Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE BROOK COMMUNITY CHURCH AND CENTRE

"Worship God" Father, Son, Holy Spirit. "Love others" through Community Church family activities, discipleship, relationships. Children / Youth / Missions support. Encouragement/sense of belonging/ Purpose through Volunteer opportunities. "Bless Community" through provision of Cafe, Art Gallery, garden, Food Bank, Community Outreach for homeless and those with addictions/Restore clothes shop.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/12/23£214£226£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£237£215£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£142£131£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£173£108£65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£52£42£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£53£77£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£21£53£-32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£53£52£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£64£88£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£89£47£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£75£44£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£46£121£-75n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£126£28£98n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£89£94£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£20£18£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£25£15£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£19£19£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06*£18£18£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£17£16£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£17£14£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 29 years

www.thebrookcc.co.uk

enquiries@thebrookcc.co.uk

01623744371

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Art galleries and exhibitions
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old 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
National Lottery Community Fund£199,242
Joseph Rank Trust£30,000
Power to Change£16,800
CAF£6,750
Co-Operative Group£3,529
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Brook Community Church and Centre
£1,030 21/10/2023
We will plant seeds and let the children care for plants. We will give kits to help children grow plants at home. We need to buy activity materials, sustainable bags, seeds and gardening equipment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Support Centre in Shirebrook
£139,542 17/02/2022
The project is using funding to continue providing the community support centre in Shirebrook North East Derbyshire for the benefit of Bolsover residents through a subsidised community pantry social eating café and signposting and referral work ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Storehouse: affordable food with dignity in community.
£10,000 22/12/2021
The funding will be used to continue to run a local foodbank community cafe and signposting facility. The project aims to support vulnerable groups locally including people who are out of work disabled elderly and children living in poverty helping ....more
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - The Brook Community Church and Centre
£2,500 29/10/2021
The Brook Community Church and Centre have been in the centre of the local community for over 30 years. We are in the business of saving lives. During the Covid-19 pandemic we provided support including distribution of over 7000 bags of food. Since ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Brook
£2,498 23/10/2021
We want to start to grow our own food for the community as part of our foodbank.
Joseph Rank Trust - The Brook Community Church, Shirebrook
£30,000 21/10/2020
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To fund the running costs of the charity
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - The Brook Community Church and Centre
£16,800 14/10/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - The Brook Community Church and Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - Brook Community Centre Covid-19 Relief and Recovery.
£49,700 28/05/2020
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The funding will be used to deliver a service to vulnerable residents during Covid-19 which will include delivery of food packages and other essential items. The project is a community centre in a low income area.
CAF - Grant to The Brook Community Church and Centre
£6,750 17/04/2020
3
Grant to The Brook Community Church and Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Going Further Growing Stronger
£10,000 21/10/2019
12
Going Further Growing Stronger
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Christian Centre Shirebrook
£22,900 27/04/2012
the salary costs of two Community Outreach posts
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

  • JAN DE VILLIERS (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • MS TRACEY JANE ENGYEL
  • PATRICK DENNIS HELLEWELL
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/02/1996, number: 1052624
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 13 days late,
Main office

The Brook Community Church
18 - 26 Main Street
Shirebrook
Shirebrook
NG20 8DG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;(B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND(C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE SHIREBROOK

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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