--- title: "Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan… rating | CharityCompare" description: "Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance scores 88/100 (Good). Latest accounts 2024: income £13m · 95% on charitable activities. Reg 249359." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/southwell-and-nottingham-diocesan-board-of-finance retrieved: 2026-08-18T02:52:49.262Z license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Quick answer ## Is Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance a good charity? Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance scores 88/100 (4 stars, Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2024 (£13m total income, 95% of spending on charitable activities). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown. Nottingham · NG25 0JH | Reg [249359](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/southwell-and-nottingham-diocesan-board-of-finance) | Registered charity | [Official website](https://www.southwell.anglican.org/) | [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/249359) Donate ## How can you give to SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE? You leave CharityCompare to complete a donation on the official SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE form. We do not process payments or take commission. Opens their official online donation form. [Donate](https://www.southwell.anglican.org/?utm_source=charitycompare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=donate&utm_content=249359) ## What does Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance do? Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance is a registered charity (no. 249359) working in religion in Nottingham · NG25 0JH. Its latest Charity Commission filing directs 95% of spending to charitable activities, holding roughly 5 months of reserves, and files its annual accounts on time. Reported income has been broadly stable over recent years. CharityCompare's Clarity Score rates the organisation only from public Charity Commission accounts — accountability, financial health, efficiency and community support — not the quality or impact of its programmes. Summarised from public filings — Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance hasn't added its own description yet. [Work here? Add it free →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=southwell-and-nottingham-diocesan-board-of-finance) **In short:** SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE scores 88 out of 100 (4 stars). 95% average program spend (3-year average). Filings are up to date with no major concerns. ## What is Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance? Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance has a Clarity Score of 88 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars, Good). Charity Commission registration number 249359. Status: Registered. Primary cause area: Religion. Latest accounts year 2024: total income £13m, with 95% of expenditure on charitable activities. Accounts filing: up to date. Reserves: approximately 5 months of operating costs. No major red flags from our filing review. Scores are independent and based on official filings — not a donation recommendation. Data from [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), last updated 17 July 2026. Overall score 88/100 4★ · Good Cause spend 95% 3-yr avg · charitable activities Accountability 100/100 Finance beacon Income £13m Latest year 2024 Reserves 5 mo Months of running costs Accounts filing On time Charity Commission £25.8 raised per £1 fundraising (3-yr avg) · 4% overhead · Website on register · Confidence: high ## How does SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE compare? Clarity Score percentile against similar UK charities — the share of peers SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE scores higher than. Income band (£10m+)87thpercentile **Scores higher than 87% of 943 charities in its income band** · 88/100 vs 77 peer average (marker). Religion charities77thpercentile **Scores higher than 77% of 519 charities in this cause** · 88/100 vs 78 peer average (marker). ## How reliable is Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance's data? Source Charity Commission (England & Wales) Accounts year 2024 Filing date 24 June 2026 Profile reviewed 17 July 2026 High confidence — complete filing data Scores reflect the latest annual accounts on the register. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: [Charity Commission for England and Wales](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), [Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator](https://www.oscr.org.uk/) and [Charity Commission for Northern Ireland](https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/). [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). ## What is Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance's Beacon report? Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report. ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 100/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Filing history (5 years) 100% on-time over five years = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more = 0 pts. | 100% | 15/15 pts | | Trustee oversight Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three). | 100% | 23 trustees · 15/15 pts | | Declared policies Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return. | 100% | 10/10 pts | ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 90/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Reserves (months of cash) 3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years (hoarding) = 0 pts. | 100% | 5 months · 15/15 pts | | Income stability / growth +20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between. | 70% | 7/10 pts · 3-year average | | Liabilities to assets 0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt. | 100% | 2% · 5/5 pts | ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 100/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Program expense ratio 90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below. | 100% | 95% · 10/10 pts (3-year average) | | Fundraising efficiency ≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income). | 100% | 4p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average) | ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 10/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Volunteer-to-staff ratio Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between. | 10% | 15 volunteers / 62 staff · 1/10 pts | [How we calculate beacon scores →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What is Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance's Clarity Score? 88/100 total · Good · 4 of 5 stars Four pillars (40 + 30 + 20 + 10 points) from Charity Commission filings — see methodology for full weightings. 100/100 Accountability & Transparency 90/100 Financial Health 100/100 Financial Efficiency 10/100 Community Support ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 100/100 Filing history (5 years)15/15 pts Trustee oversight23 trustees · 15/15 pts Declared policies10/10 pts ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 90/100 Reserves (months of cash)5 months · 15/15 pts Income stability / growth7/10 pts · 3-year average Liabilities to assets2% · 5/5 pts ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 100/100 Program expense ratio95% · 10/10 pts (3-year average) Fundraising efficiency4p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average) ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 10/100 Volunteer-to-staff ratio15 volunteers / 62 staff · 1/10 pts ## How much does Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance raise and spend? Latest filed year 2024 · Source: Charity Commission filings | Category | Amount | % of spend | | --- | --- | --- | | Total income | £13m | — | | Total expenditure | £12m | — | | Charitable activities | £11m | 96% | | Fundraising | £421k | 4% | 96%On charitable activities ## Where does the money go? Latest accounts (2024) · £12m spent - Charitable activities96% · £11m - Fundraising4% · £421k ## What trust indicators does Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance have? Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported. - ✓ Accounts filed on time up to date · last filing 24 June 2026 - — Trustee board size (3–12) 23 trustees on the Charity Commission register - ✓ Workforce on register 62 employees · 15 volunteers (0:1 volunteer-to-staff) Fundraising Regulator Status not yet checked Separate from our financial scores — shows whether the charity follows the Code of Fundraising Practice. [Check Fundraising Regulator →](https://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk/members/) Official register Reg 249359 Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission. [View on Charity Commission →](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/249359) ### Trustees & officers - Michael Wilson since 2015 - Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham since 2015 - FREDERICK GEORGE BRAND BA, MBA since 2017 - Rev Samantha Hustwayte since 2018 - Jane Briony Robins since 2018 - Susan Waterston since 2016 - Venerable PHILIP ANDREW Williams since 2019 - Rev Victoria Ramsey since 2021 - Rt Revd Andrew Emerton since 2020 - Revd Canon Mark Tanner since 2021 - Rev Zoe Burton since 2021 - Robert Cleave since 2021 100 How we score charities +The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically. [Full methodology →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) Accountability & Transparency Scored from filings 40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10). Financial Health Scored from filings 30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises). Financial Efficiency Scored from filings 20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below). Community Support Scored from filings 10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio. Overall score Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated. ## How have Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance's finances changed over five years? - Income - Spending - Cause spend Values in £ thousands · Cause spend plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission accounts ## What are the key facts about Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance? Overall score 88/100 (4★) Income £13m Cause spend 95% of expenditure Reg number 249359 Scope Local (nottingham) Reserves 5 months Trustees 23 Accounts year 2024 Filing up to date ## How does SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE compare, and where else can you look? [Compare SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE with others](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/compare-charities?ids=southwell-and-nottingham-diocesan-board-of-finance) [More religion charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/religion) [How we score charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ### Where SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE sits The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby. - [religion charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/religion) - [Charities in Nottingham](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/cities/nottingham) ### Similar religion charities Top-rated peers by CharityCompare score - [BIRMINGHAM DIOCESAN TRUST](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/birmingham-diocesan-trust) 100/100 · £24m - [ARCHDIOCESE OF CARDIFF-MENEVIA](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/archdiocese-of-cardiff-menevia) 100/100 · £6.0m - [FRIENDS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/friends-international-ministries) 100/100 · £2.9m - [THE ENGLISH SANGHA TRUST LIMITED](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-english-sangha-trust-limited) 100/100 · £2.2m ## How can you share Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance's rating? 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Around 95% of its spending goes to charitable activities and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate. Is Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance a legitimate charity? + Yes — Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance is a legitimate registered charity (charity number 249359). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/249359. Registration proves status; Clarity Score then summarises filing transparency on paper, not programme impact. What is Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance's charity number? + Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance's charity number is 249359. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals. What is Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance's charity rating? + Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance scores 88 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score V1 sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking. Does Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance have reviews and complaints? + CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts. For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate. How much of my donation reaches Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance? + According to its 2024 regulator filing, 95% of Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift. What are Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance's overheads? + According to its 2024 regulator filing, fundraising costs were about 4% of total expenditure and combined overheads (fundraising plus governance) were about 4% of total expenditure at Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance's chief executive is paid — where disclosure rules apply, senior pay appears in the trustees' annual report on the Charity Commission register. How much income does Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance receive? + Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance reported £13m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable. Are Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance's accounts up to date? + Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-06-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score. Where is Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance based? + Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance is listed at Nottingham · NG25 0JH, focused on religion. How does CharityCompare score Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance? + We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought. How often is this page updated? + This profile was last updated on 17 July 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance's most recent accounts cover 2024. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.