Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LAURENCE, CATFORD 

PROMOTING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 17 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 15 years

www.stlaurencecatford.org.uk

info@stlaurencecatford.org.uk

02086989706

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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
31/12/22£295£291£3n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/12/21£254£256£-3n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/12/20£260£237£23n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/19£258£282£-24n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/12/18£244£255£-11£0£0£0n/a050
31/12/17£245£232£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£442£443£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£211£239£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£212£211£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£221£180£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£208£170£38£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£176£200£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£179£198£-19£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lewisham,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 25 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
Department for Work and Pensions£16,983
National Churches Trust£12,824
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£5,750
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department for Work and Pensions - YOUR BEAUTY SCHOOL CIC
£12,483 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Laurence, Catford
£5,750 09/03/2022
Catford Heritage Discovery Project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 05/11/2021
St Laurence eco-heating project
City Bridge Trust - Eco audit to St Laurence Church Catford
£2,000 04/10/2021
£2,000 (5 days) to provide an eco-audit
Department for Work and Pensions - YOUR BEAUTY SCHOOL CIC
£4,500 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
National Churches Trust - Foundation award to LONDON, CATFORD, St Laurence
£9,294 07/11/2019
Urgent relining of the principal box gutters
National Churches Trust - Foundation award to LONDON, CATFORD, St Laurence
£3,530 07/11/2019
Urgent repairs to small areas of failing or deeply carbonated concrete in structural elements of the church
National Churches Trust - Maintenance award to LONDON, Catford, St Laurence
£3,000 05/07/2018
Investigative work recommended by recent Quinquennial Inspection to determine cause of rapidly developing hairline cracks in the main high arches and the ring beams of the low level ambulatory. ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to St Laurence Church & Centre, Catford
£9,900 06/06/2018
Remembering 1968: the year the world changed
National Churches Trust - Repair award to LONDON, CATFORD, St Laurence
£10,000 01/12/2016
Structural window repairs, roof repairs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (17)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 14/17 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/08/2009, number: 1131092
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

31 BROMLEY ROAD
LONDON
SE6 2TS

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
CharityBase
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