CLIFTON DIOCESE
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-16 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-02
Watchouts
Cash
£19M
+6.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£54M
+3.7% vs 2023
Employees
144
-3.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,659,000 | £2,770,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£1,329,000 | £1,960,000 | |
| Cash | £17,596,000 | £18,759,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £52,464,000 | £54,424,000 | |
| Net assets | £52,442,000 | £54,402,000 | |
| Equity | £52,442,000 | £54,402,000 | |
| Average employees | 149 | 144 | |
| Wages | £2,113,000 | £2,323,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -50.0% | 70.8% | |
| Current ratio | 6.85x | 9.97x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- CLIFTON DIOCESE · parent
- Clifton Catholic Diocesan Trustees Registered
- Edith Mary Young Memorial Fund
- Elizabeth Lady Herbert Foundation
- Heaven's Roman Catholic Orphanage for Girls
- Lady Arundell of Wardour Bequest for Training of Students for the Roman Catholic Priesthood
- St Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church, Nailsea
- Clifton Diocesan Common Investment Fund
- The Diocese of Clifton Education Trust
Significant events
- “The Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Bosco MacDonald as the tenth Bishop of Clifton on 8 May 2024 was a key event of the Diocese.”
- “The annual Diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes was held in August and thirty-five pilgrims, included Diocesan clergy and parishioners from various parishes throughout the Diocese, joined pilgrims from the Dioceses of East Anglia, Northampton and Southwark.”
- “Over 200 parishioners from throughout the Diocese attended the annual Diocesan Day at St Bernadette's Secondary School in Bristol on 7 July 2024.”
- “Following the proclamation by Pope Francis of the 2025 Jubilee Year, Bishop Bosco MacDonald offered Mass on 29th December 2024 at the Cathedral Church of SS Peter and Paul as the solemn opening of the Jubilee Year for parishioners of the Diocese.”
- “On 18 November 2024 the company's auditor changed its name from haysmacintyre LLP to HaysMac LLP.”
- “Following an investment management review and a full tender process in November 2024, Cazenove Capital have been appointed as the new Investment Managers for the Diocese, with the transfer of funds being undertaken during 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASHBY, Richard Charles Stannard | Director | 2021-05-10 | Aug 1953 | British |
| BOUGHTON, Stephen John | Director | 2022-08-31 | Sep 1967 | British |
| CUNNINGHAM, John, Rev | Director | 2016-11-03 | Mar 1956 | British |
| DWYER, Richard, Rev | Director | 2016-11-03 | Apr 1953 | British |
| GRAVES, Patrick Michael | Director | 2022-08-31 | Nov 1960 | British |
| MACDONALD, John Bosco, Right Reverend | Director | 2024-05-08 | Jul 1963 | British |
| MCDONALD, Marie-Louise | Director | 2023-12-12 | Jun 1961 | British |
| MILLS, David Robert, Rev | Director | 2016-11-03 | Nov 1961 | British |
| MORRELL, Nicholas | Director | 2025-04-08 | May 1987 | British |
| SHIPSEY, John Francis | Director | 2024-02-02 | Aug 1964 | British,Irish |
| SLATTERY, William Gerard, Rev | Director | 2016-11-03 | Oct 1962 | Irish |
| WYKES, Ann-Marie | Director | 2023-12-12 | Jan 1967 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COYLE, Timothy, Dr | Director | 2016-11-03 | 2023-08-30 |
| FITZJOHN, Ruth Joyce | Director | 2016-11-03 | 2022-02-28 |
| HIPKISS, Catherine Patricia | Director | 2016-11-03 | 2022-02-28 |
| LANG, Declan Ronan, Rev | Director | 2016-11-03 | 2024-05-08 |
| MARSH, Sara Mary | Director | 2024-02-07 | 2025-10-06 |
| MASON, Colin Donald, Rev | Director | 2022-11-28 | 2025-05-07 |
| MASSEY, James Bernard, Rev | Director | 2016-11-03 | 2022-08-31 |
| MCNULTY, Stephen John | Director | 2016-11-03 | 2022-12-08 |
| MORDI, Jennifer | Director | 2022-08-31 | 2022-11-17 |
| MORGAN, Michelle Sarah | Director | 2017-05-17 | 2021-10-25 |
| SETTER, Michael Peter | Director | 2016-11-03 | 2022-07-18 |
| THOMPSON, Michael Harvey, Dr | Director | 2017-05-17 | 2024-09-24 |
| WHITE, Paul Joseph, Revd | Director | 2016-11-03 | 2022-07-18 |
| WOOD, Simon | Director | 2023-01-30 | 2023-08-15 |
| YOUNG, Margaret Patricia | Director | 2016-11-03 | 2022-07-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Right Reverend John Bosco Macdonald | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-05-08 | Active |
| Declan Ronan Lang | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-11-03 | Ceased 2024-05-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 70 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-04 | RP04PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+4.2%
£2,659,000 £2,770,000
-
Cash
+6.6%
£17,596,000 £18,759,000
-
Net assets
+3.7%
£52,442,000 £54,402,000
-
Employees
-3.4%
149 144
-
Wages
+9.9%
£2,113,000 £2,323,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers