Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 7

Poor Liquidity: -1

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 8

CENTRE FOR THEOLOGY AND COMMUNITY LIMITED

Our work is primarily with Christian congregations - encouraging engagement with the implications of the faith for social justice, and collaboration with other faiths in bringing this about. A key partner in this work is Citizens UK, and its local affiliate, London Citizens.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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
31/03/23		£522	£443	£79	£0	£154	£78	2.1	9	0
31/03/22		£488	£485	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£467	£424	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£353	£352	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£312	£307	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£278	£276	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/17		£373	£373	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/16		£394	£428	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/15		£429	£399	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/14		£374	£363	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/13?	*	£464	£486	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/11		£162	£193	£-31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/10		£152	£155	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/09		£135	£89	£47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/08	*	£55	£56	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 51%
Reserves/Spending: 2.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 4.7

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 17 years

www.theology-centre.org

director@theology-centre.org

07841362786

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Oxfordshire, Throughout London,

Who it helps

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Mercer's Charitable Foundation	£80,000
Trust for London	£80,000
DCMS	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Centre for Theology and Community
£75,000	19/04/2023 36	“Neighbourhood Organising” model - working with local institutions to develop grassroots leadership and community resilience.
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Centre for Theology and Community
£5,000	19/04/2023 12	Wellbeing support for staff and volunteers.
Trust for London - The Centre for Theology and Community
£80,000	24/02/2021	The funding is for the next stage of community organising and co-design work to develop two adjacent pieces of land for permanent genuinely affordable homes, new spaces for the community, and potentially temporary accommodation for homeless people.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	13/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
London Catalyst - Contextual Theology Centre - 1
£6,000	27/11/2013	Church Credit Champions project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-78

JOHN DEACON Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Social Care Manager

REV CECILIA DEWU Appointed: 2020

SR. MARY JOSEPHINE CANNY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Nun

VANESSA CONANT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/11/2007, number: 1121648
Registered at Companies House on 15/06/2006, number: 05848143

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
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

15 returns made; AR13: 1 days late, AR08: 46 days late,

Main office

EAST CRYPT
ST-GEORGE-IN-THE-EAST
14 CANNON STREET ROAD
LONDON
E1 0BH

Objectives

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEACHINGS, TRADITIONS AND PRACTICES OF DIFFERENT FAITH COMMUNITIES INCLUDING PROMOTING GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING, DEVELOPING A NETWORK IN ORDER TO SHARE GOOD PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE, BY FACILITATING SUPERVISED PLACEMENTS FOR STUDENTS AND BY ENGAGING IN RESEARCH

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, GREATER LONDON

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