CATHOLIC TRUTH SOCIETY (DIOCESE OF SALFORD)

Registered charity 1058718 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C T S (DIOCESE OF SALFORD), C.T.S. (DIOCESE OF SALFORD)

The advancement of religion by promoting knowledge of the Catholic faith and its practice among both Catholics and Non Catholics via the circulation of books and publications.

Objects

TO ADVANCE RELIGION,IN PARTICULAR,BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE OF BOTH THE CATHOLIC FAITH AND ITS PRACTICE AMONG CATHOLICS AND NON CATHOLICS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Salford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£0
Latest spending
£0
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed its bookshop in February 2024 and prepared financial statements on a basis other than going concern. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £50,799, which management considers adequate against a policy target of six months of expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of the expenditure (reserves figure: £51k)
“It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the charity should be a minimum of 6 months of the expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“Due to the above, the Trustees do not consider the charity to be a going concern and a basis other than going concern has been adopted for the preparation of these financial statements.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe UK LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Volunteers: 1

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 11/01/2024, 72 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£0£0
31/12/2024£30k£42k
31/12/2023£109k£178k
31/12/2022£105k£130k
31/12/2021£105k£99k

Common questions

Is CATHOLIC TRUTH SOCIETY (DIOCESE OF SALFORD) financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity closed its bookshop in February 2024 and prepared financial statements on a basis other than going concern. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £50,799, which management considers adequate against a policy target of six months of expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Crowe UK LLP.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CATHOLIC TRUTH SOCIETY (DIOCESE OF SALFORD)£0—0above—not going concern
THE SALFORD DIOCESAN TRUST FY2025£29.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE INCORPORATED CATHOLIC TRUTH SOCIETY FY2025£2.0m£110,001 - £120,0001above—no doubt
SALTISFORD CHURCH FY2025£206k—0above—no doubt
WORD AND WORSHIP TRUST FY2025£78k—0unclear—no doubt
CATHOLIC TRUST FOR ENGLAND AND WALES FY2025£10.3m——above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.