Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 10
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, YEOVIL 

Regular Christian Worship. Pastoral support to the local community. Teaching of the Christian Faith. Links with local schools. Provision of Christian Baptism, Marriage and Funerals.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • 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
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently

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
31/12/22£211£187£24n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/12/21£211£174£37n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/12/20£195£178£17n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/12/19£933£943£-10£16£109£390.5740
31/12/18£292£234£58£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£234£291£-57£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£317£313£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£146£141£5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

http://www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk/

office@stjamesandstpeters.org.uk

01935414097

Charity Commission for England and Wales
Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Somerset,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 100 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
Joseph Rank Trust - St Peters Church, Yeovil
£21,000 13/10/2023
To fund the Christian Youth Worker
Somerset Community Foundation - Core costs for a community centre supporting disadvantaged people in Yeovil
£26,250 22/03/2023
Grant to St Peter's Community Centre
Somerset Community Foundation - Establishing a new youth work service in the Westfield area of Yeovil
£3,000 10/01/2023
Grant to St Peter's Community Centre
Somerset Community Foundation - Providing a warm space to support those experiencing fuel poverty during the cost-of-living crisis
£1,000 31/10/2022
Grant to St Peter's Community Centre
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 preparing staff and centre for reopening
£3,000 28/05/2021
COVID19 preparing staff and centre for reopening
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Establishing a new community hub in a disadvantaged area of Yeovil
£6,700 01/09/2020
4
Grant to St Peters' Church Yeovil
Somerset Community Foundation - New Westfield Community Centre
£5,000 16/03/2018
14
Contribution towards new community building.
National Lottery Community Fund - New Westfield Community Centre
£499,999 07/12/2017
24
The funding will be used to provide a new hall building to provide opportunities to reduce loneliness and improve health and wellbeing, promote life skills and increase community cohesion in the ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/10/2014, number: 1158827
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

St. James Church
Preston Road
YEOVIL
BA20 2EZ

Objectives

PROMOTING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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