Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 12

BICESTER CHRISTIAN ACTION LIMITED

The charity's objects are in particular but not exclusively:a) the relief of financial hardship, poverty and distress,b) the advancement of education and training,c) to advance in life and relieve needs of young people

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
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
30/04/24	£201	£161	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/23	£140	£101	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/22	£171	£160	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/21	£171	£159	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/20?	£80	£56	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/18	£47	£44	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/17	£40	£34	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/16	£36	£32	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/15	£31	£40	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/14	£39	£25	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/13	£28	£20	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/12	£20	£16	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/11	£19	£13	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 15 years

JAMESPDUNNE@BTINTERNET.COM

01869343707

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Other welfare services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Trussell Trust	£10,000
Oxfordshire Community Foundation	£4,885
Masonic Trust	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Open Doors Cafe
£3,333	08/12/2022 5	Grant to Bicester Foodbank
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Bicester Foodbank
£5,000	12/10/2022	Emergency grant
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000	04/11/2021	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Bicester Foodbank
£5,000	07/10/2020	CV emergency costs: warehouse costs
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Henry Parenting Programme
£1,552	06/10/2020 4	The grant will be spent by delivering a ‘Healthy Families’ family learning parenting programme

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 54-74

ANNA BELINDA CLARKE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Personal Assistant

JAMES DUNNE MA, MSC, Occupation: Director

MATTHEW PHILLIP MILLROY CLEMENTS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

NICHOLAS ST JOHN Appointed: 2021

SUSAN VALERIE RAND Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/10/2009, number: 1132169
Registered at Companies House on 08/04/2009, number: 06874524

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
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
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; all on time

Main office

HOLLY TREE HOUSE
ARDLEY ROAD
MIDDLETON STONEY
BICESTER
OX25 4AD

Objectives

TO UNDERTAKE ANY PURPOSE THAT IS CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:A) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, POVERTY AND DISTRESSB) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAININGC) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE LOCAL.

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