Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 3

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess liquidity: -1
Large legacies income: +1
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
Fundraising costs low: +3

No volunteer policy: -2
12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 3

FRIENDS OF FRIENDLESS CHURCHES LIMITED

The Friends own historic but redundant churches in England and Wales that would otherwise have been demolished or left to fall into ruin. The charity also has at its disposal the Cottam Will Trust which disburses grants for the embellishment of churches in use

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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	£1,003	£1,576	£-573	£0	£4,183	£2,528	19.2	2	75
31/03/22	£3,825	£3,389	£437	£1	£5,153	£3,239	11.5	2	75
31/03/21	£1,847	£1,735	£113	£1	£4,757	£2,799	19.4	1	75
31/03/20	£1,370	£550	£821	£0	£3,667	£2,210	48.3	1	0
31/03/19	£620	£456	£164	£1	£3,193	£1,676	44.1	1	0
31/03/18	£423	£447	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£509	£428	£81	£1	£2,877	£1,474	41.3	0	0
31/03/16	£276	£397	£-121	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£368	£268	£100	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£257	£306	£-50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£297	£584	£-287	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£499	£662	£-162	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£260	£342	£-82	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£475	£509	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£1,333	£715	£617	£25	£2,330	£1,364	22.9	2	0
31/03/08	£433	£401	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£889	£322	£566	£15	£1,955	£789	29.4	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 60%
Reserves/Spending: 19.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 6.1

Asset Split ?

Established: 18 years
(50 years as a company)

www.friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk

office@friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk

02072363934

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

2 employees
75 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Friends of Friendless Churches Portfolio of Grants for Programmes of Major Works
£2,110,010	01/04/2021	The proposed programme will address urgent repairs across 8 sites. All of the buildings are listed and some are scheduled ancient monuments. The programme is developed from quinquennial inspection ....more The proposed programme will address urgent repairs across 8 sites. All of the buildings are listed and some are scheduled ancient monuments. The programme is developed from quinquennial inspection surveys undertaken by our church architects, but has been delayed by the pandemic.
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Friends of Friendless Churches
£1,040,000	01/04/2020	The proposed programme will address urgent repairs across 17 predominantly rural sites. All of the buildings are listed and some are scheduled ancient monuments. The programme is developed from ....more The proposed programme will address urgent repairs across 17 predominantly rural sites. All of the buildings are listed and some are scheduled ancient monuments. The programme is developed from quinquennial inspection surveys undertaken by our church architects, but has been delayed by the pandemic.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-83

DR JOHN MORGAN GUY

DR ELIZABETH GREEN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director

GEORGE BULMER Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director

HOWARD POOL Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: DENHAM COUNTY FIRST SCHOOL FUND,

JOHN WILLIAM EDWARDS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Historian

KIRSTIE ROBBINS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

PETER SCOTT Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

ROGER EVANS (Chair) Appointed: 1998, Occupation: Director

REV PHILIP GRAY, Occupation: Anglician Priest

SIR PAUL BRITTON Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Civil Servant

SIMON JOHN MORTON EVANS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

CATHERINE CULLIS Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANCIENT BUILDINGS,

DR RICHARD HALSEY, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: NORFOLK HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST,

JOHN VIGAR Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Historian, Other trusteeship: FRANCIS COALES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION,

REV JACK ALEXANDER BARROW Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF MORTLAKE WITH EAST SHEEN,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/02/2006, number: 1113097
Registered at Companies House on 20/06/1973, number: 01119137

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

17 returns made; all on time

Main office

70 COWCROSS STREET
LONDON
EC1M 6EJ

Objectives

A) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION OF CHURCHES AND CHAPELS, OR OF ANY PART THEREOF, IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS, WHETHER BELONGING TO OR USED OR FORMERLY USED BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND OR BY ANY OTHER RELIGIOUS BODY AS PLACES OF PUBLIC WORSHIP; TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION OF MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS AND CHATTELS IN SUCH CHURCHES OR CHAPELS; AND TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION OF THE CHURCHYARD OR BURIAL GROUND BELONGING OR FORMERLY BELONGING TO ANY SUCH CHURCH OR CHAPEL.B) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OF HISTORIC INTEREST OR ARCHITECTURAL MERIT OR BEAUTY, OR OF ANY PART THEREOF, IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS, USED OR FORMERLY USED AS PLACES OF WORSHIP, FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AND THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION; TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION OF MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS AND CHATTELS IN SUCH BUILDINGS FOR PUBLIC EXHIBITION AND THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION; AND TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION OF THE CHURCHYARD OR BURIAL GROUND BELONGING OR FORMERLY BELONGING TO ANY SUCH BUILDING FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AND THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION.C) TO FURNISH OR EQUIP ANY SUCH CHURCH, CHAPEL OR BUILDING, OR ANY PART THEREOF, AS AFORESAID, AND TO USE IT FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION OR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE AS THE SOCIETY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.D) TO REPAIR, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, BEAUTIFY OR RECONSTRUCT ANY CHURCH, CHAPEL OR BUILDING, OR ANY PART THEREOF, AS AFORESAID, OR THE MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS OR OTHER CHATTELS THEREIN; OR THE CHURCHYARD OR BURIAL GROUND BELONGING OR FORMERLY BELONGING THERETO.E) TO PROMOTE ALL OR ANY OF THE AFORESAID OBJECTS EITHER BY MEANS OF THE ACQUISITION BY PURCHASE, GIFT OR OTHERWISE OF ANY SUCH CHURCH, CHAPEL OR BUILDING, OR ANY PART THEREOF, AS AFORESAID, OR BY MEANS OF GRANTS OR LOANS TO ANY PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL TRUSTEES OR OTHER PERSONS OR BODY OR PERSONS WHETHER CORPORATE OR INCORPORATE HAVING OWNERSHIP, CARE OR CUSTODY OF ANY SUCH CHURCH, CHAPEL OR BUILDING, OR OF ANY PART THEREOF, AS A AFORESAID, OR OF ANY SUCH CHATTELS OR LAND AS AFORESAID OR IN SUCH OTHER MANNER AS THE SOCIETY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ANY PART OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS

Data Sources