Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

KINGS CHURCH CENTRE, LEWES 

To advance the Christian faith and to relieve persons who are in a condition of need, hardship or distress. To educate and assist young people through their leisure time activities so as to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacity.To advance education in family life, in marriage and family relationships.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£282£245£37n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/22£245£222£23n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/21£243£199£44n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/20£253£235£18n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/19£271£239£32n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£248£215£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£223£217£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£299£231£68£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£224£228£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£266£240£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£247£216£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£260£159£101£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£186£329£-144£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£277£419£-142£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£201£128£73£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£101£82£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£114£129£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£116£111£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£124£139£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£106£166£-60£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 24 years

www.kingschurchlewes.org

office@kingschurchlewes.org

01273 486182

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 100 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-46
  • SARAH LYONS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Health Visitor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/06/2000, number: 1081337
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/05/2000, number: 03986549
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 21 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Brooks Rd
LEWES
BN7 2BY

Objectives

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE CHARITY SHALL IN ITS ABSOLUTE UNCONTROLLED DISCRETION DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:- (1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY SUCH MEA0NS AS THE CHARITY SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME; (2) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF LOCAL NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY OR DISASTER OR BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL MEDICAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES (3) TO EDUCATE AND ASSIST YOUNG PERSONS THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITY THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED ( 4) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN FAMILY LIFE IN MARRIAGE AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE ORGANISATION OF COURSES FOR THE TEACHING OF THE SKILLS OF PARENTHOOD (5) TO ADVANCE CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND TRAINING (6) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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