Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Spending declining: -1
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
12+ Trustees: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 8

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, GROVE

Regular public worship open to all Provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation Pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved Teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups Taking of religious assemblies in schools Provision of youth clubs with a Christian ethos and activities for senior citizens and supporting other charities in the UK and overseas

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
Why are there 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

Spending is declining
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
31/12/23		£248	£219	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22		£206	£222	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£202	£189	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£170	£162	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£300	£376	£-76	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18	*	£269	£267	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17		£217	£165	£52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£231	£253	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15		£187	£151	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14		£139	£119	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13		£127	£139	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12		£143	£141	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11		£129	£136	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/10		£154	£144	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/09		£128	£143	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

www.groveparishchurch.org.uk

office@valebenefice.org.uk

01235771479

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Makes grants to organisations
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Oxfordshire,

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
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Core costs - April to October 2023 - Baby and Toddler Groups
£9,349	20/12/2022 6	Grant to Grove Parochial Church Council, St John the Baptist Grove - GroW Families
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Increase in costs Nov 22 - March 23 & Food, snack and refreshment provision for families for 40 weeks from Nov 2022
£7,000	08/12/2022 10	Grant to Grove Parochial Church Council, St John the Baptist Grove - GroW Families
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Baby and toddler groups - core costs for September 2022 to end March 2023
£9,320	19/07/2022	This grant will pay towards the core costs for delivering our baby and toddler groups between September 2022 and March 2023, 26 weeks. This includes staffing, hall hire and resources/materials e.g craft materials and refreshments, as well as ....more This grant will pay towards the core costs for delivering our baby and toddler groups between September 2022 and March 2023, 26 weeks. This includes staffing, hall hire and resources/materials e.g craft materials and refreshments, as well as administration and management costs. We will deliver 2 Bumps and Babies groups and 3 Toddler groups per week, across 3 venues (Wantage, Grove and East Challow). Multiple venues help families attend their nearest, especially those who find it harder to travel. We have a maximum of 25 families at each toddler group, and 18 at each Bumps and Babies group. Groups are fully booked most weeks. Total 115 families per week, mostly mothers with 1 or 2 children each. Funding already securred: Wantage Town Council (£5000), donations from families who attend and gift aid returns from those donations (approximately £2700), and unallocated money already in the bank from previous grants and donations (£1225). Total £8925. We need this grant to continue to deliver at the level of service needed by our community. We work closely with the local health visitors, Midwives and local health and social care services to offer to reserve spaces for families they have identified as most in need, and many families attending tell us they have been told about our service by their health visitor. We are also be open to all of our community to book spaces on a week by week basis on our website. We do not charge for attending our groups, and fund them by grants, donations and fundraising so we are open to everyone. Our groups support parents in allowing them to get out of the house, meet and make friends with other parents and carers in the area, and have a listening ear from our staff.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Additional 2 Toddler Groups per week
£3,000	23/11/2021 6	Grant to Grove Parochial Church Council, St John the Baptist Grove - GroW Families
Joseph Rank Trust - Grove Parish Church, Wantage
£15,000	03/05/2018	To part fund the Church property scheme
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	02/05/2018	Church Hall Upgrade and Refurbishment - Phase 2

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANNE CHRISTINE CHEESEMAN Appointed: 2017

COLIN PETER EDWARD MOULDS Appointed: 2023

DR NICHOLAS JOHN TERRILL Appointed: 2020

FRANK DAVID PARNELL Appointed: 2015

GEORGINA LOUISE COOK Appointed: 2023

HELEN JUNE HARWOOD Appointed: 2015

JAMES ROBERT WILLIAM MABBETT Appointed: 2016

JOHANNA LOUISE OLUWATOYIN FADIPE Appointed: 2023

MRS SUE POWDITCH

NICOLA GIBBARD Appointed: 2021

REV JOHN DURANT (Chair) Appointed: 2013

RACHEL ELIZABETH HUTCHIN Appointed: 2023

REV ALEC JOHN GILL Appointed: 2016

SARAH CAROLINE SHACKLETON Appointed: 2011

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/04/2009, number: 1129066

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR18: 53 days late,

Main office

St. John The Baptist Church
Main Street
Grove
WANTAGE
Oxfordshire
OX12 7LQ

Objectives

Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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