Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 3
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY 

The establishment, conduct and development of a Roman Catholic institution for the advancement of education for the benefit of the public.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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:

  • There are 22 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • There is a pension deficit of £6,642,000
Established: 17 years

www.leedstrinity.ac.uk

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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
31/07/22£54,559£47,984£6,575£0£55,517£55,51013.95410
31/07/21£45,655£41,122£4,533£0£21,715£21,7086.34510
31/07/20£36,406£33,664£2,742£0£8,371£8,36434000
31/07/19£32,938£33,193£-255£813£20,991£20,9847.63980
31/07/18£32,712£31,761£952£0£27,662£27,65510.44030
31/07/17£32,658£32,021£637£808£25,104£25,0979.44270
31/07/16£30,967£28,848£2,120£744£19,484£19,4788.14050
31/07/15£28,162£25,521£2,642£790£26,586£16,8557.93740
31/07/14£25,767£23,976£1,791£503£25,771£15,8067.93370
31/07/13£23,645£22,552£1,093£730£23,400£13,0076.93210
31/07/12£23,267£21,746£1,522£580£20,513£9,5615.33110
31/07/11£22,868£20,818£2,050£669£23,152£11,6196.73160
31/07/10£21,342£20,898£444£544£18,098£5,9153.43310
31/07/09£19,965£20,207£-242£705£14,175£3,1361.93290
31/07/08£18,380£18,534£-154£631£17,133£5,1223.33160

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 18%
Highest pay band: £200,000-£250,000
Liabilities/Assets: 26%
Liabilities/Income: 39%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 13.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bradford City, Calderdale, City Of Wakefield, Kirklees, Leeds City,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 541 employees

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department for Education - Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18
£124,533 01/04/2020
To fund the provision of apprenticeship training.
Department for Education - Apprenticeships Participation 18+
£1,578,208 01/04/2020
To fund the provision of apprenticeship training.
Department for Education - Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Bursaries and School Direct Salaried And Postgraduate Teaching Assistants (PGTA)
£3,522,666 01/04/2020
To support recruitment & retention of trainees employed as unqualified teachers to become qualified teachers in maintained schools in England.
Department for Education - Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Bursaries and School Direct Salaried And Postgraduate Teaching Assistants (PGTA)
£618,741 01/04/2020
To support recruitment & retention of trainees employed as unqualified teachers to become qualified teachers in maintained schools in England.
Department for Education - Subject Knowledge Enhancements
£3,728 01/04/2020
Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) is a key part of the department's teacher supply strategy and supports recruitment to shortage subjects. It is for those who have a conditional offer of a place on ....more
Department for Education - Subject Knowledge Enhancements
£12,715 01/04/2020
Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) is a key part of the department's teacher supply strategy and supports recruitment to shortage subjects. It is for those who have a conditional offer of a place on ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (22)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 20/22 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 22-74
  • DAVID OLDROYD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Deputy Development Director
  • STUART MCLEOD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Senior Energy & Sustainability Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/07/2007, number: 1120102
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/07/2007, number: 06305220
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; all on time
Main office

Leeds Trinity University
Brownberrie Lane
Horsforth
LEEDS
LS18 5HD

Objectives

THE ESTABLISHMENT, CONDUCT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE YORKSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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