Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

ST JAMES PRIORY PROJECT LIMITED 

The provision of residential support for vulnerable adults.St James Priory Church - a 12th century Norman city centre church used for meditation and worship.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

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

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
31/03/23£182£216£-34n/an/an/an/an/a90
31/03/22£220£219£2n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/21*£348£280£68n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/20£236£254£-18n/an/an/an/an/a225
31/03/19£224£237£-13n/an/an/an/an/a120
31/03/18*£248£237£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£228£246£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£269£214£56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£247£214£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£212£213£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£208£281£-74£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£1,107£706£401£70£5,352£1,04617.8160
31/03/11*£2,613£542£2,071£8£4,951£1,13225150
31/03/10*£1,692£538£1,154£9£2,880£1,06223.7180
31/03/09£718£617£101£81£1,535£1,01719.8140
31/03/08*£686£512£174£7£812£69016.2140
31/03/07*£573£547£26£9£638£58912.9150
31/03/06*£510£416£94£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

www.stjamespriory.org.uk

jim.banaghan@stjamespriory.org.uk

01179299100

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 90 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-80
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/06/2004, number: 1104408
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/04/2003, number: 04730515
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR21: 332 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 16 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 27 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 93 days late,
Main office

ST. JAMES PRIORY
WHITSON STREET
BRISTOL
BS1 3NZ

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF A CENTRE OF HEALING, SUPPORT AND TREATMENT TO RELIEVE HUMAN SUFFERING IN THE COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BRISTOL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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