Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

TAUNTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY 

Offering regular opportunies for worship and prayer. Provision for development of personal faith through scripture and corporate experiences. Community Development Programmes reach out to the local community providing support and resources for a variety of needs including, Health, personal well-being, and leisure pursuits and issues such as social justice, safety and homelessness.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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
31/12/22£120£103£17n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£120£107£13n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£123£138£-15n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£121£243£-121n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£136£136£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£120£107£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£121£118£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£134£147£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£127£147£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£127£117£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£169£129£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£118£112£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10*£125£123£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£118£110£7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 15 years

01823 443245

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Somerset,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/06/2009, number: 1130242
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR10: 67 days late,
Main office

2 Cooks Close
Creech St. Michael
TAUNTON
TA3 5EA

Objectives

The object of the Charity is the advancement of the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with the Scheme of Union of the United Reformed Church.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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