Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 1

Accounts overdue -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -4

CROSSGATE HOPE

Serve Our Community seeks to meet the needs of the local community by providing a wide variety of programmes for all age groups. Individuals with debt problems and mental and physical needs are brought to our attention and we aim to empower them to shape their own futures. The main areas through which we do this are Christians Against Poverty (CAP), Celebrate Recovery (CR) and Inside Out.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Latest accounts are overdue for filing

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
31/12/21	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/20	*	£107	£66	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/12/19		£106	£112	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/12/18		£127	£131	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	50
31/12/17		£129	£115	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	50
31/12/16		£123	£137	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£162	£162	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£24	£0	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.serveourcommunity.co.uk

enquiries@serveourcommunity.co.uk

01772585257

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Recreation
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Lancashire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

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
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000	19/06/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-73

IAN KEITH FERGUSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired Chaplain, Other trusteeships: LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL MINISTRIES, CROSSGATE CHURCH LTD,

ADAM JONAH GARDNER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Coffee Shop Proprietor, Other trusteeship: CROSSGATE CHURCH LTD,

JONATHAN LUKE BOWEN (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Medical Business Development Engineer, Other trusteeship: CROSSGATE CHURCH LTD,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/03/2014, number: 1156166
Registered at Companies House on 12/11/2013, number: 08772007

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR21: 4 days late, AR20: 40 days late,

Main office

The Benchmark
25 Ribbleton Street
PRESTON
Lancashire
PR1 5BA

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BECAUSE OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE AND THE REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION OF OFFENDERS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT PROVIDED THAT AT ALL TIME THE CHARITY'S ACTIVITIES SHALL BE DELIVERED IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

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