St Davids Diocesan Board of Finance

Registered charity 231239 · since 1961stdavids.churchinwales.org.uk/en/about-us/contact-us·Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

The Geographic focus names Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire as a priority rather than a rule, so a church, church school, local ministry area or children and youth project there is the natural fit.
Only LMAs, churches and individuals can apply for General Grants, and only LMAs, Centres of Mission, Plant Dewi projects and Church Schools can apply for Children, Youth and Family Grants, so an organisation outside those groups should not apply.
Published grant figures range from £800 and £1000 up to £3000 and £7,500 depending on the grant, so check the specific grant before setting a request size.
No application process is published and the annual report gives no usable grants total, so use the contact shown to ask first, and remember that the General Grant cannot pay for building works, church repairs exclude stained glass or decoration unless under 10% of a major project, and children's grants cannot fund staff or building fabric.

Overview

St Davids Diocesan Board of Finance is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 231239).

St Davids Diocesan Board of Finance is a registered charity whose purpose is to promote and assist the work of the Church in Wales in St. David's Diocese. It offers four different diocesan grants, covering local ministry area initiatives, children and youth work, church repairs and church school repairs, and it also commits funding to social responsibility projects in the wider community.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The foundation's grant activity supports the Church in Wales in the Diocese of St Davids. Its Grants Committee oversees Local Ministry Area Initiative Fund grants in line with the Diocesan Strategy for Growth, as well as small grants relating to children and youth work. Its Endowed Schools Committee provides financial support towards repairs and renovation projects in church schools, directs new projects and manages redundant school properties. The board also commits funding towards projects associated with social responsibility in the wider community. Its wider charitable role is to promote, aid and assist the work and ministry of the Church in Wales in the diocese.

Themes

Children and youth work
Church school repairs
Social responsibility projects
Church building grants

Geographic Focus

Priority: St. David's Diocese: Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire counties in United Kingdom.

What they don't fund

The General Grant cannot be used for building, restoration or improvement works (as reported in other published sources)
Church repair grants only: Repairs to the fabric of a church exclude stained glass or decoration unless such works represent less than 10% of a major repair project (as reported in other published sources)
Children, Youth and Family Grants only: Employment of Staff; Fabric of a building e.g. a creating Children’s corner in a church or building work (as reported in other published sources)

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Who can apply:

General Grants: Grants are available to LMAs, churches and individuals.
Children, Youth and Family Grants: The grant is open to all LMAs, Centres of Mission, Plant Dewi projects and Church Schools.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

The Board agrees all grants made.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Similar funders

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£7,095,868	£6,722,375	£129,743	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£5,147,831	£6,975,234	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£5,548,170	£5,988,091	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£4,707,483	£5,644,830	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£4,895,414	£5,752,538	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 December 2021: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).

— No grants figure for those years.

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.