Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 5

Poor Liquidity: -1
Good Reserves: +1Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 8

ST CUTHBERT'S COLLEGE USHAW

THE CHARITIY'S OBJECTS AND PRINCIPLE ACTIVITIES IS THE EDUCATION OF THOSE OF ALL FAITHS AND NONE.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
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
31/03/23	*	£1,383	£2,266	£-883	£48	£2,067	£1,810	9.6	53	100
31/03/22		£2,000	£1,882	£118	£39	£2,950	£2,707	17.3	44	110
31/03/21		£1,299	£1,218	£81	£28	£2,603	£2,555	25.2	41	100
31/03/20		£1,176	£1,534	£-359	£51	£2,522	£2,482	19.4	36	50
31/03/19		£1,159	£1,355	£-195	£22	£2,861	£2,712	24	30	80
31/03/18		£747	£1,149	£-402	£23	£3,028	£2,994	31.3	24	0
31/03/17		£716	£865	£-148	£34	£4,421	£4,382	60.8	13	0
31/03/16	*	£293	£724	£-431	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15	*	£300	£308	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14	*	£593	£716	£-123	£15	£3,411	£3,402	57	8	0
31/03/13	*	£226	£720	£-494	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12?	*	£893	£2,010	£-1,117	£466	£3,681	£3,681	22	26	0
31/08/10	*	£1,827	£2,769	£-943	£1,058	£4,325	£4,286	18.6	67	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 54%
Liabilities/Income: 178%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 9.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 14 years

www.ushaw.ac.uk

meet@ushaw.org

0191 373 8500

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Secondary schools

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Durham,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
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

DCMS	£1,057,500
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£60,000
County Durham Community Foundation	£11,997

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
County Durham Community Foundation - Le Cabinet du Roi: Versailles in the Age of the Sun King Engagement
£2,497	20/03/2023	To support the Le Cabinet du Roi: Versailles in the Age of the Sun King Engagement project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Platinum Jubilee Tea Dance
£2,000	30/03/2022	Platinum Jubilee Tea Dance.
DCMS - CRF21 St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw
£263,000	08/03/2021	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - CRF21 St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw
£357,400	08/03/2021	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - CRF20 Ushaw HIstoric House, Chapels and Gardens
£437,100	14/10/2020	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
County Durham Community Foundation - Digital Ushaw
£2,500	13/08/2020	Towards a digital Ushaw.
County Durham Community Foundation - Adapting Ushaw's services post Covid-19
£5,000	05/06/2020	To adapt Ushaw's services post Covid-19.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to St Cuthbert's College Ushaw
£60,000	19/05/2020	COVID19: St. Cuthbert's College Ushaw
County Durham Community Foundation - Developing volunteering at Ushaw
£4,500	28/11/2018	To support developing volunteering at Ushaw.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to St Cuthbert's College Ushaw
£104,800	26/04/2018	Ushaw - revealing the hidden treasures of a unique estate
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to St Cuthbert's College Ushaw
£9,900	30/08/2017	‘Divine voices’ – recording the memories of those ordained, educated and employed at Ushaw College
County Durham Community Foundation - Ushaw Gardens - open for all
£3,000	08/03/2017	Towards wood carving to create a children's trail around the Ushaw gardens.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

MOST REVEREND MALCOLM PATRICK MCMAHON OP Appointed: 2014

RT REV MARK DAVIES Appointed: 2013

RT REV JOHN STANLEY KENNETH ARNOLD Appointed: 2014

RT REV MARCUS NIGEL STOCK Appointed: 2014

RT REV RALPH HESKETT Appointed: 2014

RT REV STEPHEN JAMES LAWRENCE WRIGHT Appointed: 2023

RT REV TERENCE PATRICK DRAINEY Appointed: 2013

RT REVD PAUL SWARBRICK Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/09/2010, number: 527408

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

13 returns made; AR23: 145 days late, AR16: 64 days late, AR15: 288 days late, AR14: 484 days late, AR13: 367 days late, AR12: 596 days late, AR10: 1174 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE CATHOLIC FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY on 29/08/2024

Main office

USHAW COLLEGE
DURHAM
DH7 9RH

Objectives

1. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO:(I) ADVANCE, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE EPISCOPAL GOVERNORS THINK FIT, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH. (II) PROVIDE A COLLEGE FOR EDUCATING CATHOLICS IN THEOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND RELATED SCIENCES AND OTHER SUBJECTS OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE. (III) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THEOLOGY AND RELATED SUBJECTS OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE.2. THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE TO THE SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED BY THE COLLEGE TRUSTEES FOR USE FOR THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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