Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 7
Support Score: 0
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

THE HEART OF ENGLAND BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 

The prime focus of the Association is to encourage and support Baptist churches in the Greater West Midlands to associate and to encourage each other in their mission objectives according to the principles set out from time to time in the Declaration of Principle of the Baptist Union of Great Britain.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity

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
  • 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£441£632£-191n/an/an/an/an/a62
31/12/21£425£648£-223n/an/an/an/an/a43
31/12/20£753£723£30£26£3,236£1,80329.9952
31/12/19£816£864£-47£28£3,859£1,97427.4950
31/12/18£623£846£-223£18£3,907£2,02028.7850
31/12/17£572£843£-272£19£4,270£2,37233.880
31/12/16£486£674£-189£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£911£641£271£35£4,801£2,91654.670
31/12/14£456£559£-103£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£313£623£-310£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£330£656£-326£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£401£527£-126£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£341£488£-147£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£298£506£-208£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£730£592£137£131£4,652£2,94659.760
31/12/07£574£454£120£199£5,490£3,811100.660
31/12/06£373£337£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£408£397£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£616£337£279£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 24 years
(95 years as a company)

www.baptist-heartofengland.org

mailbox@baptist-heartofengland.org

07305 051770

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian religious associations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 62 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-67
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/05/2000, number: 1080529
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/04/1929, number: 00238738
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

480 CHESTER ROAD
SUTTON COLDFIELD
WEST MIDLANDS
B73 5BP

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, PARTICULARLY IN THE WEST MIDLANDS AND ESPECIALLY BY THE MEANS OF AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION AS SET OUT FOR THE TIME BEING IN THE DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLE OF THE BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WEST MIDLANDS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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