Common questions about The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited a good charity? +
The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited scores 86 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 98% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) 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 The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited as a registered charity (charity number 244976). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=244976&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited's charity number? +
The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited's charity number is 244976. 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 The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited's charity rating? +
The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited scores 86 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) 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 The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 98% of The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited'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 The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 2% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 4% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited. The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 4 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £80,001–£90,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited receive? +
The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited reported £14m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-06). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited based? +
The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited's registered contact address is in York (YO30 4XT). It tells the regulator it operates in North Yorkshire, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-tees, Kingston Upon Hull City, with a focus on religion.
How much is The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 4 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £80,001–£90,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited's money come from? +
The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited reported £14m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were donations and legacies £10m (72%), charitable activities £1.8m (13%), investments £1.6m (11%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited? +
The register records The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited's trustees paid? +
The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits. Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited registered as a charity? +
The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited was entered on the register on 8 October 1965. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 00225234).
How does CharityCompare score The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited'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 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and The York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited'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.