Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 4

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
All male board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -3

SURE HOPE CHURCH

The vision of Sure Hope is to build a large contemporary church, influencing North Wales and beyond. We aim to fulfill this by proclaiming Christ as the way to life and by developing The Interchange as a hub for the community. We have activities for parents and toddlers,children,teenagers,men, women and married couples. We support the needy at home and abroad. We exist to worship and glorify God.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
There are only 4 trustees
The Board is completely 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
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently

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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23?		£83	£92	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£92	£68	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£118	£106	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£136	£127	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£115	£125	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17	*	£74	£93	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£128	£118	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15		£164	£148	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14		£149	£120	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13		£111	£95	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12		£120	£111	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11		£125	£109	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/10		£122	£121	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/09	*	£532	£75	£458	£68	£460	£447	71.8	2	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

https://festival.church/oldcolwyn/

OLDCOLWYN@FESTIVAL.CHURCH

01492514021

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Conwy, Denbighshire, Isle Of Anglesey,

Who it helps

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

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 - FoodShare North Wales Covid-19 Programme
£8,000	22/06/2020 3	Sure Hope Church in Conwy will use £8000 to meet the increasing demand of the FoodShare project to support families in the area as they experience the effects of Covid-19. Bydd Eglwys Sure Hope yng ....more Sure Hope Church in Conwy will use £8000 to meet the increasing demand of the FoodShare project to support families in the area as they experience the effects of Covid-19. Bydd Eglwys Sure Hope yng Nghonwy yn defnyddio £8000 i ateb y galw cynyddol am brosiect FoodShare i gefnogi teuluoedd yn yr ardal wrth iddynt brofi effeithiau Covid-19.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-69

MICHAEL LEONARD MEYNELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

PHILIP JOHN PIERCE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

ROBERT DAVID MORRIS STEWART Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

TIMOTHY JAMES ROWLANDS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Pastor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/02/2009, number: 1127856
Registered at Companies House on 24/07/2008, number: 06655282

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR17: 2 days late, AR09: 51 days late,

Main office

Sure Hope Church
317 Abergele Road
Old Colwyn
COLWYN BAY
LL29 9YF

Objectives

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME MAYTHINK FIT;(B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BYTHE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OFCOUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THEDIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND(C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THEWORLD AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

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