Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +0
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

THE FRIENDS OF ST. MICHAEL'S WOBURN SANDS

Fundraising for the fabric of St Michaels Church, Woburn Sands.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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
31/12/23£12£1£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£11£1£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£8£2£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£9£0£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£10£0£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£10£25£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£6£0£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£11£0£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£5£0£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£10£0£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£9£3£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£26£25£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£2£0£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£2£0£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£2£9£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£2£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07?£2£0£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£2£0£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£2£1£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 29 years

vskeltonws@gmail.com

01908583189

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Other congregations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
Where it operates
  • Bedford, Buckinghamshire, Central Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes,
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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Friends of St Michael's Woburn Sands
£2,783 19/11/2018
We want to provide kitchen facilities, toilet with disabled access and improved access for all to enable wider community use of the church.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • GEOFFREY CHARLES COOPER Appointed: 2024
  • PETER GARRATT Appointed: 2021
  • PROFESSOR RICHARD NORMAN LANYON-HOGG (Chair) Appointed: 2024
  • SIMON YOUNG Appointed: 2018
  • VALERIE SYMON Appointed: 2024
  • VANESSA SKELTON Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/07/1995, number: 1047831
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

36 Station Road
Woburn Sands
Milton Keynes
MK17 8RW

Objectives

THE PRESERVATION REPAIR MAINTENANCE RESTORATION IMPROVEMENT AND ORNAMENTATION OF THE FABRIC OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. MICHAEL'S.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WOBURN SANDS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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