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Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Static board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

FAITH CHRISTIAN GROUP (READING) TRUST 

We are a Christian organisation whose objectives and activities are to relieve need or hardship in Reading. Our work is operated in three specific parts:1. Readifood - acting as Reading's foodbank2. Street work - feeding rough sleepers 3. Bed for the Night (B4N) - co-ordinating a winter night shelter with 7 local churches
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
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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
31/12/22*£5£4£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£5£10£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20*£6£5£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19*£5£2£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18*£8£8£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17*£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£25£25£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£192£161£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£166£164£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£144£147£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£108£98£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£77£85£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£81£76£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£75£74£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£56£58£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£58£54£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£50£58£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£55£46£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04*£36£51£-15£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

www.fcg.org.uk

admin@fcg.org.uk

07748961437

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • 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
  • Reading,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/08/1996, number: 1057536
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 30 days late, AR20: 4 days late, AR19: 148 days late, AR18: 125 days late, AR17: 27 days late, AR04: 34 days late,
Main office

THE GARDEN COTTAGE
READING ROAD
BURGHFIELD COMMON
READING
RG7 3BG

Objectives

1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN READING AND ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE. 2) TO RELEIVE PERSONS IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELEIVE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE LOCALITY AND ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT: FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 4

Defined Area of Benefit:

READING

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