closing**
**balance**
**2023**
36
-
-
-
-
**36**
18
-
-
-
-
**18**
16
1
(1)
-
-
**16**
193
-
-
-
-
**193**
7
-
-
(7)
-
**-**
34
-
(1)
-
-
**33**
19
23
(26)
-
-
**16**
56
1
(13)
-
-
**44**
122
13
(125)
-
-
**10**
20
-
-
(20)
-
**-**
10
-
-
-
-
**10**
10
-
-
-
-
**10**
9
-
(4)
-
-
**5**|
|---|---|
||550
38
(170)
(27)
-
**391**|
|||
||14,603
473
(705)
53
(1,351)
**13,073**|
|||
||**14,603**
**473**
**(705)**
**53**
**(1,351)**
**13,073**|
45
## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
||**NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**|
|---|---|
|**Purpose of restricted funds**||
|**Diocesan Central Agencies**||
|Ecclesiastical Education Fund|Training of priests and deacons of the diocese.|
|Poor Missions Fund|Support of poor parishes of the diocese.|
|SickandRetiredPriestsFund|Financialandmedicalcare ofsickandretired clergy ofthe diocese.|
|Funds for Overseas Missions|Support for overseas missions at the discretion of the Bishop.|
|Kirkham Church of St John and RC Purposes|The provision and maintenance of resources and facilities for the people of Kirkham for the pursuit of the
RomanCatholicreligion, throughthe churchofSt John TheEvangelist,Kirkham.|
|Catforth, Thurnham & Westby|The provision and maintenance of resources and facilities for the people of Catforth, Thurnham and Westby
for the pursuit of the Roman Catholic religion in these areas and educational purposes.|
|St Ignatius Legacy Fund|Legacies received and previously held as general parish funds which were given for the upkeep of the parish
property now in the Canonical ownership of the Diocese.|
|Diocesan Catholic Caring Fund|To provide support for diocesan sponsored caring activities.|
|Good Shepherd|To assist diocesan projects that aim to support the poor and disadvantaged, particularly the young and those
with special needs.|
|Academy Support Grant|To assist with costs of setting up school academy trusts.
Tomeet costs ofthe constructionandfittings etc ofanewchapelatNewmanSchool, Carlisle.|
|Newman School Rebuilding Fund|To assist with new site, contribution towards construction costs of a new school and any other costs
associated with the project and to assist the governors with certain costs associated with operating from a
temporary site.|
|Legacy (M Lawton)|To be applied towards the purposes of education in the Diocese of lay adults and children.|
|Diocesan Schools Singing Program|To be used to support sing in schools|
|Mary Strand Trust|To bring relief to those experiencing povertyarising from unemployment, sickness, disability or other misfortunes
that life throws|
|The Moyston Fund|To meet similar aim as the Moyston Trust, which is to be merged with the Diocesan Trust, namely to provide for the
Roman Catholic education of children and to support the Roman Catholic religion within the geographical
boundaries oftheDiocese of Lancaster.|
|Sundry|For the purposes of those funds.|
|**Parishes**||
|St John Vianney & St Monica, Legacy|For the parish building fund.|
|Our Lady of Eden, Carlisle, Reverend Turner legacy|For the refurbishment/rebuilding of the St Ninian's Chapel, Brampton, Carlisle.|
|StMary,Fleetwood,Legacy|Forthe saying of Massesforthenominatedfamilymembers (namenot publishedforprivacy)|
|Our Lady & St Wilfrid, Warwick Bridge, Carlisle, Restoration Fund|For the restoration of the church of Our Lady & St Wilfrid, Warwick Bridge, Carlisle.|
|St Wulstan & St Edmund, Fleetwood, Allen Millar Memorial Fund|For the poor & needy parishioners of the parish of St Wulstan & St Edmund's, Fleetwood, Lancs.|
|Our Lady of the Assumption & St Cuthbert, Wigton & Silloth|Grant received to help towards cost of external repairs to the church.|
|Christ the King, Workington, Stella Maris|To fund repairs works to the church of Our Lady and St Michael, Workington|
|Refugee support projects (various parishes)|To support Syrian refugefamilies.|
|St Thomas, Clayton, legacy|Maintenance and upkeep of the church.|
|St Mary & St James, Scorton, Legacy|Maintenance and upkeep of the church.|
|St Mary, Hornby, Lottery Community Grant|Maintenance of church grounds.|
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
|**13.2 PERMANENT ENDOWED FUNDS**
**CHARITY**- Lancaster Capital Common Investment Fund
**GROUP**- Lancaster Capital Common Investment Fund
Previous year
_Charity - Lancaster Capital Common Investment Fund_
_Group- Lancaster Capital Common Investment Fund_|Opening
balance
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Unrealised
gains on
investments
Closing
balance
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000|
|---|---|
||567
17
-
(17)
84
**651**|
||567
17
-
(17)
84
**651**|
|||
||644
16
-
(16)
(77)
**567**|
||644
16
-
(16)
(77)
**567**|
The Lancaster Capital Common Investment Fund represents the endowment fund held by the Charity.
As a direct result of the further scheme of the Charity Commission dated 2 May 2000 (applied on this date but sealed 6 November 2000), as mentioned earlier in the Trustees’ Report – Investment Powers, the trustees have transferred a portion of general reserves and reclassified these as an endowment fund “Lancaster Capital Common Investment Fund”.
|**13.3 PARISH GENERAL FUNDS**(including designated funds)
**CHARITY**
**GROUP**
_Previous year 5 April 2023_
_Charity_
_Group_|Opening
balance
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Unrealised
gains/losses
on
investments
Closing
balance
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000|
|---|---|
||62,748
6,681
(6,611)
(684)
2,858
**64,992**|
||62,898
7,061
(6,990)
(684)
2,857
**65,142**|
||65,230
6,803
(6,004)
(687)
(2,594)
**62,748**|
||65,399
7,040
(6,260)
(688)
(2,593)
**62,898**|
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
|**13.4 DIOCESAN GENERAL FUNDS**(including designated funds)
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**CHARITY**
**GROUP**
_Previous year 5 April 2023_
_Charity_
_Group_|Opening
balance
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Unrealised
gains on
investments
Closing
balance
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000|
|---|---|
||630
2,600
(1,945)
953
6
**2,244**|
||2,899
2,682
(1,989)
953
245
**4,790**|
||699
1,155
(1,869)
650
(5)
**630**|
||3,205
1,232
(1,910)
651
(279)
**2,899**|
|**13.5 DESIGNATED FUND**(included in general funds)
**CHARITY: Diocesan central agencies**
Evangelisation
Newbridge House
Vocations
Special collections
**Parishes none**
**CHARITY total**
**GROUP total**|Opening
balance
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Unrealised
gains on
investments
Closing
balance
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
232
7
(42)
(3)
-
**194**
96
-
-
-
-
**96**
21
-
-
-
-
**21**
49
-
-
-
-
**49**|
|---|---|
||398
7
(42)
(3)
-
**360**|
||-
-
-
-|
||398
7
(42)
-
-
**360**|
|||
||398
7
(42)
-
-
**360**|
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
_Previous year 5 April 2023_
## _**Charity: Diocesan central agencies**_
_Evangelisation Newbridge House Vocations Special collections_ _**Parishes none Charity total 2023 Group total 2023**_
||_£000_|_£000_|_£000_|_£000_|
_£000_|_£000_|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||292|8|(68)|-|-|**232**|
||96|-|-|-|-|**96**|
||21|-|-|-|-|**21**|
||49|-|-|-|-|**49**|
||458|8|(68)|-|-|**398**|
||-|-|-|-|-||
||458|8|(68)|-|-|**398**|
||||||||
||458|8|(68)|-|-|**398**|
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **14 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS**
## **14.1 GROUP**
|Fixed assets
Investments
Stock
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than
one year
Internal balances:
Loans
Diocesan bonds
**NET ASSETS**|**PARISHES GROUP BALANCES**
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Endowment
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
30,898
-
-
30,898
21,803
-
651
22,454
11
-
-
11
626
-
-
626
8,937
381
9,318
(752)
-
-
(752)
(47)
-
-
(47)
(1,867)
-
-
(1,867)
5,533
-
-
5,533||**CENTRAL DIOCESAN AGENCIES**
**GROUP BALANCES**
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
£000
£000
£000
4,872
1,121
5,993
1,935
10,183
12,118
6
-
6
73
-
73
3,361
2,026
5,387
(982)
(367)
(1,349)
- -
-
1,867
-
1,867
(6,342)
809
(5,533)||**2024**||2023
re-stated
£000
36,630
30,626
17
689
13,529
(1,993)
(61)
-
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||
||||||£000|||
||||||**36,891**|||
||||||**34,572**|||
||||||**17**|||
||||||**699**|||
||||||**14,705**|||
||||||**(2,101)**|||
||||||**(47)**|||
|||||||||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
|||||||||
||**65,142**
**381**
**651**
**66,174**||**4,790**
**13,772**
**18,562**||**84,736**||79,437|
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **14 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS**
## **14.2 CHARITY**
|Fixed Assets
Investments
Stock
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one
year
Internal balances:
Loans
Diocesan bonds
**NET ASSETS**|**PARISHES**
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Endowment
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
30,652
-
-
30,652
21,803
-
651
22,454
-
-
-
-
632
-
-
632
8,913
381
9,294
(674)
-
-
(674)
-
-
-
-
(1,867)
-
-
(1,867)
5,533
-
-
5,533||**CENTRAL DIOCESAN AGENCIES**
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
£000
£000
£000
4,873
1,121
5,994
47
10,183
10,230
6
-
6
73
-
73
3,350
2,026
5,376
(1,630)
(367)
(1,997)
-
-
-
1,867
-
1,867
(6,342)
809
(5,533)||**2024**||**2023**
£000
36,381
28,627
5
713
13,485
(2,193)
-
-
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||
||||||£000|||
||||||**36,646**|||
||||||**32,684**|||
||||||**6**|||
||||||**705**|||
||||||**14,670**|||
||||||**(2,671)**|||
||||||**-**|||
|||||||||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
|||||||||
||**64,992**
**381**
**651**
**66,024**||**2,244**
**13,772**
**16,016**||**82,040**||77,018|
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## **LANCASTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **15 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES**
In the opinion of the trustees there were no contingent liabilities in existence, other than in the normal course of the activities of the charity, as at 5th April 2024 or at 5th April 2023.
## **16 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS**
Due to the nature of the charity's operations and the composition of the trustee body, it is inevitable that transactions may take place with organisations in which a member of the trustees may have an interest. Such transactions involving organisations in which a member of the trustee body may have an interest are conducted at arm's length.
Following his appointment as Bishop of Lancaster in April 2018, Right Reverend P Swarbrick holds positions on non-diocesan bodies, including Ushaw College.
The diocese is a shareholder in Inter-Diocesan Fuel Management Limited (IFM), a company set up in conjunction with other dioceses in order to obtain competitively priced energy for diocesan properties. Most fuel payments are made through the IFM bulk buying scheme.
At 5th April 2024 an amount of £55,473 (2023: £55,473) was owing to the diocese from IFM in respect of overpaid contributions, disclosed under other debtors and an amount of £533,050 (2023: £189,144) was owed to IFM from individual parishes and other bodies in respect of energy costs, disclosed under other creditors.
The Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust (BEBCMAT). the Mater Christi Multi Academy Trust (Mater Christi) and the Mater Ecclesiae Multi Academy Trust (Mater Ecclesiae) are each considered as related parties as both the Roman Catholic Bishop of Lancaster and the Lancaster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trustees Registered are members of BEBCMAT and Mater Christi.
During the year the Diocesan Education Service received the following amounts from the:
|BEBCMAT
Inspection fees
Training & conference fees
Academy support services
Academy Conversion charge
Mater Christi
Inspection fees
Training & conference fees
Academy support services
Academy Conversion charge
Mater Ecclesiae
Inspection fees
Training & conference fees
Academy support services
Academy Conversion charge|2024
£
3,200
3,250
38,640
4,000
4,900
8,195
46,335
-
2,800
2,680
24,995
16,000|2023
£
-
1,525
25,661
10,000
1,000
3,290
32,340
10,000
-
490
7,392
-|
|---|---|---|
## **17 HERITAGE ASSETS**
The diocese, via its parishes, holds work of art, historic treasures, plate and similar items which are not capitalised in these accounts. In the opinion of the trustees these are considered to be historical assets which are integral to the charity's overall objectives of advancing the Roman Catholic religion and do not fall under the definition of heritage assets.
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