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RC Diocese Of Galloway

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC010576
Status
Active
Registered
Jan. 21, 1942
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
Diocese Of Galloway
8 Corsehill Road
Ayr
KA7 2ST

Contact

Activities

'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations','It carries out activities or services itself'

'the prevention or relief of poverty','the advancement of education','the advancement of religion','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage'

Together with Bishop Dougan, the clergy of the diocese animate and lead pastoral initiatives in the different parishes seeking to fulfil the aims and objectives which are integral to the diocese: namely, the promotion of the advancement of the Catholic religion. the relief of poverty and the support for the most vulnerable. the advancement of education. and the care of the sick. A wide variety of initiatives involve many individuals and groups in looking at the issues which each specific area raises. The Diocese serves the needs of the Catholic Community, as well as the needs of those of other Christian denominations, of other faiths, and of those who have no faith experience of faith profession at all.

Beneficiaries: 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

Objectives: That the general funds of the Diocese have arisen from various sources, including donations, bequest and collections, some expressed to be for such charitable and religious objects in connection with the Diocese as the Bishop might think proper and others merely expressed as for the benefit or purposes of the Diocese: but that all have been and are held for charitable, religious or educational purposes within the Diocese.

Geography

Main operating location
South Ayrshire
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
Dec. 31, 2024 £2,659,858 £3,614,588 6
Dec. 31, 2023 £2,715,528 £2,869,004 6
Dec. 31, 2022 £2,393,380 £2,360,705 6
Dec. 31, 2021 £2,458,873 £2,181,399 5
Dec. 31, 2020 £1,932,360 £2,188,992 5