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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Pension deficit: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE 

SPCK promotes Christian knowledge through broad-based publishing programmes producing books, electronic products and internet-based resources. Its Assemblies website provides teachers with free downloadable materials for collective worship in school. Materials are produced to reach people outside the church.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There is a pension deficit of £4,291,000
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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
30/04/23£6,341£5,894£447£22£9,924£2,5975.3520
30/04/22£8,405£8,103£302£31£12,937£4,7517580
30/04/21£5,781£5,261£520£59£12,809£3,6338.3470
30/04/20£6,260£6,217£43£142£9,609£1,8683.6391
30/04/19£5,827£5,446£381£149£11,526£2,8746.3410
30/04/18£5,749£5,503£246£151£10,841£2,6265.7350
30/04/17£5,566£5,413£153£120£11,650£3,5827.9360
30/04/16£5,020£5,104£-84£105£9,971£2,9126.8290
30/04/15*£3,335£3,311£24£203£15,510£8,30830.1250
30/04/14£3,119£3,068£51£161£14,425£8,02131.4240
30/04/13£2,986£2,978£8£232£13,847£7,74531.2250
30/04/12£3,178£2,729£449£250£12,636£7,21231.7260
30/04/11£2,895£2,600£295£216£8,486£3,14514.5270
30/04/10£2,830£2,701£129£225£7,665£2,78912.4290
30/04/09£3,278£2,984£294£215£5,929£1,9237.7270
30/04/08£3,557£3,010£547£168£12,578£7,70030.7280
30/04/07£5,419£6,179£-760£179£13,252£8,28416.11250
30/04/06£8,677£9,872£-1,195£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/05£9,278£9,875£-597£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/04£9,379£9,160£219£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 56%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 26%
Reserves/Spending: 5.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0
Asset Split ?
Established: 53 years

www.spck.org.uk

spck@spck.org.uk

02075923900

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 52 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

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

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/06/1971, number: 231144
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: RC000557
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
20 returns made; AR15: 0 days late,
Main office

RH101
The Record Hall
16-16A Baldwins Gardens
London
EC1N 7RJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD BY SUCH MEANS, INCLUDING THE FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS, AS THE SOCIETY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

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