Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 10
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

FREEDOMS ARK TRUST 

We are continuing with our vision to impact our community in everyway with the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our activities include:Regular Sunday and midweek servicesBridging the gap between churchesYouth group that meets once a weekContinuing to reach out to our community in various ways
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are 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
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Income was 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
30/11/22*£405£493£-87n/an/an/an/an/a100
30/11/21*£314£252£61n/an/an/an/an/a15
30/11/20£314£245£69n/an/an/an/an/a15
30/11/19£192£187£5n/an/an/an/an/a15
30/11/18£200£196£4£0£0£0n/a030
30/11/17£275£262£12£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/16£265£240£25£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/15*£246£225£21£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/14£206£207£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/13*£207£210£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/12£190£191£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/11*£199£190£9£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/10£205£218£-14£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/09£198£198£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/08£200£213£-13£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/07*£183£184£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/06*£170£163£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/05*£180£156£24£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/04*£184£172£11£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 30 years

www.freedomsark.org

info@freedomsark.org

02084930050

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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 100 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
The Trussell Trust£326,993
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Essex Community Foundation£7,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Tottenham Foodbank
£7,500 06/02/2023
to support food projects and provide fuel vouchers to a foodbank to distribute across Tottenham over the next six months
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Tottenham Foodbank
£5,000 12/10/2022
Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Tottenham Foodbank
£53,275 03/03/2022
24
New post - Strategic Manager, 3 dpw, for 2 years
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Tottenham Foodbank
£95,876 02/03/2022
Food bank advice service 5 x days per week
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Tottenham Foodbank
£123,229 26/01/2022
Full time Organising & Campaign Manager plus project costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Tottenham Foodbank
£40,300 02/08/2021
Volunteer manager
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Tottenham Foodbank
£5,000 24/02/2021
Stock purchase
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Food Hub
£10,000 19/02/2021
8
The funding will be used to continue the provision of a community food hub. The project aims to ensure people have access to essential items and advice during the current Covid-19 pandemic.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Tottenham Foodbank
£4,314 21/08/2020
Volunteer training
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/09/1994, number: 1040704
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 62 days late, AR21: 70 days late, AR15: 1 days late, AR13: 198 days late, AR11: 0 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 235 days late, AR05: 24 days late, AR04: 69 days late,
Main office

Freedom's Ark
Tottenham Town Hall
Town Hall Approach
London
N15 4RY

Objectives

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION B)TO RELIEVE NEED HARDSHIP AND PERSONS WHO ARE AGED OR SICK C) GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NORTH LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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