INTRODUCTION
from His Grace, Archbishop Bernard Longley, Chair of Trustees
As 2024 slips away and we embrace 2025, we must draw our focus towards acting as One Archdiocese, Our Archdiocese.
To ensure a positive future for many generations to come, the Archdiocese needs to be united; with all parishes, schools and communities working together as one faith family.
We must be guided by the four themes of the Diocesan Vision in all that we do: Evangelisation, Formation, Liturgy and Worship, Charity and Social Outreach (with co-responsibility, young people and families, and the environment a focus in every area).
Working together, co-responsibly, we can secure our parishes for the future.
As we move forward, we will need to be careful stewards of our assets and where there are difficulties we should seek the support of those close by, ideally within our deanery.
Pope Francis has called for a review of Curia finances, with wealthy entities supporting the less well off. That should be a model for us and his words are apt for us. He called for all to respond to the message with: “courage, a spirit of service, and to support the ongoing reforms with conviction, loyalty and generosity”.
In every one of our 11 deaneries we have both wealthier parishes and poorer parishes. If these parishes can work together and generously but responsibly share what they have, all parishes will be in a better position to survive and thrive.
This is about sharing our best practices too. More and more of our parishes are working together in clusters/ pastoral groups within their deanery and sharing the skills and knowledge of clergy and laity.
Improved working together at parish and deanery level results in decisions being made at the right level. Parishes can feel empowered to make positive changes now which will benefit generations to come.
If you haven’t already, I invite you to put your charisms (gifts) to use in your parish – they could benefit two or three other parishes at the same time. You can see in this report what an impact volunteering has on our Mission. Thank you to all who play a part in the work of the Archdiocese.
As much as we reflect on the past, and worry over the present, let us look forward to the future. Let us make it a fulfilling one.
Our Vision is our inspiration, let us embrace it:
We are called to be a Catholic diocese which is faithful to the mission entrusted to us by Jesus Christ full of missionary disciples who work together coresponsibly in vibrant communities of faith, joyful in their service of God and n eighbour.
What we are able to achieve year-on-year, and continue to achieve, is a testament to the commitment of clergy, staff, volunteers, trustees, governors and many others. Long may it continue.
Let us pray to Our Lady, St Chad, St John Henry Newman and Blessed Dominic Barberi to strengthen and inspire us in the years ahead.
With every blessing
We have a mandate given to us by Our Lord to spread the good news and serve and grow the faith for the coming decade and beyond.
Our Vision is to be a Catholic diocese which is faithful to the mission entrusted to us by Jesus Christ, full of missionary disciples who work together co-responsibly in vibrant communities of faith, joyful in their service of God and neighbour.
The Vision of the Archdiocese revolves around four main priorities:
Evangelisation
Encouraging others to know God’s love for them by inviting them to church, to pray and to encounter Christ – inviting them to parish groups where they can learn about Our Lord – helping to form missionary disciples and missionary parishes.
Formation
Nurturing future Catholic leaders in our churches and schools by providing both spiritual and pastoral formation and support –
OUR VISION
helping us to play an active role in the parish community – helping us to understand more about our faith so as to deepen our personal relationship with God.
Liturgy and Worship
Invigorating and deepening our worship and sacramental celebrations so that we share in and reflect the divine life of the Trinityencouraging others to join us in praying to our Heavenly Father.
Charity and Social Outreach (caritas)
Building up the common good through our charitable outreach – offering our time, our resources and our love to those who need them most – inviting others to join us in our charitable work.
These priorities also have three key areas of focus:
Co-Responsibility
Co-responsibility calls for new modes of participation in diocesan decision-forming
and decision-making which support those with responsibility for decision-taking. Priests, deacons, Religious and the lay faithful will be supported to work together, so that we can share responsibility for the mission of the Church and deepen our relationship with God.
Young People and Families
Young people and families are at the centre of our diocesan planning. Working with and through our wonderful Catholic schools, we will listen to them and actively encourage and support them to use their talents in the life of the Church and thus build even stronger relationships between our schools and parishes.
Care for Creation
Adhering to the goals of Laudato Si’ we are reviewing and reducing carbon emissions across the Archdiocese, supporting people to respond to the climate crisis and to celebrate and protect our common home.
ARCHDIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM FINANCIAL STATEMENT 2023
The Archdiocese of Birmingham’s Financial Statement for the year ending 31 December 2023 is now available on the Charity Commission website and the Archdiocese of Birmingham website: www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk
The name of the charity is Birmingham Diocesan Trust, registration number 234216. The charity, in its day-to-day dealings, is also known as the Archdiocese of Birmingham. This financial summary is intended to provide clarity as to where our income comes from and how it is spent in support of our vision. Our aim is to increase transparency regarding the financial situation of parishes and the Archdiocese.
CONTENTS
Archdiocese of Birmingham Map page 4
Stories from 2023 pages 5-8
Archdiocese of Birmingham in Numbers page 9
Financial Summary: page 10
Summary of Income and Expenditure page 10
Summary of Assets by Parish and Diocese page 11
Where our money comes from page 12
How the money is spent page 13
The Parish Levy page 14
Curial Income and Expenditure page 15
THE ARCHDIOCESE IN NUMBERS - 2023
The Archdiocese of Birmingham serves the Catholic population through a network of 217 parishes and some 239 maintained schools in addition to a number of chaplaincies in hospitals, prisons, universities and other chaplaincies catering for specific communities and groups.
Geographically it is the largest Archdiocese in England and Wales, covering seven cities within five counties, from Staffordshire in the north down to Oxfordshire in the south.
Archbishop Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham, oversees the Archdiocese of Birmingham.
Our three Auxiliary Bishops oversee the Areas of our Archdiocese, which are split into deaneries.
Bishop Timothy Menezes
North Staffordshire Deanery
Stafford Deanery
Lichfield and Walsall Deanery
Dudley and Wolverhampton Deanery
Bishop David Evans
Birmingham Cathedral and South Deanery
Birmingham East and North Deanery
Kidderminster and Worcester Deanery
Bishop Richard Walker
Coventry and Nuneaton Deanery
Banbury and Warwick Deanery
Oxford North Deanery
Oxford South Deanery
Leadership boost for Safeguarding and Education
Claire Reay joined the Archdiocese as the new permanent Head of Safeguarding in February 2023.
Claire is a qualified Social Worker, working in Adult Social Care for over 28 years. Throughout her career she has managed and investigated complex safeguarding work, working closely with the police and other agencies to protect the most vulnerable adults in our communities.
She is now leading a professional, multi-disciplinary Safeguarding Team which remains committed to providing a safe environment for all Church activity.
Joyful Clergy appointments
In June 2023 we witnessed the installation of three new Canons, appointed to the Metropolitan Chapter of Canons.
St Chad’s Cathedral held the Capitular Mass of the Venerable Metropolitan Chapter and the Rite of Installation to a Canonry of Very Reverend Canon Michael Dolman, Very Reverend Canon Brian McGinley and Very Reverend Canon Paul McNally.
The Chapter of Canons form the governing body of the Cathedral, caring for it and for its liturgical life. It is also the College of Consultors who advise the Archbishop about the life and mission of the Archdiocese.
In July David Bench was ordained to the Sacred Diaconate at Palazzola, Rome, where he had been studying. He was subsequently ordained to the Sacred Priesthood in July 2024 at St Chad’s Cathedral.
July 2023 also saw the ordination to the Permanent Diaconate of Philip Bracken. He was ordained in front of his ‘home crowd’ at Our Lady of the Angels, Nuneaton.
We ask all to pray for an increase in vocations for the Archdiocese.
In the Autumn of 2023 Steve Bell was appointed the new Director of Education for the Archdiocese.
Steve started the role in a part-time secondment capacity (from his role as Chief Executive Officer of Painsley Catholic Academy) but is now full-time.
He is working to promote, communicate and implement the Archbishop’s Vision for Catholic education in the Archdiocese, including the implementation of the academy strategy with all schools in a small number of large multi academy trusts.
Championing Care of Creation in Coventry
Pupils at Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, and their friends across the Romero Catholic Academy, spent 2023 doing amazing environmental work.
In April more than 100 primary school pupils from across the Academy gathered together to plant over 300 trees in the ‘Wiseman Wood’, located behind Cardinal Wiseman’s playing fields.
The multispecies forest was planted with saplings of birch, coppice, apple and cherry trees, as well as holly, hawthorn and wildflower meadows to encourage birds and insects to pass through the school’s grounds.
Pupils also had the opportunity to make their own bird feeders from recycled items, while learning about the ecology of plant-life and nature within the school.
Six months later in October Cardinal Wiseman received international recognition for its commitment to raising awareness of climate change and the environment by earning an Eco-Schools Green Flag Award.
The school was presented with the Green Flag Award with Distinction, which is awarded to organisations who go beyond the core EcoSchools criteria, after launching a series of eco-awareness projects.
New era for Catholic Education in Kidsgrove, Staffordshire
It was a most joyous occasion in September 2023, as Archbishop Bernard celebrated a Thanksgiving Mass at St John the Evangelist Catholic Academy.
For the first time ever all pupils are now together on one site – that being their new school building on Gloucester Road.
The new multi-million pound building is a far cry from the school’s previous two sites - having operated on The Avenue and Gloucester Road with key stage one children at one location and key stage two children at the other.
Part of The Newman Catholic Collegiate (NCC), the new building was funded by the Department for Education. The Collegiate also funded £150,000 worth of improvements to the key stage two site.
With much more space and views overlooking Mow Cop Castle and Jodrell Bank the school has now entered a new era in its history.
As 2023 started to draw to a close our attention turned to the Year of Prayer, which was launched in Advent.
The Year of Prayer 2024 preceded the Jubilee Year 2025 and focused particularly on the Our Father. To support people on their Year of Prayer journey Fr Rob Taylerson, diocesan priest and Spiritual Director at St Mary’s College, Oscott, produced a new guide - Pope Francis’ Catechesis on Prayer, arranged for each liturgical week – which could be used straight away.
In 2020 and 2021 the Holy Father gave 38 catechetical talks on prayer during papal audiences, which made up the content of the reflections in Fr Taylerson’s guide. As far as possible he arranged the 38 talks to match the Sunday readings for the liturgical year.
Several more initiatives followed as the Year of Prayer got underway, for use in our homes, parishes and schools.
Ready to raise the roof as first Choral Director appointments are made
The Diocesan Schools Singing Programme was launched in September 2023, with the appointment of two new Choral Directors. Victor Wong and Theodora Sharp started work at the beginning of the new academic year (2023/24).
The Programme is an integral part of the Diocesan Vision, helping young people to develop a deeper and lasting relationship with their Christian faith. Victor is working mainly with the 13 schools in Our Lady and All Saints Multi Academy Company (MAC) centered around Solihull, and Theodora is working mainly in the 12 schools in the Holy Cross and Holy Spirit MACs in Coventry and Nuneaton.
Through the Programme we aim to bring our young people and those who hear them closer to Jesus Christ and more fully into the life of the Church.
We hope to give them:
• Deeper engagement with the lived experience of our faith and liturgy.
• A shared sense of faith, belonging, individual well-being, positive mental health and social interaction.
• A new opportunity for evangelisation and formation.
The Programme also allows the Archdiocese and its schools to:
• Champion the holistic education of the poor and disenfranchised.
• Support the national curriculum for music in our schools and music in our parish liturgies.
St Chad’s Cathedral hosts LOUDfence
In a visible show of support and solidarity with those who have been abused, the Archdiocese welcomed the LOUDfence initiative at St Chad’s Cathedral in May 2023.
All visitors were invited to tie a brightly coloured ribbon and leave a message of support on the railings.
LOUDfence is a survivor-led initiative and has gained international attention.
Archbishop Bernard Longley led the way in launching the LOUDfence. His message read: I offer this prayer-ribbon in heartfelt reparation for the suffering of all victim-survivors of abuse within the Archdiocese of Birmingham. I apologise on behalf of the Catholic Church for all that they have suffered. I humbly ask for their forgiveness and I thank them for all that they have taught us
The Archdiocese has a zero-tolerance approach to all abuse and is committed to keeping people safe from harm and abuse.
Safeguarding Audit undertaken
In November 2023 the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) carried out a Safeguarding Audit of the Archdiocese.
The CSSA have been carrying out baseline audits of all dioceses in line with recommendations presented in the final report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), published in 2022.
It was the turn of our Archdiocese in late autumn, and auditors spent time meeting staff and clergy and discussing all aspects of safeguarding across the organisation.
This was an opportunity for the Archdiocese to share the significant progress that has been made in safeguarding in recent years.
We all share the responsibility of keeping people safe from harm and abuse, and we remain committed to making a positive difference in the parishes and communities we serve.
In April 2024 the Archdiocese received an overall grading of ‘Firm Progress’ – which confirms progress is being made across the eight national safeguarding standards adopted by the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
Double celebration at Harvington Hall: Centenary and first History Festival
2023 was a big year for Harvington Hall, the Shrine to the English Martyrs in Worcestershire.
We celebrated the centenary of its rescue from ruin by Ellen Ferris, who gifted it to the Archdiocese in 1923.
Over 700 people attended the annual pilgrimage in September, to commemorate those holy men and holy women who laid down their lives rather than forsake their faith.
Through Harvington we remember the strength of the faith of those Catholics who were persecuted during the Reformation.
Just two months earlier the inaugural Harvington History Festival took place with a line-up of 17 historians, authors and broadcasters including Jessie Childs, Ruth Goodman and Tracy Borman as well as a concert celebrating the sacred works of Byrd.
This provided a unique opportunity to explore the narratives of Catholics during the English Reformation in the grounds of the Hall, which contains the greatest number of priest hides of any house in the country.
217 registered parishes in 11 deaneries Clergy
diocesan properties
£164k funding received for 14 parishes and 25 parishes given assistance with direct grant applications and local community fundraising.
0 PRIESTS ORDAINED
Schools
Property&maint
240 maintained Catholic schools in the Archdiocese
84,208 students
1,750 volunteer governors or directors
£6.1 million allocated for capital works in our schools, from the grant assisted capital programme:
52 different projects
236 schools operate under the charity’s trust deed.
Of which: 202 schools for children aged four-11. 34 schools for those aged 11-16/19. 151 Academy schools, operating under 16 Multi Academy Companies (MACs) NEARLY 100% of schoo ls registered for CAFOD’s LiveSimply award 49 Schools have achieved the award
Weekly average Mass attendance was approximately (2022: 37,000)
45,002
During the year there were:
4,372 baptisms and receptions (2022: 4,435)
1,579 marriages (2022: 578)
3,216 funerals (2022: 3,029)
Parish offertories and other collections (excluding tax returns) increased to: £7.5m (from £7m in 2022)
The average offertory giving amount per head (including children) decreased by £0.41p to £3.23 per week (2022: £3.64)
14 TRUSTEES
9,200 VOLUNTEERS
(2022: 7,700) contributed approximately 640,000 hours (2022: 643,000).
If valued at £11 per hour, this contribution amounts to some £7.03m (2022: £7.07m)*
*This figure is not included in the financial statements
Income and Expenditure
2023 saw a very welcome 20% increase in the number of people attending Sunday Mass across the Archdiocese. Of those it is estimated that over 9,000 played an active role in volunteering in our parishes and chaplaincies, with almost 2,000 directors and governors supporting our multi academy companies and schools. All greatly contributing towards our Diocesan Vision and taking an active part in one or more of the four themes: Evangelisation, Formation, Liturgy and Worship, Charity and Social Outreach.
Income increased by £3.57m or 18%. Of this, £2.68m was a result of ‘one off’ property sales.
The increase in expenditure of £2.90m includes £2.70m spent on property investments.
Other costs remained largely static leading to a total loss at operating level of £1.3m compared to just over £2m in 2022 and £4.5m in 2021.
Returns on investment were better in 2023, leading to an overall surplus of £705k for the year.
Income and Expenditure – Parish and Diocese (£’000)
Notes
*Diocese includes Curia, DES, Maryvale and other non-parish interests.
The Curia is largely dependent on the income it receives from parishes in order to fund the central services and charity regulatory costs required, and saw a decline in income (excluding investment income and property sales) of 7%. It sold £2m of diocesan property to fund these operations. Overall property expenditure (on parish and Diocesan assets) increased largely due to investment in those properties as mentioned above. Parish and diocese continue to work very hard to reduce and minimise expenditure in all areas.
The impact of inflation and falling Mass attendance on income
£10.5m
£9.5m £9m
£8.5m £8m
£7.5m
£7m
Notes
Offertory collections including gift aid receipts account for 32% of our total income
Between 2013 and 2023 offertory income has increased by 3%
Inflation over the same period has been 49%
Average giving over the same period has increased by 47% from £2.17 per week to £3.42 per week
However, a fall in Mass attendance of 30% has led to a real terms decrease in offertory collections of £3.55m in 2023. For long term sustainability we have to increase our regular income.
IMPACT OF INFLATION = 49% = £3.55m in real terms
Summary of Assets by Parish and Diocese (£’000)
(excluding functional property)
• DIOCESE • PARISH
Notes
The Archdiocese has £120.4m of assets, made up of functional properties, investments and cash deposits.
Of these, 87% relate to the parishes and 13% to the diocese.
Functional properties such as our churches, parish halls and presbyteries represent £50.63m or 42% of the total asset value.
Investment units represent investments made into the stock and bond markets to provide annual income and long-term growth. Investment properties are buildings let or rented to generate annual income and long-term growth.
Cash balances are what we rely on to support our day-to-day operations, with parishes having a total of £13.9m and the diocese currently having a negative balance of £10,4m.
As a result the diocese is having to sell assets to support day-to-day operations, which is not sustainable in the medium term.
Distribution of Assets by Parishes (£’000)
(excluding functional property)
As with most organisations assets are not evenly distributed, with some parishes having a healthy mix of investments and cash and others being less fortunate.
Taken all together, parishes have a positive cash balance as well as investment units. As we move forward and bring the diocesan vision to life, collaboration between parishes will increase and the more formal formation of pastoral areas (parish clusters) will better enable parishes to help and support each other in many ways.
WHERE OUR MONEY COMES FROM Income
and Expenditure – Archdiocese
2023 2022
• DONATIONS & LEGACIES (Offertories, donations, legacies, Gift Aid etc.)
• INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES (Votive candles, repository and fees etc.)
• INCOME FROM OTHER ACTIVITIES (Bazaars, raffles etc.)
• INVESTMENT INCOME Including interest.
• PROFIT ON SALE OF TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
• OTHER INCOME
Totals
2023
2022
£23.71m
£20.14m
Notes
The rise in income is primarily the result of profit on the sale of property.
HOW OUR MONEY IS SPENT
Expenditure
2023
2022
EXPENDITURE ON RAISING FUNDS:
• FUNDRAISING OPERATIONS
• INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COSTS
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES:
• LITURGICAL
• CURIAL, PARISH & CHAPLAINCIES* ETC. General and administrative costs.
• CLERGY COSTS (active and retired clergy)
• PROPERTY (Inc. depreciation costs and net losses on disposals of tangible assets & investments).
• VOTIVE CANDLES, NEWSPAPERS & REPOSITORIES COSTS
• SCHOOLS CAPITAL PROJECTS
• LEGAL & PROFESSIONAL FEES
Totals
2023
2022
£25.05m
£22.15m
*Chaplaincy etc. general costs include Diocesan activities relating to university, hospital and other chaplaincies catering for specific communities and groups within the Archdiocese.
THE PARISH LEVY
His Grace reminded us in his introduction that we belong to one archdiocesan family; parish, schools and diocese working co-responsibly to fulfil our vision. The curia is the central administrative office for the Archdiocese and includes the Diocesan Education Service and Maryvale Institute.
The purpose of the curia is to serve and support parishes and schools fulfil the Church’s mission.
Each parish and school pay a levy
How is the levy spent?
The diocesan curia is responsible for the administration of the Archdiocese in accordance with civil, charity and canon law.
It is held to account by trustees via sub committees for Safeguarding; Governance, Risk, Health & Safety and Compliance; Property; Education; Remuneration and Communications; Investment and Care for Creation. A number of other diocesan committees, for example the Care of Clergy and Justice and Peace Commission, report directly to the Archbishop with financial oversight from the Finance and Property sub committees as required.
The Archdiocese is geographically large with over 1000 properties, 217 parishes, 11 deaneries and 237 schools under the charities trust deed. This mix is complex and challenging but also a wonderful opportunity for evangelisation and social outreach. The curia also includes the Diocesan Education Service, Matrimonial Tribunal Office, Gift Aid, Communications, HR, IT and Archives. Other offices include those of the Archbishop and Vicar General, Chaplaincies (University, Hospital, Prison and Ethnic) and Office for Ongoing Formation and Vocations.
We work closely with many related charities and two in particular: Kenelm Youth Trust, which provides services to schools and parishes across the Archdiocese and Father Hudson’s Caritas, the social care agency of the Archdiocese, with a prime purpose of helping others.
CLERGY AND CLERICAL COSTS
The Archdiocese provides allowances and buys or rents properties for active clergy
not currently deployed in a parish as well as retired and sick clergy. It also makes payments to care homes for clergy requiring additional support in later years.
The Clergy Training fund includes fees for seminarians and ongoing formation of clergy. We are also required to pay national levies to the Bishops’ Conference.
With the age profile of clergy increasing, retirement properties and care costs have, and continue to, increase.
CURIA
The curia serves the parishes and mission by providing professional services and advice. The main departments and areas of expenditure are detailed overleaf.
In 2023 we merged the parish and education property teams, reducing costs and improving service levels Since 2021 reorganisation has reduced senior leader headcount significantly.
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
Costs to maintain property continue to increase. Our property portfolio is aging and requires significant investment to be fit for the future and support our vision to house vibrant communities of faith. Deaneries and parishes have been asked to reflect on which properties to retain, repurpose or dispose of as part of their reorganisation. We also need to be mindful of the need to make any retained properties as environmentally sustainable as possible.
INTERNAL GRANTS
The two main internal grants are to the Diocesan Education Service (DES) and Maryvale Institute.
Reducing expenditure and increasing income
As detailed, expenditure for the Archdiocese has fallen from £26.13m in 2019 to £25.05m in 2023. Despite the impact of inflation, the operating deficit has fallen from £4.5m in 2021, to £2m in 2022 and £1.3m in 2023.
We will continue to seek additional areas of savings, whilst at the same time recognising that the scope for significant savings is now diminishing and we need to turn our
attention to increasing income.
Between 2013 and 2023 Mass attendance fell by 30% and our main source of income the weekly offertory collection increased by 3%. During the same period the retail price index increased by 49%. The impact of inflation, particularly in the last 2-3 years has therefore been very damaging and a real threat to our future sustainability. In 2024, like all
towards the cost of the curia.
It is the responsibility of the curia and the trustees to ensure that this money is used wisely and in support of the mission and our charitable objects.
It is important that you know how the money you gi ve each week is spent.
The grant paid to DES has been significantly reduced in recent years, down from a high of £1.35m in 2019 to £475k in 2023. Maryvale Institute has moved online and in 2023 recruitment to all courses other than the Bachelor of Divinity (Bdiv) and License of Divinity was halted. Other programmes and staff were transferred to St Mary’s Twickenham in 2024 to further reduce costs.
EXTERNAL GRANTS
Greater oversight and a new grant approval process has been implemented and this together with our financial position has led to a significant reduction in the award of discretionary grants.
Discretionary grants are awarded to a small and declining number of other charities. For example, the grant to Kenelm Youth Trust has been progressively reduced and was £304k in 2023 compared to £405k in 2020 with a further reduction to £200k in 2024.
Whilst we would like to do more, until our financial position improves, grants to external bodies will continue to be reduced.
We have worked closely with Father Hudson Caritas (FHC), continuing to support Fatima House with a direct grant of £12k In addition to the provision and maintenance of the building itself. We also provide a general grant of £25k to FHC and are working collaboratively on increasing income via fundraising in our MACs and schools, who themselves contributed over £70k though the ‘Pledge a Pound’ campaign in 2023.
OTHER ESSENTIAL COSTS
The diocese makes payments from the levy for services used by parishes such as IT, software licenses and annual audit fees.
charities we face the additional challenge of funding the recently announced changes to National Insurance.
To increase income to invest in the Vision, and to protect and grow our parishes for future generations we will in collaboration with all parishes be launching a planned giving campaign early in 2025.
CURIAL OFFICE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE 2023
Day to day running costs for the curia
These summarised financial results for the year ended 31 December 2023 have been extracted from the complete set of annual financial statements on which the auditors have expressed an unqualified audit opinion. The full financial statements are available on the Diocesan website, www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk, and on the Charity Commission website under our charity reference number 234216.
BIRMINGHAM DIOCESAN TRUST
Treasurer’s Department
Archdiocese of Birmingham Cathedral House
St Chad’s Queensway Birmingham B4 6EU www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk
0121 230 6219
Registered Charity No. 234216