Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

CARITAS SOCIAL ACTION 

Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN) is the official domestic social action agency of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales and a member of Caritas Internationalis. We support our family of charities and dioceses and seek to strengthen and facilitate Catholic charitable activities, and to bring the voices of the poor and Catholic teaching to bear in guiding public policy.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

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
31/12/22£404£387£16n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£287£295£-8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£406£334£71n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£381£393£-12n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/12/18£398£426£-28£0£0£0n/a02
31/12/17£370£388£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£440£359£81£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£239£255£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£248£240£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£268£266£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£252£275£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£261£265£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£222£199£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£201£255£-53£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£185£148£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£182£143£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£239£208£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£314£249£66£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04*£279£311£-32£0£0£0n/a00

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 23%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Established: 20 years

www.csan.org.uk

admin@csan.org.uk

02078702210

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for young people
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-73
  • LISA LILLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Operations Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/01/2004, number: 1101431
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/08/2002, number: 04505111
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR04: 162 days late,
Main office

CARITAS SOCIAL ACTION NETWORK
Romero House
55 Westminster Bridge Road
LONDON
SE1 7JB

Objectives

To: 1. further the charitable works of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales in accordance with its teaching through the development of the network of those working in social action; 2. advance the education, training, practice and formation of those active in the field of social action; 3. promote the development of individuals and communities for the benefit of the poor, the vulnerable and the marginalised of all faiths or none by offering a coherent Catholic voice in the public arena.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE UNITED KINGDOM.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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