Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 6

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Static board: -3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 1

FAITH CHRISTIAN GROUP (READING) CIO

We are a Christian organisation whose objectives and activities are to relieve need or hardship in Reading. We work in three specific areas:1. ReadiFood - acting as Reading's foodbank2. Street work - feeding rough sleepers 3. A Bed for the Night (B4N) - co-ordinating a winter night shelter with local churches

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are only 4 trustees
The Board composition appears to be rather static

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 and was substantially in excess of spending in the latest year

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	*	£200	£98	£103	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/12/21		£410	£322	£88	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	150
31/12/20		£404	£251	£153	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	450
31/12/19		£214	£222	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	520
31/12/18		£205	£166	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	600
31/12/17		£195	£223	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£223	£218	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

www.fcg.org.uk

director@fcg.org.uk

0118 9872672

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Reading,

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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	08/05/2019	ReadiFood

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

EDD RUNDELL Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: FAITH CHRISTIAN GROUP (READING) TRUST,

HELEN ANNE MARTIN Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: FAITH CHRISTIAN GROUP (READING) TRUST,

PETER HORNE (Chair) Appointed: 2004, Other trusteeship: The Parochial Church Council of the Parish of Reading Gateway,

STELLA STROUD Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeships: FAITH CHRISTIAN GROUP (READING) TRUST, CITYLIFE COMMUNITY PROJECTS,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/09/2015, number: 1163355

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; AR22: 26 days late,

Main office

Faith Christian Group
33 Boulton Road
READING
RG2 0NH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN READING AND OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE; AND2) TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK IN READING AND OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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