Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 5

Poor Liquidity: -1
Good Reserves: +1

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Only 3 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 3

RUACH CITY CHURCH

1 Advance the Christian religion in accordance with the Statement of Beliefs in theConstitution in the United Kingdom or elsewhere;2 Relieve people who are in conditions of need, distress or who are aged or sick inthe United Kingdom or elsewhere;3 Advance education on the basis of Christian principles and in accordance with thesaid Statement of Beliefs in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but very substantial unrestricted reserves are available

Established: 29 years

www.ruachcitychurch.org

admin@ruachcitychurch.org

02086786888

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
31/03/23		£7,238	£2,623	£4,616	£0	£11,978	£11,908	54.5	28	800
31/03/22		£2,272	£2,531	£-258	£0	£7,362	£7,310	34.7	30	800
31/03/21		£2,195	£1,992	£203	£0	£7,621	£7,547	45.5	31	800
31/03/20		£2,646	£2,640	£6	£0	£7,418	£7,360	33.5	32	850
31/03/19		£2,717	£2,601	£116	£0	£7,412	£7,357	33.9	26	1,000
31/03/18		£2,881	£2,689	£192	£0	£7,296	£7,243	32.3	29	0
31/03/17		£2,770	£2,734	£36	£0	£7,104	£7,030	30.8	29	0
31/03/16		£3,026	£3,266	£-241	£0	£7,068	£7,046	25.9	31	0
31/03/15		£2,963	£2,985	£-22	£9	£7,308	£7,245	29.1	33	0
31/03/14		£3,915	£2,692	£1,223	£8	£7,330	£7,234	32.2	31	0
31/03/13	*	£3,553	£2,618	£935	£10	£6,108	£6,026	27.6	24	0
31/03/12	*	£3,248	£2,457	£791	£6	£5,079	£5,027	24.6	24	0
31/03/11		£3,060	£2,119	£941	£6	£9,608	£9,574	54.2	19	0
31/03/10		£2,672	£1,633	£1,038	£5	£8,667	£7,877	57.9	13	0
31/03/09		£2,770	£2,532	£238	£5	£7,629	£6,976	33.1	13	0
31/03/08		£2,880	£2,301	£579	£5	£7,390	£6,950	36.2	13	0
31/03/07	*	£2,914	£2,070	£844	£4	£6,662	£6,452	37.4	13	0
31/03/06	*	£2,566	£2,124	£442	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£2,353	£1,921	£432	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£1,779	£1,779	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 18%
Liabilities/Income: 37%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 54.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -10 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Birmingham City, Brent, Lambeth, United States, Waltham Forest,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

28 employees
800 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	18/08/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Ruach City Church
£10,000	11/06/2020	£10,000.00 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Gender Split

DOROTHEA HODGE

PAUL BRIGHTLY-JONES (Chair)

SARAH HERBERT Appointed: 2013

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/05/1995, number: 1046218

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR13: 2 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR07: 0 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late,

Main office

RUACH MINISTRIES
122 BRIXTON HILL
LONDON
SW2 1RS

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS HERETO IN THE UK AND ELSEHERE. 2. TO RELIEVE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK IN THE UK OR ELSEWHERE. 3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SAID STATEMENT OF BELIEVES IN THE UK AND ELSEWHERE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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