Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 8

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3
Multiple returns filed late: -2

Large volunteer base +5
Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 0

COMPASSION PRISON MINISTRY

The Compassion Prison Ministry is a Pentecostal group of volunteers and chaplains from several quite different denominations, working in partnership with prison Chaplaincy Teams in the UK educating and encouraging offenders in rehabilitation back into the community.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static
Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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
31/01/23	*	£1	£2	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/22	*	£1	£5	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/21		£51	£40	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/20		£86	£72	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/19		£57	£73	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/18?		£87	£52	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£16	£18	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15		£13	£14	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years
(11 years as a company)

www.compassionministries.co.uk

admin@compassionministries.co.uk

07908622190

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, Lancashire, Manchester City,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

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

DCMS	£10,000
Forever Manchester	£5,000
One Manchester	£4,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
One Manchester - Compassion Foodbank
£4,500	01/11/2020	To enable the Compassion Food Bank to provide an emergency food source to people in food poverty, with provision tailored to accommodate the different dietary requirements of diverse communities.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	24/09/2020	"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 "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Forever Manchester - Compassion Food Bank
£5,000	22/05/2020	Emergency food parcels
National Lottery Community Fund - Compassion Food Bank
£191,862	22/03/2017 35	This project provides support to individuals and families experiencing poverty, financial difficulty and a shortage of food. Monthly cooking and budgeting classes will help families on low incomes to improve their meal planning and nutrition. A ....more This project provides support to individuals and families experiencing poverty, financial difficulty and a shortage of food. Monthly cooking and budgeting classes will help families on low incomes to improve their meal planning and nutrition. A regular foodbank and breakfast club will providing an opportunity for those on low incomes to meet socially and access food, information and guidance on their financial situation if needed.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CLIVE JUNIOR WHITTLE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Director

NORMA WALTERS Appointed: 2018

PAULA SHARP Appointed: 2017

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/06/2015, number: 1161943
Registered at Companies House on 04/01/2013, number: 08348123

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
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

8 returns made; AR23: 327 days late, AR22: 50 days late,

Main office

COMPASSION PRISON MINISTRIES
Beacon Centre
72 Great Stone Road
Stretford
MANCHESTER
M32 8QS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS, EX-OFFENDERS AND THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY DEEMED BY THE TRUSTEES AS BEING IN NEED OF ACCESSING COMPASSION FOOD BANK THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUCH GUIDANCE, COUNSELLING AND TRAINING WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE IN AIDING THEIR REHABILITATION AND HELPING TO PREVENT THEM FROM RE-OFFENDING.

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