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Finance Score: -9
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 6
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

LIVERPOOL ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESAN TRUST 

To provide support to the clergy in training, ministry and retirementTo support pastoral work in parishes and local communitiesTo support and direct lifelong Christian education in parishes and schoolsTo preserve and invest in the property infrastructure of the Archdiocese and parishes, facilitating worship and enabling the charitable work of the Church to take place
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Income generation is well diversified
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £190,981,173 available, equivalent to 63 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
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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
31/12/21*£35,090£36,150£-1,060£6,966£221,628£190,98163.44991,000
31/12/20£20,413£28,027£-7,615£7,653£192,279£175,76275.36211,000
31/12/19£31,726£35,035£-3,309£11,522£203,292£186,36963.86511,000
31/12/18£33,935£36,708£-2,774£12,408£187,275£170,00355.64031,000
31/12/17£33,705£34,441£-737£12,436£196,599£178,80062.36711,000
31/12/16£32,400£32,480£-80£12,792£187,836£170,79863.14220
31/12/15£35,744£38,325£-2,581£17,202£172,499£156,17948.94390
31/12/14£37,817£41,029£-3,212£19,026£171,121£155,23245.44560
31/12/13£39,580£41,396£-1,816£20,248£166,948£150,76043.74860
31/12/12£41,728£41,429£299£21,542£158,441£142,69341.35230
31/12/11£42,937£42,566£371£23,282£150,763£135,79638.35680
31/12/10£42,058£43,681£-1,623£23,312£146,553£131,24236.15870
31/12/09£46,210£50,004£-3,794£27,152£138,967£124,39429.96080
31/12/08£50,186£53,413£-3,228£26,646£132,957£119,81926.96360
31/12/07£48,926£47,783£1,143£26,925£155,891£143,95736.26370
31/12/06£19,986£19,418£568£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£17,813£19,827£-2,014£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£17,240£22,183£-4,943£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 30.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 20.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 42%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 63.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 2.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 59 years

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Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Halton, Isle Of Man, Knowsley, Lancashire, Liverpool City, Peru, Sefton, St Helens, Warrington, Wigan,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 499 employees
  • 1,000 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 Education£679,038
DCMS£477,600
National Lottery Heritage Fund£91,800
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
DCMS - CRF20: Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool
£477,600 14/10/2020
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Department for Education - Priority Schools Building Programme 2
£118,118 01/04/2020
Capital funding to improve the condition of schools in the most urgent need of repair. Improvements are delivered either by DfE on behalf of Local Authorities, or by Local Authorities directly.
Department for Education - Priority Schools Building Programme 2
£513,127 01/04/2020
Capital funding to improve the condition of schools in the most urgent need of repair. Improvements are delivered either by DfE on behalf of Local Authorities, or by Local Authorities directly.
Department for Education - Full Fibre Broadband
£47,794 01/04/2020
Capital funding to support the roll out of full fibre broadband to rural schools.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool
£91,800 28/08/2019
Metropolitan Perspectives: Sharing heritage, building futures.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to St James, Bootle
£193,900 07/12/2017
Urgent Structural & Masonry Repairs to Church Tower
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool
£9,900 25/05/2017
Exhibition to showcase the original competition entries for the Cathedral's design 1959-1960
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to St Matthew Roman Catholic Church, Clubmoor, Liverpool
£209,100 03/03/2015
Liverpool - St Matthew RC Church
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 13/14 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/08/1965, number: 232709
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR21: 256 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ST CUTHBERT'S SOCIETY, USHAW on 28/03/2024
Main office

LIVERPOOL ARCHDIOCESE
St Margaret Clitherow Centre
CROXTETH DRIVE
LIVERPOOL
L17 1AA

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION IN THE DIOCESE IN SUCH WAYS BEING CHARITABLE AS THE ARCHBISHOP SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT AND FOR THE SERVICE AND SUPPORT WHETHER IN THE DIOCESE OR OUTSIDE THE DIOCESE IN SUCH WAYS AS AFORESAID OF ANY LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHETHER EDUCATIONAL OR OTHERWISE PROMOTED OR SUPPORTED BY THE CHURCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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