Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

LIVING WORD INTERNATIONAL

1) Support of Amazing Grace Pre and Primary school in Kisoro Uganda mostly through funding infrastructure developments. 2) Support of local indigenous organisations through partnership agreements as they seek to advance the Christian faith in accordance with a joint Statement of Beliefs, Core Values & Statement of aims which are particularly associated with training students.
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Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely male?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
31/07/23£173£158£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/22£126£118£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/21£106£74£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/20£92£74£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/19£61£55£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/18?£69£52£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/17£40£45£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.livingwordinternational.org.uk

stucreed@virginmedia.com

01223840705

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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Rwanda, The Gambia, Uganda,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-61
  • LUKE JAMES BRERETON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Banker
  • MARK LEWIS VERNON (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Project Manager
  • STUART CREED Appointed: 2015, Occupation: General Practitioner
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/02/2016, number: 1165611
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/04/2015, number: 09523029
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

LYTCHETT HOUSE
13 FREELAND PARK
WAREHAM ROAD
POOLE
POOLE
DORSET

Objectives

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFILL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS FROMTIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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