Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES CARLISLE 

Regular public worship. Pastoral work. Teaching of Christianity though sermons, courses and small groups. Christian assemblies. Youth club with Christian ethos. Promoting Christianity through the staging of events, meetings, and literature. Promoting the whole mission of the church through activities for a wide range of groups. Supporting other charities in UK and overseas. Community outreach.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are 20 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

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£336£359£-24n/an/an/an/an/a90
31/12/21£329£325£4n/an/an/an/an/a90
31/12/20£350£300£50n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/12/19£306£305£1n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/12/18*£274£317£-43£0£0£0n/a060
31/12/17£276£265£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£241£255£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£255£282£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£284£296£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£279£315£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£417£332£85£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£451£290£161£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£268£264£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£271£288£-17£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 15 years

www.stjamescarlisle.org.uk

parish.office@stjamescarlisle.org.uk

01228810616

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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cumbria,
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 (20)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/06/2009, number: 1129996
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR18: 63 days late,
Main office

PARISH OFFICE
ST. JAMES CHURCH
ST. JAMES ROAD
CARLISLE
CA2 5PD

Objectives

Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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