Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

ST PETER'S CHARITY 

Christian retreat house and conference centre in Woking Surrey. Runs grant making trust for local healthcare and disability charities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £14,170,409 available, equivalent to 246 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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£566£692£-126£0£16,085£14,170245.684
31/12/21£527£608£-81£0£18,069£16,090317.7203
31/12/20£16,692£650£16,043£0£16,411£14,660270.9240
31/12/19£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 30.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 245.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 59 years

www.stcolumbashouse.org.uk

admin@stcolumbashouse.org.uk

01483750739

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 8 employees
  • 4 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/07/1965, number: 1177879
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/01/2018, number: 11142467
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

St. Columbas House
Maybury Hill
Woking
GU22 8AB

Objectives

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE SUPPORT OF CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY AT HOME AND/OR OVERSEAS. THIS MAY BE ACHIEVED BY MEANS OF SUPPORTING CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS AND LAY COMMUNITIES (WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SISTERHOOD OF ST PETER AND THEIR DEPENDENTS AS AT 1 JANUARY 2017), CHRISTIAN ORGANISATIONS AND/OR THE PROVISION OF RETREAT, SPIRITUAL AND/OR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITIES, TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE CHARITY'S ANGLICAN ORIGINS AND ETHOS;(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. THIS MAY BE ACHIEVED BY MEANS OF THE PROVISION OF GRANTS OR FACILITIES AND/OR SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANISATIONS AND/OR THE PROVISION OF GRANTS OR FACILITIES AND/OR SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANISATIONS, IN ASSOCIATED AREAS OF HEALTHCARE, SUCH AS END OF LIFE CARE, DISABILITY AND HEALTHCARE RESEARCH; (3) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED DUE TO ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, BY THE MAKING OF GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGANISATIONS OR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES; (4) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO CARRY OUT SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE WORK AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Data Sources

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