Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 5

Liabilities <10%: +3
Positive trading contribution: +2;Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs high: -4

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 7

ST PAUL'S CENTRE

Relieving poverty through the recycling of furniture, white goods and cycles, foodbank, therapeutic activities - Day Service Placements for Adults with Care Needs, support of other local charities

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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	£749	£703	£47	£121	£583	£499	8.5	30	42
31/03/22	£526	£518	£8	£74	£537	£503	11.7	20	39
31/03/21	£345	£310	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	43
31/03/20	£416	£419	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	53
31/03/19	£379	£389	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	42
31/03/18	£374	£378	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£378	£366	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£339	£354	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£370	£396	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£362	£286	£76	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£230	£199	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£277	£243	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£292	£221	£72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£264	£201	£62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£220	£191	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£177	£164	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£166	£146	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£168	£143	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£132	£144	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£152	£145	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 42.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 17.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 8.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 5.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 33 years

www.stpaulscentre.org.uk

admin@stpaulscentre.org.uk

01270586186

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

30 employees
42 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Cheshire Community Foundation	£62,671
DCMS	£14,698
CAF	£9,070

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cheshire Community Foundation - Grant to St Paul's Centre
£2,000	03/08/2023	Grant to St Paul's Centre
Cheshire Community Foundation - St Paul's Pantry
£7,956	10/06/2022	St Paul's Pantry
Cheshire Community Foundation - St Paul's Cycle Project
£15,000	23/11/2021	Grant to St Paul's Centre
Cheshire Community Foundation - Project Reach
£10,940	05/11/2021	St Paul's Pantry is a large and well established Foodbank located in central Crewe at St Paul's Centre which also operates a footwear scheme and a furniture re-use scheme. Project Reach will deliver ....more St Paul's Pantry is a large and well established Foodbank located in central Crewe at St Paul's Centre which also operates a footwear scheme and a furniture re-use scheme. Project Reach will deliver a food parcel drop off service to those who are shielding or vulnerable and unable to collect food. In addition a Christmas food service will be delivered, focused on homeless people and families. The funding will have 3 main costs; the supply of food, food for a special Christmas project, and salary and fuel costs for a food parcel drop off service. The project is focused on groups who need additional food support. It extends the reach of food provision to those shielding or isolated and who cannot collect food, and to vulnerable homeless people and hard pressed families in the Christmas period.
Cheshire Community Foundation - SALS Shoes
£9,500	16/02/2021	The St Pauls Centre delivers a Foodbank called St Paul's Pantry and a furniture re-use project for people in need in Crewe and surrounding areas. SALS shoes will provide free footwear for children in ....more The St Pauls Centre delivers a Foodbank called St Paul's Pantry and a furniture re-use project for people in need in Crewe and surrounding areas. SALS shoes will provide free footwear for children in families who are financially challenged, through an existing specially designed shoe display and fitting unit within St Paul's Centre. We already have the goods and display area. Funding will cover staff costs for organising stock and referrals, and fitting shoes for those referred to the project. One of the greatest expenses families face is footwear for children; SALS shoes will provide good quality fitted footwear free of charge to the neediest families referred from the local community.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Christmas support project
£2,577	25/11/2020	The St Pauls Centre provides a Foodbank and a Furniture re-use project for disadvantaged households in Crewe. Funds will be used to deliver Christmas food parcels to current Foodbank Clients and ....more The St Pauls Centre provides a Foodbank and a Furniture re-use project for disadvantaged households in Crewe. Funds will be used to deliver Christmas food parcels to current Foodbank Clients and also, 75 parcels for people who are being supported in their own accommodation who were rough sleepers, 75 parcels for single young people living in Hostels, and forty families who are disadvantaged and need additional Christmas food. The grant will cover food costs, and small amount to cover travel and staff time. Almost all these groups are at the lowest level of income and the most vulnerable in our society, the funding will provide food over the Christmas period,but as importantly lift their mood as they experience an additional and personal investment reducing isolation and enhancing their lives.
Cheshire Community Foundation - St Paul's Pantry
£14,698	08/09/2020	St Pauls Centre, provides donated furniture for community re-use, a Foodbank called St Pauls Pantry and a small scheme for Adult with Additional Needs. The grant will enable us to continue to provide ....more St Pauls Centre, provides donated furniture for community re-use, a Foodbank called St Pauls Pantry and a small scheme for Adult with Additional Needs. The grant will enable us to continue to provide food through St Pauls Pantry for increasing numbers of households experiencing food poverty, financial disadvantage through the Pandemic. The grant will contribute to the staffing and running costs of the Pantry. The grant will enable us to support more households to receive the food support they need for as long as they need it, thus relieving the well documented strain and financial pressures families are under.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£14,698	08/09/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
CAF - Grant to St Paul's Centre
£9,070	02/07/2020 3	Grant to St Paul's Centre to support the organisation through COVID19

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALISON THORNTON-DEAN (Chair) Appointed: 2020

ANN DYTOR-WALSH Appointed: 2020

CATHERINE LEWIN Appointed: 2016

DAVID MCCABE Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/01/1991, number: 1001566

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
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; all on time

Main office

ST PAULS CENTRE
HIGHTOWN
CREWE
CHESHIRE
CW1 3BY

Objectives

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. 2) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK. 3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CHESHIRE

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