Finance Score: -9
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -4 times
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -9 ?

THE FRIENDS OF SILSOE CHURCH 

Hold fund raising events to raise money for St.James' Church, Silsoe
Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 2 trustees

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 4 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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*£1£0£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£1£1£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20*£0£2£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19*£10£9£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18*£3£2£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£1£0£1£0£0£0NAN00
31/12/16£3£1£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£2£0£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£1£0£1£0£0£0NAN00
31/12/12*£2£0£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11*£2£5£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£2£0£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£4£0£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£4£0£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£3£0£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£6£16£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£5£3£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£5£0£4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 25 years

simon.stranks@3churches.uk

01462 713036

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Bedford, Central Bedfordshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/06/1999, number: 1076053
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 187 days late, AR20: 40 days late, AR19: 21 days late, AR18: 48 days late, AR12: 27 days late, AR11: 40 days late,
Main office

43 High Road
Shillington
HITCHIN
Hertfordshire
SG5 3LL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE FRIENDS OF SILSOE CHURCH (THE OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE RESTORATION, PRESERVATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ST JAMES THE GREAT CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHURCH, IN THE PARISH OF SILSOE IN THE DIOCESE OF ST ALBANS INCLUDING THE ST JAMES THE GREAT CHURCH OF ENGLAND BUILDING, ITS CONTENTS AND GROUNDS AND ANY EXTENSION THERETO (THE CHURCH) , THEREBY HELPING TO ENSURE THE CONTINUED USE OF THE CHURCH AS A PLACE OF WORSHIP.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ST ALBANS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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