Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 4
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY CROSS WITH ST PETER'S SHREWSBURY 

Enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of our parish community. Our Services and Worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament. To welcome pilgrims, tourists and the public to our historic building; to facilitate education and provide information to those visitors.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 18 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
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 11 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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£139£166£-27n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/21£195£311£-116n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/20£217£328£-112n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/19£171£179£-8n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/12/18£331£414£-84£0£0£0n/a045
31/12/17£343£333£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£190£162£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£158£133£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£140£137£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£163£159£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Shropshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - CRF21 Shrewsbury Abbey
£19,000 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - CRF20: Parochial Church Council of the Parish of the Holy Cross (the Abbey), Shrewsbury
£98,900 14/10/2020
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 03/07/2020
Restoration & Completion of the Abbey Organ
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 22/09/2017
Shrewsbury Abbey - Saints and Stones - a 21st Century Experience
National Churches Trust - Repair award to SHREWSBURY, Holy Cross (Shrewsbury Abbey)
£10,000 01/03/2017
Repairs to stonework and kitchen replacement
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Parochial Church Council of the Parish of the Holy Cross (the Abbey), Shrewsbury
£250,000 01/03/2016
Shrewsbury Abbey - Saints and Stones - a 21st Century Experience

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (18)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 17/18 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/11/2012, number: 1149972
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE FRIENDS OF THE HOLY CROSS (ABBEY AND ST. PETER'S MONKMOOR) SHREWSBURY on 14/04/2022
Main office

THE ABBEY CHURCH
ABBEY FOREGATE
SHREWSBURY
SY2 6BS

Objectives

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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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