Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3

Overall GiG Score: 2

COMMUNITY CHURCH - EASTBOURNE

The activities of Community Church Eastbourne are carried out through the congregation that meets at St Anthonys Centre. Wide ranging community based projects and activities across Eastbourne include two community centres and involvement in Eastbourne Foodbank helping people in crisis with emergency food.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
There are only 3 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
On several occasions in recent years income has been 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
05/04/23		£44	£54	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
05/04/22		£41	£45	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
05/04/21		£35	£42	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
05/04/20		£45	£48	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
05/04/19		£77	£47	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
05/04/18		£47	£106	£-59	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/17		£42	£50	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/16		£35	£42	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/15		£44	£34	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/14		£56	£48	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/13		£72	£93	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/12		£68	£51	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/11		£67	£55	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/10	*	£70	£73	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/09	*	£108	£117	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/08	*	£99	£71	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/07		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 18 years

www.churchinthecommunity.co.uk

info@churchinthecommunity.co.uk

01323431336

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Eastbourne Food Bank
£8,500	13/06/2012	towards one year's running costs of an advocacy service for vulnerable people in East Sussex

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ADRIAN HEWITT Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Independent Social Worker, Other trusteeship: ST. ANTHONY'S CENTRE,

ALDILA VIRGINIA DSOUZA Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeships: THE BRIDGEMERE CENTRE, ST. ANTHONY'S CENTRE,

JONATHAN OAKEY ACA MMATHS Appointed: 2015

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/04/2006, number: 1113793

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR10: 53 days late, AR09: 50 days late, AR08: 139 days late,

Main office

ST ANTHONY'S CENTRE
557A SEASIDE
EASTBOURNE
BN23 6NH

Objectives

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN EASTBOURNE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND OTHER SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN EASTBOURNE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN EASTBOURNE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD INCLUDING BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION THE PROVISION OF LIFE SKILLS TRAINING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST SUSSEX

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