Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 5

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 8

CHRISTIANS TOGETHER CALDERDALE

A Christian organisation to support outreach to the Calderdale community. The principal activity is a Food Bank offering parcels of essential food, toiletries and bedding to clients in serious financial stress. We also run a homeless Winter Shelter during the coldest months of the year. This help is open to all without discrimination provided evidence of need is given.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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		£392	£447	£-56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/22?		£277	£273	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/08/21		£445	£396	£49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/08/20	*	£461	£405	£55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/08/19?	*	£180	£213	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
31/10/18?	*	£184	£170	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/17		£186	£160	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16		£82	£79	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15		£82	£79	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14		£79	£72	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13		£49	£38	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12		£31	£33	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11		£32	£29	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/10		£34	£44	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/09	*	£33	£33	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/08	*	£47	£35	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 17 years

www.christianstogether.org.uk

kevin@christianstogether.org.uk

01422 647390

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Calderdale,

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
25 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£209,306
DCMS	£19,383
Community Foundation for Calderdale	£16,417
The Bishop Radford Trust	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to Christians Together Calderdale
£2,000	07/11/2022	Running costs for our winter night shelter, which has eight beds and runs from October to March. The costs include staff pay, volunteer and staff training, food, utilities and sundry goods for the ....more Running costs for our winter night shelter, which has eight beds and runs from October to March. The costs include staff pay, volunteer and staff training, food, utilities and sundry goods for the use of residents.
Community Foundation for Calderdale - feeding calderdale
£2,000	22/07/2022	Grant to Christians Together Calderdale
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to Christians Together Calderdale
£9,917	09/12/2021	Grant to Christians Together Calderdale
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Childrens Afternoon Tea
£2,500	24/03/2021	Grant to Christians Together Calderdale
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Halifax Central Food Bank
£2,000	09/03/2021	Grant to Christians Together Calderdale
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,867	25/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£9,516	21/09/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
National Lottery Community Fund - Business Development and Operational and Food Manager
£209,306	23/07/2019 36	The project will tackle a number of critical issues in the area involving many vulnerable people, including homelessness, poverty and addiction.
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Christians Together Calderdale
£2,500	23/11/2018	Capital costs for Adult Welfare & Relief of Poverty
National Lottery Community Fund - Food Manager
£10,000	03/08/2018 12	The funding will be used to employ a part time food manager to oversee the work of volunteers who prepare meals for members of the community most in need, along with the running of a food bank, with ....more The funding will be used to employ a part time food manager to oversee the work of volunteers who prepare meals for members of the community most in need, along with the running of a food bank, with the aim of enabling the group to address the issue of food poverty.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-76

DAWN WALKER Appointed: 2022

HAROLD CLARKSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

GARETH HENDERSON (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: CALDERDALE SMARTMOVE LTD,

KEVIN TEAGUE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: CALDERDALE SMARTMOVE LTD, HAPPYDAYS MINISTRIES UK,

PAUL MCMAHON Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Pastor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/06/2007, number: 1119477
Registered at Companies House on 05/09/2006, number: 05925032

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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

16 returns made; AR20: 36 days late, AR19: 32 days late, AR18: 60 days late, AR09: 6 days late, AR08: 12 days late,

Main office

CTC The Gathering Place
1 St. James Road
HALIFAX
West Yorkshire
HX1 1YS

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN HALIFAX AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Defined Area of Benefit:

HALIFAX AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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