Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS IN WAKEFIELD

Religious Activities
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates much of its income. Its latest spending amounts to 28.5% of total funds
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23?£987£822£164£80£2,887£761.11355
31/12/18£11£4£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17*£8£7£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£9£4£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15*£15£7£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£10£10£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13*£16£23£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£16£47£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£15£9£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£19£30£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£34£42£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£16£20£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£26£24£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£19£33£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£36£54£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£22£20£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 46%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 3%
Reserves/Spending: 1.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 2 years

wakefieldcathedral.org.uk

admin@wakefield-cathedral.org.uk

01924373923

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnsley, Calderdale, City Of Wakefield, Kirklees, Leeds City, North Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Cathedral Church of All Saints in Wakefield
£90,462 29/08/2023
Opening up our Heritage

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

  • ANDREW SEBASTIAN REVANS Appointed: 2023
  • ALISON MARIE DEAN Appointed: 2023
  • DANNY WILKS OBE Appointed: 2023
  • FR PAUL CARTWRIGHT Appointed: 2023
  • JANE CATHERINE EVANS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • JOHN STEPHEN NORTH Appointed: 2023
  • MANDY SHEPHERD Appointed: 2023
  • MARK ANDREW BUCKLE Appointed: 2023
  • REVD CANON DR PHILIP PETER HOBDAY Appointed: 2023
  • REVD CANON DR KATHRYN JANE ALEXANDRA GOLDSMITH Appointed: 2024
  • VERY REV'D SIMON CHARLES COWLING (Chair) Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/05/2023, number: 1203267
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR17: 8 days late, AR15: 40 days late, AR13: 19 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE WAKEFIELD CATHEDRAL MUSIC TRUST on 01/11/2024
Main office

WAKEFIELD CATHEDRAL
NORTHGATE
WAKEFIELD
WF1 1HG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHAPTER ARE:(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FAITH AND PRACTICE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, IN PARTICULAR BY FURTHERING THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND;(B) TO CARE FOR AND CONSERVE THE FABRIC AND STRUCTURE OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH BUILDING;(C) TO ADVANCE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE ANCILLARY TO THE FURTHERANCE OF THE PURPOSE REFERRED TO IN SUB-PARAGRAPH (A) OR (B).THE CHAPTER MUST ACT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 4(3) OF THE CHARITIES ACT 2011.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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