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

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE COCKERMOUTH AREA TEAM

Regular public worship with the provision of sacred space for personal prayer & contemplation. Pastoral work, teaching of Christianity. Religious assemblies in local schools. Promoting the whole mission of the church through provision of Christian activities for senior citizens, parents & toddlers, young people & other special needs groups. 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
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 17 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

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
31/12/23£298£271£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£245£237£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£266£240£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£241£258£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£246£282£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£272£392£-119n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£249£232£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£314£219£95n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£319£257£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£308£212£96n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13*£215£214£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£225£180£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£253£206£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10*£334£267£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

Cockermouthareachurches.church

Allsaints@hoddinott.me

01768776971

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
  • Cumbria,
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
DCMS£11,300
National Lottery Community Fund£5,000
Cumbria Community Foundation£1,160
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cumbria Community Foundation - Winter Warm Spot
£1,160 01/11/2022
4
Winter Warm Spot
National Lottery Community Fund - Cockermouth Linking Lives
£5,000 10/09/2021
The project will use the funding to expand its befriending service for lonely and isolated adults who are primarily older people. This will help meet the demand for their support services match ....more
DCMS - All Saints' Church, Cockermouth
£5,625 29/01/2021
Survey of the tower and spire. The wider aim of the scheme is: This scheme is part of the Culture Recovery Fund, the Governments £1.57 billion support package to protect the countrys cultural, arts ....more
DCMS - All Saints' Church, Cockermouth
£1,875 29/01/2021
Survey of the tower and spire. The wider aim of the scheme is: This scheme is part of the Culture Recovery Fund, the Governments £1.57 billion support package to protect the countrys cultural, arts ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£3,800 14/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£3,000 29/06/2017
Repairs to the church tower pinnacles

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (17)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 16/17 persons

  • ANDY WALSH Appointed: 2013
  • CHRISTOPHER CHARLES ALBON Appointed: 2013
  • DAVID HALLEWELL Appointed: 2017
  • GARETH BROWNING Appointed: 1990
  • GILL DAVIDSON
  • JOAN MARGARET INGRAMS Appointed: 2011
  • JANE MCDONALD Appointed: 2017
  • KRIS LONGSHAW Appointed: 2017
  • MARY ELIZA TODD Appointed: 2013
  • PETA MARGARET LEIGH Appointed: 2017
  • RACHEL DUFTON Appointed: 2017
  • REV ADRIAN DAVID THOMPSON Appointed: 2011
  • REV DEBORAH JANE HODDINOTT Appointed: 2013
  • RICHARD COOKE Appointed: 2017
  • SARAH ANN PEATE Appointed: 2013
  • STUART MARTIN HODDINOTT Appointed: 2013
  • WILLIAM SOULSBY Appointed: 2013
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/02/2010, number: 1134138
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
14 returns made; AR13: 19 days late, AR10: 16 days late,
Main office

The Old Vicarage
Embleton
Cockermouth
CA13 9XL

Objectives

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

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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