Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Spending declining: -1
  • No PartB
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

WHITLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST 

We are a church in Whitley, South Reading. We also run a community project with a number of groups and activities, including development courses, emergency food parcels. We also host a gardening project.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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 is declining

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
31/10/22£41£41£-1n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/10/21*£42£42£0n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/10/20£49£47£2n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/10/19£38£41£-2n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/10/18£50£50£0£0£0£0n/a020
31/10/17£53£55£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/16£38£39£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/15*£33£33£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/14*£30£28£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/13*£42£48£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/12*£43£45£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/11£39£42£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/10*£51£51£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/09£34£33£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/08£29£34£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/07*£39£43£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/06*£40£39£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/05*£43£30£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/04*£23£19£4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 26 years

www.thewell-church.com

life@thewell-church.com

07811365631

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • 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
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/01/1998, number: 1067611
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR21: 13 days late, AR15: 1 days late, AR14: 60 days late, AR13: 86 days late, AR12: 66 days late, AR10: 21 days late, AR07: 31 days late, AR06: 409 days late, AR05: 33 days late, AR04: 6 days late,
Main office

1 Chagford Road
READING
RG2 8AY

Objectives

1.TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN PART 3 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME IN THE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT. 2. TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID COUNTY AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT. 3.TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE SAID COUNTY AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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