Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

WIRRAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST LIMITED 

The objects of the charity, in the following order of priority are:The care of elderly.To provide day care for children.To provide social care for the needs of the community.To support other charities in the UK and abroad in relieving the needs of the poor and encouraging programmes of care and education.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity and another benefit
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available

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
31/03/23£2,074£1,862£212£0£1,837£1,80911.7881
31/03/22£1,661£1,661£1£0£1,656£1,63611.8600
31/03/21£1,722£1,573£149£0£1,656£1,64312.5550
31/03/20£1,640£1,629£11£0£1,507£1,50111.1560
31/03/19£1,773£1,559£214£0£1,670£1,67012.9980
31/03/18£1,664£1,514£150£0£1,455£1,45511.51050
31/03/17£1,700£2,465£-765£4£1,306£1,3066.41150
31/03/16£1,782£1,664£118£14£2,786£2,78620.11150
31/03/15£2,006£1,523£483£51£4,153£4,15332.7550
31/03/14£1,717£1,526£191£59£3,680£3,64628.7530
31/03/13£1,342£1,329£13£64£3,489£3,47431.4490
31/03/12£1,244£1,102£142£26£3,465£3,46337.7410
31/03/11£1,058£967£91£19£3,025£3,02537.5380
31/03/10£998£872£126£14£2,942£2,94240.5370
31/03/09*£936£894£42£25£2,817£2,81737.8370
31/03/08£970£910£60£28£1,309£1,30917.3520
31/03/07£856£825£31£10£1,249£1,24918.2490
31/03/06*£829£793£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£688£632£56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£632£603£29£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 30%
Liabilities/Income: 38%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 11.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -3 months
Quick Ratio: 0
Asset Split ?
Established: 36 years

www.wirralchristiancentre.com

admin@wirralchristiancentre.com

01516538307

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Wirral,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
Who works here?
  • 88 employees
  • 1 volunteer

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant 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 Wirral Christian Centre
£234,700 17/09/2013
Wirral - Oxton Gateway Church, Birkenhead
National Lottery Community Fund - Oxton Open Gateway
£299,629 19/01/2012
60
A new project to reverse the impact of poverty on vulnerable people through positive activities developed and delivered by local people. Wirral Christian Centre Trust (WCCT) will empower people in ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 51-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/05/1988, number: 700269
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/01/1987, number: 02088322
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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; AR09: 19 days late, AR06: 16 days late,
Main office

Wirral Christian Centre
Woodchurch Road
BIRKENHEAD
Merseyside
CH41 2UE

Objectives

TO RELIEVE AGED, IMPOTENT AND POOR PEOPLE OF ALL CLASSES, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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