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Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

KINGS CROSS CHURCH

The company is a charity and exists to promote the Christian Faith and alleviate suffering according to the mission of the Church of England and the values and tenets of the Anglican Communion summarised in resolution 11 of the third Lambeth conference following the Chicago-Lambeth quadrilateral.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
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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£1,990£1,879£111£0£1,897£1,82211.631367
31/12/22£1,844£1,542£302£0£1,785£1,63312.731275
31/12/21£2,077£1,331£746£0£1,484£1,30411.826400
31/12/20£1,600£1,340£260£0£738£5284.726425
31/12/19£1,437£1,247£190£0£478£3773.625425
31/12/18£1,087£1,071£16£0£288£2302.6210
31/12/17£969£931£39£0£272£2122.7190
31/12/16£856£830£26£0£233£1772.690
31/12/15*£681£565£116£0£207£189470
31/12/14£356£461£-105n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£324£243£81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£314£221£93n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11*£260£178£81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 36%
Liabilities/Income: 54%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 11.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 4.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 14 years

www.kxc.org.uk

info@kxc.org.uk

02034325396

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Camden, Islington,
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
Cloudesley£157,798
Joseph Rank Trust£47,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Cloudesley - Grant to King's Cross Church (KXC)
£10,000 01/03/2024
Portable hearing loop, acoustic improvements, new flooring and training
Cloudesley - Grant to King's Cross Church (KXC)
£22,000 21/11/2023
Feasibility study to explore the potential of King's House to provide additional seating capacity
Cloudesley - Grant to King's Cross Church (KXC)
£12,000 22/11/2022
New, permanent flooring for King's House entrance and Upper Room
Cloudesley - Grant to King's Cross Church (KXC)
£28,160 07/06/2022
King's House Auditorium - PA and Lighting Installation - Final Stage Works
Cloudesley - Grant to King's Cross Church (KXC)
£45,500 23/11/2021
AV and Catering Equipment for King's House
Joseph Rank Trust - King's Cross Church, London
£47,000 14/10/2021
To part fund the Church property scheme
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 09/07/2021
King's House - a new community centre for King's Cross
Cloudesley - Grant to King's Cross Church (KXC)
£30,738 18/05/2021
Chairs for the KXC auditorium at King?s House
Cloudesley - Grant to King's Cross Church (KXC)
£5,000 21/01/2021
Purchase of AV equipment to enable better quality streaming of online services
Cloudesley - Grant to King's Cross Church (KXC)
£4,400 07/04/2020
Emergency small grant- Purchase of AV equipment to enable better quality streaming of online services
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-76
  • FRANCIS JAMES HARPER (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Trustee/Director
  • IAIN ANDREW ALEXANDER Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Accountant
  • JACOB ALLBAUGH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Investor
  • JOHN PARMITER Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor
  • MICHAEL KENT Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Solicitor
  • RACHEL HYLTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Teacher
  • REV PETER JONATHAN HUGHES Appointed: 2011, Occupation: None
  • SOPHIE LOUISE GUTHRIE Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Media/Strategic Communications
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/05/2011, number: 1141658
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/10/2010, number: 07416629
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
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR15: 0 days late, AR11: 15 days late,
Main office

242 PENTONVILLE ROAD
LONDON
N1 9JY

Objectives

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE KINGS CROSS AREA OF LONDON (AND/OR SUCH OTHER AREAS AS THE COUNCIL MAY FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT)AND ALLEVIATE SUFFERING ACCORDING TO THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND THE VALUES AND TENETS OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION SUMMARISED IN RESOLUTION 11 OF THE THIRD LAMBETH CONFERENCE FOLLOWING THE CHICAGO-LAMBETH QUADRILATERAL NAMELY: (I) THE HOLY SCRIPTURE OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, AS 'CONTAINING ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO SALVATION,' AND AS BEING THE RULE AND ULTIMATE STANDARD OF FAITH; (II) THE APOSTLES CREED, AS THE BAPTISMAL SYMBOL; AND THE NICENE CREED, AS THE SUFFICIENT STATEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH; (III) THE TWO SACRAMENTS ORDAINED BY CHRIST HIMSELF BAPTISM AND THE SUPPER OF THE LORD MINISTERED WITH UNFAILING USE OF CHRIST'S WORDS OF INSTITUTION, AND OF THE ELEMENTS ORDAINED BY HIM; (IV) THE HISTORIC EPISCOPATE, LOCALLY ADAPTED IN THE METHODS OF ITS ADMINISTRATION TO THE VARYING NEEDS OF THE NATIONS AND PEOPLES CALLED OF GOD INTO THE UNITY OF HIS CHURCH.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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