Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING

Church of England for the parish of Houghton-le-spring St Michaels and All Angels
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Why are there 17 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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£240£268£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£238£207£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£104£105£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£90£87£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19*£127£117£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£116£122£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£127£123£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£109£123£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£163£163£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£110£142£-32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£142£131£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£187£185£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11*£146£141£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£112£118£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.stmichaels-hls.org.uk

stmichaels.hls@gmail.com

01915842036

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sunderland,
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
National Lottery Community Fund£263,460
DCMS£44,096
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£9,600
County Durham Community Foundation£8,000
Co-Operative Group£2,755
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Space4
£2,755 21/10/2023
This funding will help us offset core costs of our operation. Over the next 12 months we plan to develop our community cafe to host hot food and refreshments.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael & All Angels Houghton-Le-Spring
£9,600 30/06/2022
Salary costs for a part-time playworker to run a parent and toddler group at space4 for residents from county durham and sunderland
County Durham Community Foundation - Space4 food
£5,000 01/07/2021
To support the foodbank.
National Lottery Community Fund - space4U
£263,460 24/03/2021
The project will use the funding to provide a range of services including a social supermarket community café arts and crafts sessions and build on community assets through a team of community builders. This aims to help those experiencing food ....more
DCMS - CRF21 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael and All Angels
£6,300 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
County Durham Community Foundation - A Lot on Your Plate
£3,000 08/10/2020
To support the A Lot on Your Plate project.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£37,796 18/06/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Space4 -Phase 2
£9,957 06/12/2018
11
The funding will be used to hire a part time assistant manager and to carry out a social impact measurement of their 'Space4' community project. This provides a safe place five days a week with one to one support, group and community activities for ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (17)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALASTAIR BRADLEY
  • BRIAN MACDOWELL SCOTT Appointed: 2017
  • DAVID WILLIAM TURNBULL Appointed: 2018
  • DIAN SCOTT Appointed: 2018
  • DR ANGELA JENNIFER SLATER Appointed: 2017
  • GEORGE PEEBLES
  • JADE TURNBULL-MASON Appointed: 2023
  • KATHLEEN CLOSE Appointed: 2015
  • LYNN SCOTT Appointed: 2013
  • MALCOLM JAMES FOSTER Appointed: 2017
  • RITA TURNBULL Appointed: 2017
  • REV JOHN WILLIAM BARRON Appointed: 2019
  • REV MARGARET LEE
  • SIMON PAUL HARDY BSC HONS
  • SUSAN ELSEY Appointed: 2015
  • SHEILA MARIE FOSTER Appointed: 2019
  • SUSAN BRADLEY Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/03/2010, number: 1135095
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
  • Risk management
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR19: 5 days late, AR11: 26 days late,
Main office

17 GILLAS LANE WEST
HOUGHTON LE SPRING
DH5 8JX

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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