ST GEORGE'S CRYPT

Registered charity 1144474 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST GEORGE'S CRYPT1

ST GEORGE'S CRYPT PROVIDES PRACTICAL CARE AND SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS, DESTITUTE AND DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE. IT OPERATES IN THE LEEDS AREA. THE CRYPT RUNS ONE HOSTEL FOR PEOPLE WITH A BACKGROUND OF ADDICTION; IT ALSO PROMOTES A PROGRAMME OF TRAINING AND ENGAGEMENT AND ACTIVELY PROMOTES RESETTLEMENT. THE CRYPT IS A FAITH-BASED CHARITY.THE CHARITY ALSO RUNS THREE SHOPS .

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £135,056 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a reduction of free reserves to £379,000. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves provides only 0.8 months of operational expense cover, which is below the stated policy target of three to six months. Despite this tight liquidity position, the trustees and auditor confirm the charity remains a going concern supported by diverse income streams.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £80,000 - £90,000 (FY2024) to £80,001 - £90,000 (FY2025).
• Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (FY2024) → 3 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St George's Crypt (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

14 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (12 freehold); recorded price paid £985k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~19.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/03/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jane Duttonchair
• Jenny Swift
• Jonathan Mark Chesterman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Arnold
• Rev Elizabeth Louise Woolf · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Bailey Hughes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ven Paul Nicholas Ayers · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST GEORGE'S HOUSE CHARITY.

• ST GEORGE'S HOUSE CHARITY income £274k
• SPITALFIELDS CRYPT TRUST income £3.0m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LEEDS ST GEORGE income £947k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GATESHEAD ST GEORGE income £457k
• THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE CHAPEL FUND income £122k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE'S BECKENHAM income £205k

Side by side with its peers

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