Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 0

Reasonable growth: +1

12+ Trustees: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 6

GOVERNORS OF THE CHARITY FOR RELIEF OF THE POOR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF CLERGYMEN (COMMONLY CALLED CLERGY SUPPORT TRUST)

Clergy Support Trust, formerly Sons & Friends of the Clergy, is a clergy support charity established in 1655. Our mission is to support Anglican clergy families through difficult times, whether caused by financial hardship, health problems or other difficulties. We do this mainly through cash grants to individual beneficiaries and through working with other clergy wellbeing organisations.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

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	£4,713	£6,903	£-2,190	£158	£116,014	£114,061	198.3	16	0
31/12/21	£4,262	£4,572	£-310	£37	£134,722	£132,592	348	11	3
31/12/20	£3,671	£3,731	£-60	£16	£118,585	£116,510	374.7	9	0
31/12/19	£4,273	£4,344	£-71	£15	£119,680	£117,627	324.9	10	0
31/12/18	£4,682	£3,995	£687	£14	£103,307	£101,227	304.1	9	0
31/12/17	£3,960	£3,674	£286	£13	£113,944	£111,861	365.3	7	0
31/12/16	£4,178	£3,459	£718	£13	£104,202	£102,414	355.3	7	0
31/12/15	£3,389	£3,390	£-2	£145	£91,436	£89,809	317.9	8	0
31/12/14	£4,024	£3,263	£762	£429	£89,104	£87,562	322.1	8	0
31/12/13	£3,708	£2,856	£852	£304	£86,108	£84,682	355.8	8	0
31/12/12	£3,794	£2,558	£1,236	£352	£72,810	£29,758	139.6	8	0
31/12/11	£1,700	£1,726	£-26	£273	£29,190	£28,040	195	7	0
31/12/10	£1,800	£1,660	£141	£264	£30,520	£9,054	65.5	7	0
31/12/09	£1,846	£1,588	£257	£192	£28,883	£8,570	64.8	7	0
31/12/08	£2,495	£1,623	£872	£211	£26,653	£4,263	31.5	7	0
31/12/07	£1,709	£1,459	£250	£118	£34,641	£5,801	47.7	7	0
31/12/06	£1,978	£1,532	£445	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£1,757	£1,541	£215	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£1,467	£1,619	£-151	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 198.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 3.9

Asset Split ?

Established: 61 years

www.clergysupport.org.uk

help@clergysupport.org.uk

020 7799 3696

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

16 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees:

THE MOST REVD PATRICIA LOUISE STOREY Appointed: 2021

ADAM CHAMBERLAIN Appointed: 2019

ANNA MCDONALD Appointed: 2023

DR MAYOWA SARAH MARCUS Appointed: 2021

JACQUELINE EMILY JORDAN Appointed: 2018

JEREMY ARTHUR HARGREAVES Appointed: 2018

RICHARD DAVID FARMBROUGH (Chair) Appointed: 2018

THE REVD NANCY ELISABETH GOODRICH Appointed: 2019

TSANAGURAI CONSTANCE CHINHENGO Appointed: 2020

MARTIN LUKE COOPER Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeships: SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM DIOCESAN GUILD OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS BELL FUND, RIVERSIDE CHURCH (SOUTHWELL), RIVERSIDE CHURCH (SOUTHWELL),

REV RUTH ELIZABETH NEWTON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Clerk In Holy Orders

STEPHEN SLACK Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeships: THE OVERSEAS BISHOPRICS' FUND, OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST (2016),

CANON SIMON BUTLER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: None, Other trusteeships: BATTERSEA UNITED CHARITIES, SIR WALTER ST.JOHN'S EDUCATIONAL CHARITY, 1509 GROUP, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY WITH SAINT MARY, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S BATTERSEA, Royal Grammar School Guildford,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/04/1963, number: 207736

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

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

1 DEAN TRENCH STREET
WESTMINSTER
SW1P 3HB

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO BENEFICIARIES, WHETHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN SUCH MANNER AS AND BY SUCH MEANS AS THE COURT OF ASSISTANTS FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT FOR THE RELIEF OR PREVENTION OF POVERTY OR HARDSHIP OR FOR THE RELIEF OF ILLNESS AND THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH, WHETHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL.BENEFICIARIES MEANS MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY, ORDINANDS AND THE SPOUSES, FORMER SPOUSES, CHILDREN AND DEPENDANTS OF LIVING OR DECEASED MEMBERS OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY OR OF ORDINANDS.(A) CHILDREN INCLUDES ADOPTED CHILDREN, STEP-CHILDREN AND PERSONS TREATED AS THE CHILDREN OF A MARRIAGE OR CIVIL PARTNERSHIP.(B) “CIVIL PARTNERS” MEANS THE MEMBERS OF A CIVIL PARTNERSHIP WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1(1) OF THE CIVIL PARTNERSHIP ACT 2004.(C) CLERGY AND MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY MEAN BISHOPS, PRIESTS AND DEACONS OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION.(D) ORDINANDS MEANS PERSONS WHO ARE PREPARING FOR ORDINATION AS MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY.(E) THE SPOUSE OF A PERSON MEANS HIS OR HER WIFE, HUSBAND, CIVIL PARTNER, WIDOW, WIDOWER OR SURVIVING CIVIL PARTNER.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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