Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -4
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -4
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

BRENTWOOD ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST

Religious Activities
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • This charity uses a corporate trustee
  • Returns have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £50,027,796 available, equivalent to 48 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

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
05/04/23*£12,642£12,386£256£124£58,533£50,02848.51804,500
05/04/22*£12,995£11,189£1,807£58£58,922£50,02053.61884,500
05/04/21*£8,990£10,537£-1,547£30£53,503£44,32350.51964,500
05/04/20£12,692£12,846£-154£244£49,643£41,38138.72014,500
05/04/19*£15,853£12,353£3,501£171£48,570£40,01338.92074,350
05/04/18*£13,690£12,241£1,449£188£44,071£35,64534.92020
05/04/17£12,587£11,715£871£176£42,777£34,45235.32120
05/04/16£12,356£11,674£682£261£40,019£32,57033.52090
05/04/15£12,535£11,904£631£507£38,447£30,96431.2770
05/04/14£13,262£11,998£1,264£462£36,466£29,62629.6780
05/04/13£11,537£12,117£-579£432£34,331£28,65528.4790
05/04/12£12,139£11,760£380£560£33,641£28,31428.9780
05/04/11£11,138£11,412£-274£363£33,740£28,61830.1820
05/04/10£10,328£10,131£197£284£32,220£27,34232.4820
05/04/09£11,491£13,882£-2,391£226£29,492£25,487221340
05/04/08£15,005£11,859£3,145£234£34,412£29,51129.91490
05/04/07£12,609£10,112£2,496£251£31,488£26,53331.51460
05/04/06*£10,488£10,354£134n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/05£11,394£11,492£-99n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/04*£10,367£10,663£-297n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 48.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 4.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 61 years
(76 years as a company)

www.dioceseofbrentwood.net

finance@dioceseofbrentwood.org

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Barking And Dagenham, Essex, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Waltham Forest,
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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Joseph Rank Trust - St Edward the Confessor RC Church, Romford
£25,000 13/10/2023
To part fund the Church property scheme
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 14/09/2023
"Romford Future"
Essex Community Foundation - The Bell will ring again
£5,550 28/06/2018
11
Towards a project to reinstall a commemorative bell

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (1)

  • THE BRENTWOOD ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE TRUSTEE
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/04/1964, number: 234092
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/03/1948, number: 00450897
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 58 days late, AR22: 229 days late, AR21: 368 days late, AR19: 296 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR04: 26 days late,
Main office

CATHEDRAL HOUSE
INGRAVE ROAD
BRENTWOOD
ESSEX
CM15 8AT

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OR MAINTENANCE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BRENTWOOD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BRENTWOOD.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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