The Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The Board supports Church of England schools in the Diocese of Salisbury, so an organisation that is not one of those schools is unlikely to fit.
- About 8 in 10 of its 15 grants to organisations fall between £2,000 and £110,000, with a median of about £29,000, so that is the typical size to plan around, and the largest grant was about £490,000.
- Capital requests come from schools themselves and need supporting quotes and tenders that detail the value of the work.
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, so there is no fixed deadline, but the annual report does not say how competitive funding is.
Overview
The Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1059195).
The Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education is a registered charity that promotes education in the Diocese of Salisbury consistent with the faith and practice of the Church of England. It was founded to support existing schools and to promote new ones. Its restricted capital funds can help buy school sites and build, improve, enlarge or maintain church schools and teachers' houses, and its restricted income can support educational purposes. It serves almost 42 000 children attending 192 Church of England Schools, over half of which are academies in family school trusts.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The Board supports Church of England schools in the Diocese of Salisbury. Its restricted capital funds can help with buying school sites and building, improving, enlarging or maintaining church schools and teachers’ houses; its restricted income can support educational purposes, including advice and resources for managing education at schools. Applications for capital grants are made by schools and supported by quotations and tenders that detail the required work. The Board describes its role as supporting existing schools and promoting new ones, and describes the schools it serves as fully inclusive and there for everyone.
Themes
- Church school capital works
Geographic Focus
Diocese of Salisbury.
How to apply
Schools apply with supporting quotes and tenders detailing the value of the work required.
What to send:
- Applications made by schools with supporting quotes and tenders detailing the value of the work required.
Where they fund
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Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 15 grants in year to 31 March 2025 by size
Median £28,842 (year to 31 March 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Crockerton£487,624year to 31 March 2025
- Bourton St Georges£106,494year to 31 March 2025
- Hampreston£97,314year to 31 March 2025
- Western Downland£84,127year to 31 March 2025
- Coombe Bissett£65,750year to 31 March 2025
- Kennet Valley£36,000year to 31 March 2025
- Evershot Sticklands£31,046year to 31 March 2025
- Heddington£28,842year to 31 March 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 5 with no amount stated.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £3,479,450 | £3,275,226 | £2,043,215 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £3,105,793 | £3,434,254 | £1,741,043 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £2,754,978 | £2,737,987 | £1,127,754 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £2,748,362 | £2,109,022 | £611,974 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £2,023,761 | £2,272,099 | £1,159,517 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2021; year to 31 March 2022; year to 31 March 2023; year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- salisbury.anglican.org/who-we-are/salisbury-diocesan-board-of-education-sdbe · read on 30 October 2026
- salisbury.anglican.org · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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Contact
- 01722 411922source
- Emmaus House, The Avenue, Wilton, Salisbury SP2 0FGsource
- salisbury.anglican.org/who-we-are/salisbury-diocesan-board-of-education-sdbe
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- 01722 411922source
- Emmaus House, The Avenue, Wilton, Salisbury SP2 0FGsource
- salisbury.anglican.org/who-we-are/salisbury-diocesan-board-of-education-sdbe