Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 1
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

SW LONDON VINEYARD

Christian church
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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£643£795£-152£0£1,254£1,24818.89103
31/12/22£641£630£10£0£1,367£1,35525.87102
31/12/21£634£619£15£0£1,477£1,47028.5893
31/12/20£674£642£32£0£1,387£1,38725.99138
31/12/19£663£730£-67£0£1,297£1,29421.38171
31/12/18£615£750£-136£0£1,238£1,23819.890
31/12/17£670£820£-150£0£1,435£1,4352180
31/12/16£810£812£-2£0£1,477£1,46821.7100
31/12/15£690£785£-95£21£1,361£1,35720.8100
31/12/14£660£734£-73£20£1,427£1,42723.3100
31/12/13£762£843£-81£28£1,450£1,44920.6110
31/12/12£711£780£-69£23£1,404£1,38021.2110
31/12/11*£739£761£-21£24£1,288£1,28820.3110
31/12/10£677£776£-99£29£1,363£1,36321.1140
31/12/09£814£883£-68£33£1,390£1,39018.9140
31/12/08£870£889£-19£28£1,375£1,20816.3130
31/12/07£940£835£105£21£1,572£1,13716.4100
31/12/06£833£872£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£756£804£-48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£811£748£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 21%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 18.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 30 years

www.swlv.org.uk

mail@swlv.org.uk

02087859530

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey, Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to SW London Vineyard
£5,000 12/05/2020
A grant of £5,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-72
  • BEREND PATRICK TEN HAVE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Project Manager
  • NEIL WOODWARD Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Church Leader
  • RACHEL HANNAH MOSELEY (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Sustainability Director
  • RAVI GIDOOMAL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • ROBERT ADAM BYK Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Solicitor
  • RUTH GRACE KOCH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Charity Worker
  • STEPHANIE ANNE BELL Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/03/1995, number: 1045257
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/02/1995, number: 03020873
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR11: 27 days late,
Main office

South West London Vineyard
Heston Court
19 Camp Road
LONDON
SW19 4UW

Objectives

1.THE FURTHERANCE OF RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR PUBLIC EDUCATION 2.THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH INCLUDING MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS AND ALSO INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PLANTING OF NEW CHURCHES AND ORGANISATIONS OF CONGREGATIONS 3.THE RELIEF OF THE POOR AND NEEDY 4.THE RELIEF OF THE SICK AND ELDERLY 5.SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE BODIES AND INSTITUTIONS AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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