Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

BIRMINGHAM CHRISTIAN COLLEGE 

The Birmingham Christian College is an evangelical college which focuses on Jesus Christ alive in His church. It offers a flexible training and teaching environment for adults from a wide diversity of backgrounds. By balancing teaching, practical hands-on experience and personal develoment, it has become noted for its ministry and vision for renewal through the Holy Spirit
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age 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
  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/12/22£510£678£-168£0£2,059£1172.1614
31/12/21£615£395£220£0£1,492£1203.659
31/12/20£304£271£33n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/12/19£366£252£114n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/12/18£340£263£77£0£0£0n/a010
31/12/17£479£206£273£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£218£148£69£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£200£129£71£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£363£98£265£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13?£70£155£-85£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12£14£138£-124£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£38£551£-512£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10£554£471£83£4£1,079£1,07927.5100
31/08/09£820£446£374£4£999£99926.9100
31/08/08£485£563£-77£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/07£413£507£-94£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/06£397£307£90£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05*£272£278£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£226£206£20£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 6%
Reserves/Spending: 2.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 33 years
(35 years as a company)

www.bccoll.uk

info@bccoll.uk

01214720726

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 6 employees
  • 14 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-61
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/03/1991, number: 1002205
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/11/1988, number: 02320164
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR05: 81 days late,
Main office

BIRMINGHAM CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
HAMILTON DRIVE
SELLY OAK
BIRMINGHAM
B29 6AJ

Objectives

(i) To promote the advancement of the Christian faith in the United Kingdom and elsewhere by spreading the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. (ii) To provide education and training in the knowledge, understanding and practice of the Christian faith, and in such other subjects which are complementary to the students theological training as the trustees see fit, and to do all such things as are necessary to the attainment of that object.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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