Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

CENTREPOINT CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Proclamation of the Christian Gospel and Charitable activities as described in our Annual Report.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
  • 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
30/06/23£32£23£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/22£34£26£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/21£54£50£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20*£37£31£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/19£44£44£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18£53£51£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£54£67£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/16£69£56£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/15£52£58£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/14£45£75£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/13£76£38£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/12£33£35£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/11£47£49£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/10*£106£106£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/09£37£36£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/08*£41£41£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/07£37£38£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/06£48£47£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/05£47£48£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/04£14£14£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 27 years
Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sandwell,
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
DCMS£10,000
The Foyle Foundation£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Pandemic Response
£10,000 05/03/2021
12
The funding will be used to provide support to vulnerable people who are facing various issues as a result of the pandemic. The project aims to help the community with the ongoing consequences of COVID-19.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£2,500 29/07/2020
for equipment to allow advice and guidance services to be carried out in a COVID-safe environment and an employability course to be delivered online (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 09/07/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Centrepoint Christian Church
£14,980 13/08/2014
Walsall based charity providing advice, information, activities and meals to the wider community who are struggling to meet their basic needs alone. The grant will provide training courses to improve service delivery and skills of unemployed ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Centrepoint Steps Programme
£10,000 28/02/2013
12
This is a project by a charity in West Bromwich, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to deliver employability and life skills training sessions that will focus upon the needs of migrant homeless people at risk of engaging in antisocial ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DENISE MARSH Appointed: 2017
  • DENISE TOSELAND Appointed: 2015
  • SIMON MARTIN CHRISTOPHER OVEREND Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/01/1998, number: 1067616
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 7 days late, AR10: 24 days late, AR08: 29 days late,
Main office

12 Bearmore Court
Bearmore Road
CRADLEY HEATH
West Midlands
B64 6AE

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND THE EXTENSION OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES HEREINAFTER SET FORTH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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