Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

PENARTH MINISTRY AREA 

The Penarth Ministry Area is a parish of the Church in Wales. It is a Christian Church comprising the former parishes of All Saints,Penarth, Holy Nativity,Penarth, Saint Augustine,Penarth, Saint Dochdwy,Llandough and Saint Peter Old Cogan We facilitate services at our church buildings and community activities in our church halls. We provide pastoral care available to the local community in Penarth
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£407£374£33n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/12/22£292£319£-27n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/21£206£165£41n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/12/20£213£203£10n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/12/19£202£213£-11n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/12/18£275£290£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£363£363£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£254£180£74£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£171£154£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£185£174£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£198£204£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£185£223£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11*£234£265£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10*£166£136£30£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years
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
Where it operates
  • Lesotho, Tanzania, Uganda, Vale Of Glamorgan,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 50 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Parish of Penarth, All Saints
£53,000 16/03/2016
Urgent repairs to St Peters Church, Old Cogan, Penarth

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/03/2010, number: 1134711
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR11: 66 days late, AR10: 15 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PENARTH AND LLANDOUGH on 11/01/2023
Main office

All Saints Church
Victoria Square
Penarth
CF64 3EL

Objectives

The promotion of the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical, in the parish.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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