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Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 6
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY, TWICKENHAM 

Higher Education
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • 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 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £109,638,000 available, equivalent to 24 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • There is a pension deficit of £864,000
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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Established: 17 years

www.stmarys.ac.uk

andrew.browning@stmarys.ac.uk

02082404267

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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*£54,358£53,927£431£0£109,829£109,63824.46090
31/07/21£52,080£52,545£-465£0£94,501£94,39821.66090
31/07/20£51,277£52,610£-1,333£0£89,773£89,59320.46100
31/07/19*£52,362£52,556£-194£0£97,350£97,16022.26010
31/07/18£52,454£54,593£-2,139£0£99,461£99,27821.87550
31/07/17£52,328£56,922£-4,593£0£101,509£25,5815.47380
31/07/16£50,941£51,145£-205£0£107,757£30,01677280
31/07/15£45,890£42,884£3,006£42,574£36,496£30,4338.56480
31/07/14£41,552£37,931£3,621£37,641£35,034£29,0969.25760
31/07/13£38,670£35,825£2,845£35,665£35,460£29,4319.95490
31/07/12£36,900£32,677£4,224£93£29,454£23,2418.55170
31/07/11£34,805£32,721£2,084£78£27,837£21,6027.94930
31/07/10£32,592£31,499£1,093£113£26,117£19,7957.54890
31/07/09£30,691£29,533£1,158£85£21,317£17,4907.14670
31/07/08£29,042£27,692£1,350£111£22,507£18,2477.94430
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £250,000-£300,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 39%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 24.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Richmond Upon Thames,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 609 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
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to St Mary's University
£249,771 06/07/2023
Mental Health and Wellbeing Learning Partner
Home Office - Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (MSIF) 18-19
£273,416 01/04/2018
The Modern Slavery Fund aims to prevent modern slavery in priority countries and contribute towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal to end modern slavery The MSIF is for funding innovative, ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 23-71
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/07/2007, number: 1120192
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/10/2006, number: 05977277
Gift Aid
  • 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
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR22: 30 days late, AR19: 362 days late,
Main office

St. Marys University
Waldegrave Road
Twickenham
TW1 4SX

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, IN SUCH MANNER AS BEFITS A CATHOLIC FOUNDATION, BY:-1) THE PROVISION, DEVELOPMENT AND CONDUCT OF A CATHOLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION; AND2) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS IN BOTH RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR SCHOOLS, WITH SPECIAL PROVISION FOR THOSE INTENDING TO TEACH IN CATHOLIC AND OTHER CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS MAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITHIN ENGLAND AND WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE GREATER LONDON, RICHMOND UPON THAMES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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