Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 8
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF ST MARY, WARWICK

Religious activities
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/12/23£976£1,654£-678£33£694£2641.9760
31/12/22£1,118£459£660£100£1,356£1794.7660
31/12/21£671£695£-24£1£735£1713737
31/12/20£437£415£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£492£490£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18*£433£468£-35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17*£335£774£-439n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£440£671£-231n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£473£717£-244n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£759£530£229£33£1,110£1904.3110
31/12/13£736£404£332£23£765£431.3110
31/12/12£322£430£-108n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£333£393£-61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£404£399£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£313£458£-145n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 38%
Reserves/Spending: 1.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 4.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 16 years

www.stmaryswarwick.org.uk

om@stmaryswarwick.org.uk

01926403940

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Warwickshire,
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
National Lottery Heritage Fund£249,703
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs£23,327
DCMS£21,549
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Collegiate Church of St Mary
£249,703 17/11/2022
Understanding the past, imagining the future
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 23/09/2022
Urgent Tower Repair St Mary's Warwick
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Environmental Stewardship Transferred to DEFRA NSA P2
£23,327 01/04/2022
This measure covers farm and business development grants made under Countryside Productivity and ESIF Growth Programme. Grants are made in two instalments 80% of the total paid following confirmation of a successful bid and remainder paid during ....more
DCMS - Porte cochere & Grand Entrance at Trentham Hall, Swynnerton
£2,800 01/02/2021
Repayment of professional fees incurred in putting together application (works in application are not eligible for funding)
DCMS - Remains of Trentham Hall: Orangery, Sculpture Gallery & Clock Tower
£18,749 04/11/2020
Works to strip, repair, reform and re-lead roof to the Orangery staircase and parapet gutters; external stonework/brickwork repairs; new rainwater goods

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Gender Split

  • ANTHONY RICHARD MAYELL KING, Occupation: Retired
  • CAROL WARREN Appointed: 2013
  • DESMOND MICHAEL JACK
  • DOREEN JOAN MILLS
  • ELISABETH ANTROBUS Appointed: 2022
  • GILL JAMES
  • JAYNE ALISON MCHALE
  • JOHN STEPHEN LUXTON
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/02/2009, number: 1128087
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 policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR18: 57 days late, AR17: 29 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF ST MARY, WARWICK on 01/02/2022
Main office

OLD SQUARE
WARWICK
CV34 4RA

Objectives

PROMOTING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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