Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 10

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 12

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LAVANT

Regular public worship. Provision of sacred space for personal prayer. Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and bereaved. Teaching of Christianity Participating in assemblies in schools. Provision of activities with a Christian ethos for young people. Promoting the whole mission of the Church through provision of activities for all. Supporting other charities in the UK and overseas.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23		£128	£162	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/12/22		£236	£272	£-36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/12/21		£139	£93	£47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/12/20		£112	£98	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/12/19		£127	£119	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/12/18		£118	£111	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/17		£103	£115	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£98	£108	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£98	£110	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£108	£117	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	*	£122	£179	£-56	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	*	£98	£124	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£101	£97	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£102	£134	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 15 years

http://www.lavantchurches.net

pccsecretary@lavantchurches.net

01243527894

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

West Sussex,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
50 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Heritage Fund	£73,200
Garfield Weston Foundation	£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,999
Sussex Community Foundation	£6,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting our community and beyond
£10,000	25/11/2022	This project will support vulnerable and marginalised people including those with chronic and long term illnesses to access wellbeing events and activities. It will offer regular social activities to ....more This project will support vulnerable and marginalised people including those with chronic and long term illnesses to access wellbeing events and activities. It will offer regular social activities to build social networks helping users to share their experiences and challenges with other people in a similar situation
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LAVANT
£73,200	09/03/2022	Preserving our Heritage: Community Project For All
Sussex Community Foundation - Providing Social Connections in Lavant and surrounding area
£6,000	21/12/2021 10	Funding was provided to cover running costs to enable them to support older people by providing new and enjoyable ways for them to be actively involved in the community.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	17/12/2021	Engaging with our community in Lavant and beyond
National Lottery Community Fund - An inclusive and welcoming church for our community during and beyond Covid
£9,999	08/10/2021	The funding will be used to replace the church hall heating system. The project aims to improve the space for various activities and vital support for the community.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

CYNTHIA BLADES Appointed: 2022

DEECIE TESTER Appointed: 2017

GEORGINA BILL Appointed: 2020

IAIN COLIN CAMPBELL Appointed: 2022

JAMES PICKFORD Appointed: 2024

JENNY QUEST Appointed: 2020

MICHAEL IAN KINGSFORD Appointed: 2023

REV MARTHA GRACE WEATHERILL (Chair) Appointed: 2021

SUE TOSTEVIN Appointed: 2020

ZOE MANN Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/09/2009, number: 1131684

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR13: 19 days late, AR12: 384 days late,

Main office

4 ST. MARYS CLOSE
LAVANT
CHICHESTER
PO18 0DL

Objectives

Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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