Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

THE ST ALBANS CATHEDRAL EDUCATION TRUST 

The advancement of education for people of all ages, and all religious faiths or none, in particular by promoting the use of the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban and its connections as an educational resource.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity only provides its support via other charities
  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/07/23£60£56£5n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/07/22£44£43£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/21£46£42£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/20£57£64£-7n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/19£56£101£-46n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/18£57£39£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/17£48£28£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£51£38£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£43£42£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£49£78£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£55£53£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12£148£180£-32£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11£150£173£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/10£148£157£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/09£142£137£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08£225£156£69£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/07£160£144£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/06£162£132£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£122£117£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04£179£104£74£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 36 years

www.stalbanscathedral.org

education-trust@stalbanscathedral.org

01727 890231

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Luton,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 15 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/05/1988, number: 299317
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

St Albans Cathedral
Sumpter Yard
St Albans
AL1 1BY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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