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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

THE MERSEYSIDE CIVIC SOCIETY

Consultation meetings; site visits; giving advice and helping with advocacy; distributing information.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Why are there 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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£4£9£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£17£16£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£11£4£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£2£1£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£2£2£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17*£2£1£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16*£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£2£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£2£4£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£2£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£2£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£1£1£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07?£3£1£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/06£1£1£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/05£1£0£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/04£2£3£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 60 years

http://www.merseysidecivicsociety.org

secretary@merseysidecivicsociety.org

07715 123489

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Listed Building Condition and Engagement Surveys - Merseyside Civic Society
£3,500 27/01/2022
Listed Building Condition and Engagement Surveys - Merseyside Civic Society
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Listed Building Condition and Engagement Surveys - Merseyside Civic Society
£3,790 27/01/2022
Listed Building Condition and Engagement Surveys - Merseyside Civic Society

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

  • ADRIAN SWIFT Appointed: 2016
  • ANDREW JACKSON Appointed: 2022
  • DR D W MASSEY
  • DANIEL BIMPSON Appointed: 2020
  • GAVIN DAVENPORT Appointed: 2018
  • JOHN GOODMAN Appointed: 2023
  • MARY PATRICIA DOWLING Appointed: 2021
  • PAM WILSHER Appointed: 2018
  • PETER ELSON Appointed: 2016
  • PROFESSOR JOHN BELCHEM Appointed: 2022
  • SARAH-JANE FARR
  • TREVOR SKEMPTON
  • TONY SCANLON Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/08/1964, number: 221700
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR17: 6 days late, AR16: 111 days late,
Main office

MCS, C/O RIBA North
21 Mann Island
Liverpool Waterfront
Liverpool
L3 1BP

Objectives

(A) TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE ARE COMPRISING THE MERSEYSIDE COUNTY COUNCIL HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE AREA OF BENEFTI (B) TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF TOWN PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (C) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF GENERAL PUBLIC OR HISTORIC OR PULBIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MERSEYSIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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