Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Multiple returns filed late: -2

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 10

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
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
Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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
30/11/23		£487	£485	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/22	*	£405	£493	£-87	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/21	*	£314	£252	£61	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/20		£314	£245	£69	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/19		£192	£187	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/18		£200	£196	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/17		£275	£262	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/16		£265	£240	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/15	*	£246	£225	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/14		£206	£207	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/13	*	£207	£210	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/12		£190	£191	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/11	*	£199	£190	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/10		£205	£218	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/09		£198	£198	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/08		£200	£213	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/07	*	£183	£184	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/06	*	£170	£163	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/05	*	£180	£156	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/04	*	£184	£172	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 30 years

www.freedomsark.org

info@freedomsark.org

02084930050

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

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 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

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?

Trustees (5)

DR VALENTINE OBI Appointed: 2023

NAOMI MENSAH Appointed: 2018

OLUWATOYIN OWOLABI

REV MATTHEW JOHNSON Appointed: 2024

REV ONIMIM LOLOBA OBUNGE

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

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 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

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