Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 11

Strong growth: +2
Deficit latest year: -2
Future income +5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 21

THE HILL CHURCH SWANSEA

Advancement of the Christian Faith (teaching, providing a place for public worship, midweek activities, children's work)Relief of poverty and distress. Supporting families and young people. Supporting other charitable purposes in the Swansea area and elsewhere.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 4 trustees?

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
31/03/23		£286	£332	£-45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£236	£202	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£347	£179	£167	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£265	£179	£86	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£194	£137	£57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£102	£79	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£80	£53	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	*	£112	£23	£89	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£30	£22	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£29	£22	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

the-hill.co

hello@the-hill.co

01639844884

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides other finance
Provides services

Where it operates

City Of Swansea,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
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 Heritage Fund	£211,203
National Lottery Community Fund	£5,200
Crisis UK	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Hill Church Swansea
£211,203	05/12/2023	Greenhill Gardens
National Lottery Community Fund - Matthew's House
£5,200	03/08/2023	The Hill Church Swansea will use the £5200 grant to offer volunteering opportunities in Matthew's House “pay what you can” café to support people affected by food poverty homelessness addiction ....more The Hill Church Swansea will use the £5200 grant to offer volunteering opportunities in Matthew's House “pay what you can” café to support people affected by food poverty homelessness addiction or mental health. Bydd The Hill Church Abertawe yn defnyddio’r grant £5200 i gynnig cyfleoedd gwirfoddoli yng nghaffi “talu’r hyn a allwch” yn Nh Matthew i gefnogi pobl yr effeithir arnynt gan dlodi bwyd digartrefedd dibyniaeth neu iechyd meddwl.
Crisis UK - Grant to Matthew's House (The Hill Church)
£5,000	09/04/2020	Outreach food delivery costs as had to close centre
Garfield Weston Foundation - WAF award
£40,000	05/10/2018	Matthew's House Hospitality Upgrade

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-59

DAVID KENNETH ELLERBY Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Forest Officer

DAWN BISHOP (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Local Government Officer

JOHN CIAN MORAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Customer Service Advisor

REBECCA MORAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Customer Service Assistant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/04/2013, number: 1151797
Registered at Companies House on 22/02/2013, number: 08415396

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR16: 36 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from HAVEN TRUST SUPPORTING PEOPLE LIMITED on 22/12/2020

Main office

33 TAWE PARK
YSTRADGYNLAIS
SWANSEA
SA9 1GU

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN WALES IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY IN WALES AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FITTO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED TO THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT

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