Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

BILLERICAY METHODIST CHURCH

1.provision of regular public acts of worship open to church members & non-members alike 2. provision of sacred space for prayer & contemplation 3.teaching Christianity through sermons, courses & small groups 4.pastoral work including visiting the sick & bereaved 5.promoting the church's mission through activities for older people, parents & toddlers, young people and other specific needs groups
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Why are there 19 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£258£230£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£238£259£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£178£209£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£194£172£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£275£231£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£207£219£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£264£282£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£237£223£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£228£224£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£234£215£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£218£230£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£232£236£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£250£243£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10£247£230£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

www.billericaymethodistchurch.org

contact@billericaymethodistchurch.org

07910811004

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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • 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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£3,000 20/08/2021
Boiler Upgrade
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,670 01/01/2020
To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards volunteer costs
£1,000 13/11/2018
Towards volunteer costs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£3,000 10/05/2017
Toilet Upgrade Project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (19)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DAVID SAMUEL ROGERS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: I T Manager
  • ELIZABETH EILEEN PERRY Appointed: 2024
  • GERALDINE JOAN HANTON Appointed: 2020
  • GILLIAN ROGERS Appointed: 2023
  • HELEN HACKER Appointed: 2017
  • JONATHAN WALDRON Appointed: 2022
  • JULIA MARGARET FAULKNER Appointed: 2023
  • LORRAINE ANNE HARRIS
  • LYN BOWDITCH
  • LINDA DAVISON Appointed: 2021
  • MR KEN COWELL
  • MRS LIZ READ Appointed: 2013
  • MARGARET KINGSTON Appointed: 2011
  • PAMELA MARY COTTRELL Appointed: 2020
  • RACHEL KATHERINE GALLEHAWK Appointed: 2021
  • REV FELICITY AL-HASSAN Appointed: 2021
  • REV MOSES KWEKU AGYAM (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • ROGER DAVISON Appointed: 2019
  • SUSAN COOKE Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/03/2009, number: 1128787
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

148 NORSEY VIEW DRIVE
BILLERICAY
CM12 0QX

Objectives

The purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the date of union the advancement of -(a) the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and the dicipline of the Methodist Church;(b) any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexional, district, circuit, local or other organisation of the Methodist Church;(c) any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution subsiduary or ancillary to the Methodist Church;(d) any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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