Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 12
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

CARITAS DIOCESE OF SALFORD 

Charitable works directed towards children and young people without families able to care for them, children and young people at risk, people with disabilities, the aged, the vulnerable and individuals, families, communities and groups who are in need.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £9,175,037 available, equivalent to 30 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 16 years

www.caritassalford.org.uk

info@caritassalford.org.uk

01618172250

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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
31/03/23£4,602£3,656£947£271£9,668£9,17530.196263
31/03/22£2,958£3,032£-74£144£8,803£8,39433.275263
31/03/21£2,974£3,020£-46£101£7,809£7,29629106250
31/03/20£3,364£3,477£-113£118£7,494£7,03424.3104700
31/03/19£3,257£3,400£-142£115£7,223£6,70023.6118771
31/03/18£2,870£2,923£-53£99£8,376£7,76531.91060
31/03/17£2,843£2,674£169£101£7,935£7,31432.8880
31/03/16*£2,768£2,607£160£153£7,745£7,16233710
31/03/15*£2,183£2,664£-481£254£7,591£6,99131.5620
31/03/14£2,107£2,271£-164£161£8,059£7,29538.5530
31/03/13*£3,737£2,551£1,186£161£8,219£7,35934.6590
31/03/12£3,772£2,796£975£204£7,016£5,70324.5770
31/03/11£9,080£3,045£6,036£168£6,034£5,67222.4770
31/03/10*£0£4£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 30.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Blackburn With Darwen, Bolton, Bury, Lancashire, Manchester City, Oldham, Salford City, Stockport, Trafford, Wigan,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 96 employees
  • 263 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
Home Office£787,055
National Lottery Community Fund£352,062
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£100,000
Esmee Fairbairn£60,000
The Rayne Foundation£60,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Shears Foundation - Caritas Lalley Centre
£5,500 22/01/2024
12
Caritas Lalley Centre and Community Allotment
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Caritas Cornerstone
£3,449 21/10/2023
We would like to continue to provide a free, nutritious, hot community lunch for anyone who is homeless or at risk of homelessness in Manchester, in a supportive, friendly setting with advice on hand.
National Lottery Community Fund - Caritas North Manchester Hub
£231,963 25/07/2023
This funding will be used to support the Caritas Diocese of Salford (CDS) and will contribute to staffing costs at their North Manchester Community Hub. The Hub is where local people can access ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Northern Roots (Oldham)
£60,000 20/02/2023
Towards core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
The Shears Foundation - Caritas Lalley Centre
£5,000 09/08/2022
Caritas Lalley Centre and allotment
Forever Manchester - Activity & Computer Room
£1,081 11/03/2022
A project supporting the vulnerable and homeless in Bury.
MACC - Caritas Salford
£2,520 06/01/2022
To help vulnerable people and families cover the cost of essentials with a one-off gift payment of either £100 (for households/families with dependent children aged under 19) or £70 (for ....more
The Shears Foundation - Caritas Lalley Centre
£5,000 22/07/2021
Journey to Health
Home Office - Resettlement Programme - Post Arrival Support
£384,704 19/04/2021
The UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS) started in March 2021 and reaffirms the UKs ongoing commitment to refugee resettlement. Resettlement relies on collaborative working with local authorities to ....more
Home Office - Resettlement Programme - Post Arrival Support
£384,704 19/04/2021
The UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS) started in March 2021 and reaffirms the UKs ongoing commitment to refugee resettlement. Resettlement relies on collaborative working with local authorities to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Lalley care package
£10,000 05/03/2021
5
The funding will be used to respond to families facing crisis situations by providing food vouchers to enable people to receive immediate relief when they are unable to afford and access food. The ....more
Forever Manchester - Virus Control Deep clean
£5,000 15/05/2020
Cleaning costs to protect people from infection
Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity - Grant to Caritas Diocese of Salford
£9,856 14/05/2020
To Caritas Morning Star and Night Haven to help with running costs of the hostel, paying utility bills and enabling isolation units to be set up for the residents. (COVID-19 response)
National Lottery Community Fund - Caritas Older People's Service
£40,711 11/05/2020
5
The organisation supports vulnerable older people living in the North of Manchester. Typically the group runs a befriending service however they have adapted this due to the pandemic and now run a ....more
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£100,000 07/05/2020
Organisations supporting homelessness
Forever Manchester - Keeping the lights on
£4,662 01/05/2020
Housing and welfare advice, sign-posting a emergency food parcels
Home Office - Resettlement Programme - Post Arrival Support
£17,647 01/04/2020
36
This grant stream is for the provision of post-arrival services to arrivals under these schemes through tariff/per capita payments. At present the majority of arrivals are being supported by local ....more
Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity - Grant to Caritas Diocese of Salford
£6,500 30/03/2020
Supporting initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 20/03/2020
Caritas Education Programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Journey to Health (The Lalley)
£49,488 27/02/2020
11
The aim of the group is to provide support and guidance to appropriate charities through drop in sessions for housing, welfare signposting and skills development. Funding will be used to expand the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Lalley Community Space
£9,900 17/01/2020
6
The funding will be used for a feasibility study, bringing together the whole community to assess options to make the Lalley Community Space better for all. A steering group of beneficiaries and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee Mentoring and Engagement Project
£10,000 18/07/2019
12
The project aims to integrate refugees and asylum seekers into the local community through English classes in the hopes of increasing their independence and give them the necessary skills to succeed ....more
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Caritas Diocese of Salford
£60,000 03/06/2019
36
Towards a project that tests out a community asset based model of ‘wrap around’ support to refugees to fast track resettlement and integration.
Home Office - Community Sponsorship Micro Grants 2019-20
£2,500 01/04/2019
To deliver projects that build upon existing arrangements or introduce newapproaches to improving integration and/or build capacity for assisting othercommunity sponsorship groups. It is expected ....more
Home Office - Community Sponsorship Micro Grants 2018-19
£7,500 19/12/2018
To deliver projects that build upon existing arrangements or introduce newapproaches to improving integration and/or build capacity for assisting othercommunity sponsorship groups. It is expected ....more
Home Office - ESOL Micro Grants 2017-18
£15,000 19/02/2018
To establish a small grant fund to allow Community Sponsors to increase their capacity for ESOL tuition by training community members. Building this capacity among communities was supported by the ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Caritas Diocese of Salford
£4,300 01/12/2017
Toward emergency blankets, sleeping bags and tents for rough sleepers and a plant growing project.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bury Red Door (Caritas - Diocese of Salford)
£3,458 04/08/2017
We give dignity and hope to people in crisis - help us fund day trips to give disadvantaged local people a welcome break from hardship.
National Lottery Community Fund - Door Steps - from the Street to the Suite
£418,029 14/06/2017
36
This project runs step-by-step support for homeless people in Salford to access and sustain accommodation and independent living. The work will run in five stages including; stabilising people in ....more
MACC - North Manchester Befriending Service
£10,000 09/12/2016
Befriending service for older people to improve independnce, confidence etc., as well as supporting family, neighbours and carers with advice, information and respite. Grant will a Volunteer ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 52-70
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/09/2008, number: 1125808
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/05/2008, number: 06594417
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR15: 4 days late, AR13: 119 days late, AR10: 50 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from MARY STRAND CHARITABLE TRUST on 02/01/2024
Main office

CATHEDRAL CENTRE
3 FORD STREET
SALFORD
M3 6DP

Objectives

TO FURTHER THE GENERAL CHARITABLE WORKS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS TEACHING BOTH IN THE DIOCESE OF SALFORD AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SUFFERING, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND OTHER CHARITABLE ACTS WHICH PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS AND NONE. TO THIS END, THE CHARITY'S ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIRECTED TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITHOUT FAMILIES ABLE TO CARE FOR THEM, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THE AGED, THE VULNERABLE AND INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS WHO ARE IN NEED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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