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home >> charity search >> light and life free methodist church east cornwall
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

LIGHT AND LIFE FREE METHODIST CHURCH EAST CORNWALL

Promoting and spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ and enabling ordinary people to live out their faith. To relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health through funds, goods or services of any kind including through the provision of pastoral advice and support and the advancement of education. To run St Austell Foodbank seeded by the Trussel Trust.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

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 only 4 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely male?

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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
31/12/23£331£338£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£325£392£-68n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£364£351£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£383£372£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£288£292£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£311£262£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£489£243£246n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£222£187£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£194£174£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£222£148£74n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£128£132£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£122£114£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£122£86£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£91£76£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£55£33£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

www.lightandlife.co.uk/staustell

staustell@lightandlife.co.uk

0172665313

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • 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
  • Cornwall,
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 donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Trussell Trust£152,691
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Cornwall Community Foundation£7,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to St Austell Foodbank
£5,000 03/11/2022
Emergency grant
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 02/09/2022
SkillSHARE
Cornwall Community Foundation - SkillSHARE
£1,000 10/06/2022
The organization promotes community support through weekly gatherings focused on skill-sharing, crafts, and art, combating isolation and improving mental and physical health, fostering confidence and determination.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to St Austell Foodbank
£141,687 31/03/2022
0.4 FI Co-ordinator from CA Cornwall, 0.6 FTE Generalist Adviser
The Trussell Trust - Grant to St Austell Foodbank
£2,600 21/08/2020
Volunteer training
Cornwall Community Foundation - In response to Covid -19
£3,000 21/05/2020
12
To alleviate foodbank clients in crisis and support core running.
Cornwall Community Foundation - In response to Covid -19
£3,000 06/04/2020
1
To alleviate foodbank clients in crisis and support core running.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to St Austell Foodbank
£3,404 27/03/2020
CV emergency costs: salary costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to St Austell Foodbank
£9,568 25/06/2019
36
New foodbank manager
The Trussell Trust - Grant to St Austell Foodbank
£9,568 25/06/2019
New foodbank manager
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DAVID HORWELL Appointed: 2021
  • MICHAEL WISHEART Appointed: 2021
  • PETER GODFREY Appointed: 2023
  • TIMOTHY ROWE Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/03/2009, number: 1128866
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
Filing Record
15 returns made; all on time
Main office

Light & Life Centre
Unit 4-5
Brunel Business Park
The Sidings
St. Austell
PL25 4TJ

Objectives

3.2.1 THE FURTHERANCE OF THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE FREE METHODISTCHURCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES, DISCIPLINES AND USAGE'S OF THAT CHURCH,AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE FREEMETHODIST CHURCH (AS PRESENTLY SET OUT IN THE APPENDIX TO THIS DOCUMENT) IN SUCHWAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROMTIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;3.2.2 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOODHEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGHTHE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ORTHE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT; AND3.2.3 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ORTHE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.3.3 THE TRUSTEES MUST USE THE INCOME AND MAY USE THE CAPITAL OF THE CHURCH IN PROMOTINGTHE OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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