Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 6

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 3

GRASSROOTS PROGRAMME

Grassroots is an ecumenical Christian programme of community engagement. In dialogue with the Churches and other faith communities, GRASSROOTS strives to uncover Christ's presence in a sharp edge of engagement with contemporary issues of community relations, peace and reconciliation in Luton's diverse context.

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Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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

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
31/08/23	£115	£116	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	57
31/08/22	£84	£103	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/08/21	£190	£162	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/08/20	£124	£130	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/08/19	£176	£135	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/08/18	£156	£180	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/17	£181	£160	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16	£128	£127	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

http://www.grassrootsluton.org.uk/

jgrassroots@btconnect.com

01582416946

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Luton,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
57 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Tales of Wonder and Wisdom
£9,900	31/08/2023	The funding will be used to run a series of storytelling workshops representing different cultures in the community. The project aims to connect people from a range of backgrounds to help them build ....more The funding will be used to run a series of storytelling workshops representing different cultures in the community. The project aims to connect people from a range of backgrounds to help them build cross-cultural relationships.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Community Compassion Care and Collaboration
£9,550	22/10/2020 6	The funding will be used to provide community motivational meetings and sessions for community faith leaders during the pandemic so they can continue to support their communities. The organisation ....more The funding will be used to provide community motivational meetings and sessions for community faith leaders during the pandemic so they can continue to support their communities. The organisation will also collaborate with Luton’s Black Asian & Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities in order to support them & ensure services are coordinated by working alongside statutory & voluntary groups ensuring that they reach the most vulnerable & needy. This project will also work to support people who are affected by seasonal affective disorder (SAD) as winter approaches and the pandemic continues.
National Lottery Community Fund - Storytelling Workshops
£9,750	24/07/2019 12	The project will use funding to run a series of storytelling workshops representing different cultures for young people within the community. This will help them to create cross cultural ....more The project will use funding to run a series of storytelling workshops representing different cultures for young people within the community. This will help them to create cross cultural relationships.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Strengthening Cohesion in Luton
£3,000	13/07/2017 10	Grant to Grassroots Programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Strengthening Cohesion in Luton
£9,965	07/06/2017 12	The funding will be used to host a celebration of 25 years of the organisation’s work and to acknowledge the contributions of numerous partner organisations. The project aims to bring people in the ....more The funding will be used to host a celebration of 25 years of the organisation’s work and to acknowledge the contributions of numerous partner organisations. The project aims to bring people in the community together.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

BRIAN ROBERT ROE Appointed: 2018

DEBORAH PURFIELD Appointed: 2018

JANET BIRD Appointed: 2017

REV DAVID M LAWSON (Chair) Appointed: 2006

REV PHILIP JOHN HORNER Appointed: 2013

SHEILA JOYCE MARSDEN Appointed: 2006

RUTH NANCY MARGARET TETLOW Appointed: 2007, Other trusteeship: BIRMINGHAM COUNCIL OF FAITHS,

REV PAMELA MARGARET ROSTRON HINDLEY Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: THE LONDON CHURCHES FUND FOR DESTITUTE ASYLUM SEEKERS,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/09/2015, number: 1163427

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

16/12/2016 - Asset transfer in from GRASSROOTS PROGRAMME
29/11/2023 - Asset transfer in from BERAKAH ARTS LIMITED

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

8 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from BERAKAH ARTS LIMITED on 29/11/2023

Main office

47 High Town Road
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU2 0BW

Objectives

1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN GLOBAL ISSUES TO ENABLE GREATER AWARENESS OF FACTORS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE RELIEF OF NEEDY VICTIMS OF BREECHES OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SUCH WAYS AS IS CHARITABLE IN LAW. 2) TO ADVANCE RELIGION AND PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AMONG CHRISTIANS AND THOSE OF OTHER FAITHS. 3) TO ENGAGE IN ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WILL FURTHER THE ABOVE OBJECTS, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ACTIVITIES ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN LAW

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