Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Liabilities <10%: +3
Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 16

THE MESSAGE TRUST

The Message Trust is a worldwide movement with a passion to share the love of Jesus Christ in words and actions with the hardest-to-reach young people and vulnerable adults, through creative mission, community transformation, Christ-centred enterprise and programmes working with those who are poor.

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Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 24 years

www.message.org.uk

info@message.org.uk

01619462300

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/22	£8,585	£10,573	£-1,988	£1,288	£7,195	£6,763	7.7	184	1,000
31/08/21	£7,570	£7,079	£491	£347	£8,561	£7,945	13.5	137	600
31/08/20	£5,982	£6,109	£-127	£221	£7,199	£6,808	13.4	131	620
31/08/19	£10,322	£5,878	£4,444	£238	£7,272	£6,928	14.1	114	620
31/08/18	£5,682	£5,546	£136	£297	£2,813	£2,527	5.5	116	620
31/08/17	£5,635	£4,860	£775	£317	£2,669	£1,998	4.9	95	0
31/08/16	£4,730	£4,609	£121	£297	£2,322	£1,935	5	90	0
31/08/15	£4,374	£4,345	£30	£297	£2,201	£1,969	5.4	93	0
31/08/14	£3,614	£3,519	£94	£264	£2,171	£1,929	6.6	81	0
31/08/13	£3,504	£3,338	£166	£255	£2,077	£1,799	6.5	68	0
31/08/12	£3,378	£2,647	£731	£274	£1,911	£1,163	5.3	58	0
31/08/11	£2,738	£2,549	£189	£189	£1,180	£754	3.5	56	0
31/08/10	£2,558	£2,507	£50	£183	£990	£685	3.3	59	0
31/08/09	£1,977	£2,453	£-476	£205	£940	£888	4.3	63	0
31/08/08	£3,489	£2,286	£1,203	£158	£1,416	£1,369	7.2	66	0
31/08/07	£1,898	£1,894	£4	£136	£213	£140	0.9	60	0
31/08/06	£2,201	£2,155	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/05	£1,565	£1,509	£56	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/04	£1,375	£1,372	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 15.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 12.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 7.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Religious Activities

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

184 employees
1,000 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£29,950
Joseph Rank Trust	£20,000
Cheshire Community Foundation	£15,000
Rank Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Grocery
£9,950	19/05/2023	This funding will address cost of living issues by setting up a grocery store offering highly reduced food and wrap around services for people living in areas of high deprivation in partnership with ....more This funding will address cost of living issues by setting up a grocery store offering highly reduced food and wrap around services for people living in areas of high deprivation in partnership with a local church.
Joseph Rank Trust - The Message Trust
£20,000	21/04/2023	To fund the Community Groceries
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Grocery Glasgow
£10,000	31/01/2023	This group will use the funding to help run the Community Grocery Glasgow a grocery shop that offers high-quality products at a discounted price together with its Community Café and several wrap ....more This group will use the funding to help run the Community Grocery Glasgow a grocery shop that offers high-quality products at a discounted price together with its Community Café and several wrap around services.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Warrington Community Grocery
£15,000	15/11/2022	Warrington Community Grocery
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to The Message Trust
£2,000	05/11/2021	Mobile youth centre in Scotland delivering activities and resources to hard to reach communities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Love Wythenshawe Youth
£10,000	28/01/2021 12	The funding will be used as a contribution to re-instate youth activities within a deprived community of Wythenshawe with a focus on those who are from poor backgrounds and at risk of falling into ....more The funding will be used as a contribution to re-instate youth activities within a deprived community of Wythenshawe with a focus on those who are from poor backgrounds and at risk of falling into anti-social and risky behaviour. The project aims to roll out online engagement initially and once restrictions are lifted working in small groups in a Covid safe manner
Rank Foundation - Resilience Fund The Message Trust 2020
£10,000	07/08/2020	To help adapt the delivery of new programmes
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	23/10/2017	Conversion of the New Manchester Eden Bus

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-79

ANDREW LEAKEY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Solicitor

AMY ORR-EWING Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Author And Lecturer, Other trusteeship: THE MESSAGE ENTERPRISE CENTRE,

DR LAURA NEILSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Doctor, Other trusteeships: THE MESSAGE ENTERPRISE CENTRE, HOPE IN THE DEEP END,

REV ROBERT WHITE, Occupation: Minister Of Religion

GORDON HAYNES (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE MESSAGE ENTERPRISE CENTRE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/07/2000, number: 1081467
Registered at Companies House on 30/03/2000, number: 03961183

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

13/03/2020 - Asset transfer in from ANGLICAN RENEWAL MINISTRIES (WALES) ADNEWYDDIAD EGLWYSWYR CYMRU
24/01/2023 - Asset transfer in from BURNLEY PIONEER PROJECT CIO
31/01/2023 - Asset transfer in from THE N: FLAME CHARITABLE TRUST

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from ANGLICAN RENEWAL MINISTRIES (WALES) ADNEWYDDIAD EGLWYSWYR CYMRU on 13/03/2020
Asset transfer in from BURNLEY PIONEER PROJECT CIO on 24/01/2023
Asset transfer in from THE N: FLAME CHARITABLE TRUST on 31/01/2023

Main office

THE MESSAGE TRUST
LANCASTER HOUSE
HARPER ROAD
SHARSTON INDUSTRIAL AREA
MANCHESTER
M22 4RG

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH PRIMARILY AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE AND VULNERABLE ADULTS THROUGH CREATIVE ARTS, COMMUNITY BASED OUTREACH PROGRAMMES TO THOSE WHO ARE POOR, DISADVANTAGED, DEPRIVED AND MARGINALISED OR WHO ARE AT RISK OF REOFFENDING OR WHO HAVE POOR EMPLOYMENT POTENTIAL, THROUGH EDUCATION, ENTERPRISE, BEFRIENDING, MENTORING, FAITH-BASED ACTIVITIES AND OUTREACH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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