--- title: "Mount St Mary's — charity rating & review | CharityCompare" description: "Is Mount St Mary" source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/mount-st-mary-s retrieved: 2026-08-18T04:11:12.233Z license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Quick answer ## Is Mount St Mary's a good charity? Mount St Mary's scores 65/100 (3 stars, Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2024 (£7.6m total income, 94% of spending on charitable activities). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown. Sheffield · S21 3YL | Reg [1117998](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/mount-st-mary-s) | Registered charity | [Official website](https://www.msmcollege.co.uk/) | [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1117998) Donate ## How can you give to MOUNT ST MARY'S? You leave CharityCompare to complete a donation on the official MOUNT ST MARY'S form. We do not process payments or take commission. Opens their official online donation form. [Donate](https://www.msmcollege.co.uk/?utm_source=charitycompare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=donate&utm_content=1117998) ## What does Mount St Mary's do? Mount St Mary's is a registered charity (no. 1117998) working in religion in Sheffield · S21 3YL. Its latest Charity Commission filing directs 94% of spending to charitable activities, holding roughly 4 months of reserves, though its recent accounts were filed late. Reported income has been broadly stable over recent years. CharityCompare's Clarity Score rates the organisation only from public Charity Commission accounts — accountability, financial health, efficiency and community support — not the quality or impact of its programmes. Summarised from public filings — Mount St Mary's hasn't added its own description yet. [Work here? Add it free →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=mount-st-mary-s) **In short:** MOUNT ST MARY'S scores 65 out of 100 (3 stars). 94% average program spend (2-year average, disclosed years only). Review the pillar breakdown below. ## What is Mount St Mary's? Mount St Mary's has a Clarity Score of 65 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars, Needs improvement). Charity Commission registration number 1117998. Status: Registered. Primary cause area: Religion. Latest accounts year 2024: total income £7.6m, with 94% of expenditure on charitable activities. Accounts filing: late. Reserves: approximately 4 months of operating costs. 2 filing concern(s) noted on this profile. Scores are independent and based on official filings — not a donation recommendation. Data from [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), last updated 17 July 2026. Overall score 65/100 3★ · Needs improvement Cause spend 94% 2-yr avg · charitable activities Accountability 55/100 Finance beacon Income £7.6m Latest year 2024 Reserves 4 mo Months of running costs Accounts filing Late Check register £23.1 raised per £1 fundraising (2-yr avg) · 4% overhead · Website on register · Confidence: medium ## How does MOUNT ST MARY'S compare? Clarity Score percentile against similar UK charities — the share of peers MOUNT ST MARY'S scores higher than. Income band (£5m–£10m)16thpercentile **Scores higher than 16% of 619 charities in its income band** · 65/100 vs 78 peer average (marker). Religion charities17thpercentile **Scores higher than 17% of 519 charities in this cause** · 65/100 vs 78 peer average (marker). ## How reliable is Mount St Mary's's data? Source Charity Commission (England & Wales) Accounts year 2024 Filing date 24 June 2026 Profile reviewed 17 July 2026 Medium confidence — some data missing or late Scores reflect the latest annual accounts on the register. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: [Charity Commission for England and Wales](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), [Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator](https://www.oscr.org.uk/) and [Charity Commission for Northern Ireland](https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/). [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). ## What is Mount St Mary's's Beacon report? Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report. ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 55/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Filing history (5 years) 100% on-time over five years = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more = 0 pts. | 0% | 0/15 pts | | Trustee oversight Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three). | 100% | 12 trustees · 15/15 pts | | Declared policies Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return. | 70% | 7/10 pts | ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 77/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Reserves (months of cash) 3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years (hoarding) = 0 pts. | 100% | 4 months · 15/15 pts | | Income stability / growth +20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between. | 80% | 8/10 pts · 3-year average | | Liabilities to assets 0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt. | 0% | 71% · 0/5 pts | ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 100/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Program expense ratio 90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below. | 100% | 94% · 10/10 pts (3-year average) | | Fundraising efficiency ≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income). | 100% | 4p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average) | ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 0/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Volunteer-to-staff ratio Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between. | 0% | 10 volunteers / 178 staff · 0/10 pts | [How we calculate beacon scores →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What is Mount St Mary's's Clarity Score? 65/100 total · Needs improvement · 3 of 5 stars Four pillars (40 + 30 + 20 + 10 points) from Charity Commission filings — see methodology for full weightings. 55/100 Accountability & Transparency 77/100 Financial Health 100/100 Financial Efficiency 0/100 Community Support ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 55/100 Filing history (5 years)0/15 pts Trustee oversight12 trustees · 15/15 pts Declared policies7/10 pts ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 77/100 Reserves (months of cash)4 months · 15/15 pts Income stability / growth8/10 pts · 3-year average Liabilities to assets71% · 0/5 pts ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 100/100 Program expense ratio94% · 10/10 pts (3-year average) Fundraising efficiency4p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average) ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 0/100 Volunteer-to-staff ratio10 volunteers / 178 staff · 0/10 pts ## How much does Mount St Mary's raise and spend? Latest filed year 2024 · Source: Charity Commission filings | Category | Amount | % of spend | | --- | --- | --- | | Total income | £7.6m | — | | Total expenditure | £8.3m | — | | Charitable activities | Not disclosed | — | ## Where does the money go? Latest accounts (2024) · £8.3m spent. Not disclosed in this filing — the Charity Commission return omits the charitable-activities split. ## What trust indicators does Mount St Mary's have? Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported. - — Accounts filed on time Filing status: late - ✓ Trustee board size (3–12) 12 trustees on the Charity Commission register - ✓ Workforce on register 178 employees · 10 volunteers (0:1 volunteer-to-staff) Fundraising Regulator Not listed as member Separate from our financial scores — shows whether the charity follows the Code of Fundraising Practice. [Check Fundraising Regulator →](https://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk/members/) Official register Reg 1117998 Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission. [View on Charity Commission →](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1117998) ### Trustees & officers - Ian Murphy since 2016 - Rev Simon David Ellis since 2018 - Michael Burrowes since 2018 - Sara Clarkson since 2019 - Hardip Nijjar since 2019 - Matthew Wilson since 2021 - Shaun Whyman since 2022 - Antony Hind since 2022 - Rev Christopher Pedley since 2023 - Rev Dermot Preston since 2023 - David Holliday since 2024 - Joe Forth since 2024 100 How we score charities +The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically. [Full methodology →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) Accountability & Transparency Scored from filings 40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10). Financial Health Scored from filings 30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises). Financial Efficiency Scored from filings 20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below). Community Support Scored from filings 10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio. Overall score Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated. ## How have Mount St Mary's's finances changed over five years? - Income - Spending - Cause spend Values in £ thousands · Cause spend plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission accounts ## What are the key facts about Mount St Mary's? Overall score 65/100 (3★) Income £7.6m Cause spend 94% of expenditure Reg number 1117998 Scope Local (sheffield) Reserves 4 months Trustees 12 Accounts year 2024 Filing late ## How does MOUNT ST MARY'S compare, and where else can you look? [Compare MOUNT ST MARY'S with others](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/compare-charities?ids=mount-st-mary-s) [More religion charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/religion) [How we score charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ### Where MOUNT ST MARY'S sits The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby. - [religion charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/religion) - [education charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/education) - [children charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/children) - [Charities in Sheffield](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/cities/sheffield) - [religion charities in Sheffield](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/religion/sheffield) ### Similar religion charities Top-rated peers by CharityCompare score - [BIRMINGHAM DIOCESAN TRUST](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/birmingham-diocesan-trust) 100/100 · £24m - [ARCHDIOCESE OF CARDIFF-MENEVIA](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/archdiocese-of-cardiff-menevia) 100/100 · £6.0m - [FRIENDS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/friends-international-ministries) 100/100 · £2.9m - [THE ENGLISH SANGHA TRUST LIMITED](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-english-sangha-trust-limited) 100/100 · £2.2m ## How can you share Mount St Mary's's rating? 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Is Mount St Mary's a legitimate charity? + Yes — Mount St Mary's is a legitimate registered charity (charity number 1117998). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1117998. Registration proves status; Clarity Score then summarises filing transparency on paper, not programme impact. What is Mount St Mary's's charity number? + Mount St Mary's's charity number is 1117998. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals. What is Mount St Mary's's charity rating? + Mount St Mary's scores 65 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). The Clarity Score V1 sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking. Does Mount St Mary's have reviews and complaints? + CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Mount St Mary's. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (2 filing concern(s) noted on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate. How much of my donation reaches Mount St Mary's? + According to its 2024 regulator filing, 94% of Mount St Mary's's total spending went to charitable activities (2-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift. What are Mount St Mary's's overheads? + According to its 2024 regulator filing, fundraising costs were about 6% of total expenditure and combined overheads (fundraising plus governance) were about 4% of total expenditure at Mount St Mary's. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what Mount St Mary's's chief executive is paid — where disclosure rules apply, senior pay appears in the trustees' annual report on the Charity Commission register. How much income does Mount St Mary's receive? + Mount St Mary's reported £7.6m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable. Are Mount St Mary's's accounts up to date? + Filing status: late (last filing 2026-06-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score. Where is Mount St Mary's based? + Mount St Mary's is listed at Sheffield · S21 3YL, focused on religion. How does CharityCompare score Mount St Mary's? + We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Mount St Mary's's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought. How often is this page updated? + This profile was last updated on 17 July 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Mount St Mary's's most recent accounts cover 2024. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.