Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

CONGRESS WBN 

Congress WBN initiatives focus on effecting human, social and national transformation through the propagation of defined faith-based values, patterns and approaches. It is comprised of Sectors of strategic operations involving networks of professional groups, educational institutions, businesses, churches, individual national leaders, university students, and global technology initiatives
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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:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • 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

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
30/09/22£258£227£31n/an/an/an/an/a70
30/09/21£281£288£-7n/an/an/an/an/a30
30/09/20£234£181£53n/an/an/an/an/a70
30/09/19£259£215£44n/an/an/an/an/a70
30/09/18£233£215£18£0£0£0n/a070
30/09/17£157£197£-40£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£214£169£45£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£219£222£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£172£182£-10£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£183£189£-7£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£119£152£-33£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11*£137£121£16£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10£143£110£33£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£124£120£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08*£184£163£21£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07*£93£135£-41£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06*£121£88£33£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£66£58£8£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04*£61£58£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 22 years

www.congresswbn.org

londonoffice@congresswbn.org

02072496633

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 70 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/12/2001, number: 1089807
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR11: 99 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 78 days late, AR06: 203 days late, AR04: 248 days late,
Main office

250-256 Kingsland Road
Hackney
London
E8 4DG

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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