Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 1

Spending falling: -1
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
All male board: -3

Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -4

FESTIVAL CHURCH CHESTER

To advance the Christian faith.To relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services of any kind including through the provision of counselling and support.To advance education.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period

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
31/03/23	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£171	£200	£-29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£266	£224	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£242	£240	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£194	£190	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£154	£142	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	*	£126	£112	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£115	£153	£-39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£102	£71	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£95	£67	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13	*	£102	£104	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£111	£121	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£112	£117	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£139	£134	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£108	£104	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£100	£99	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07		£101	£107	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06	*	£102	£110	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£105	£107	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£106	£90	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 29 years

www.festival.church/chester

chester@festival.church

01244321193

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
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
National Lottery Community Fund - Launch Youth
£3,280	18/04/2019 12	The funding will be used to run a Friday night youth club for teenagers. The project aims to engage the young people with fun and supportive activities to divert them away from anti-social behaviour.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Gender Split

MR DAVE STEWART

MICHAEL LEONARD MEYNELL

PHILIP JOHN PIERCE Appointed: 2019

SAMUEL JOHN ROWLANDS Appointed: 2017

TIMOTHY JAMES ROWLANDS (Chair) Appointed: 2014

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/01/1996, number: 1051792

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 1 days late, AR17: 30 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR06: 3 days late, AR05: 0 days late,

Main office

Festival Church
Queen Street
CHESTER
CH1 3LG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; ANDC) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE CHESTER

Data Sources

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