Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteer base +3
    • Overall weighted support: +2
    Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

    FRESHBROOK CHURCH

    The Church provides activities for different age groups within the community, meeting specific needs, establishing contacts and building relationships. There are groups for children and young people, parents and toddlers, day-time groups for older people and a seniors lunch club held monthly. Outreach programmes in local schools operate both independently and collaboratively with other agencies.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently

    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
    31/03/23£211£190£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/22£205£178£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/21£186£165£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/20£187£168£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/19£172£180£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/18£125£164£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/17*£75£85£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 8 years

    www.freshbrook.org

    office@freshbrook.org

    01793873050

    Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Religious Activities
    GiG Classification
    • Christian congregations
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Swindon,
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind

    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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to FRESHBROOK CHURCH
    £2,560 08/03/2023
    Freshbrook Church runs community activities in a community centre attached to the church in west Swindon. Funding will help meet the costs of activities to bring people together and give access to affordable food.
    Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to FRESHBROOK CHURCH
    £5,000 14/12/2022
    Freshbrook Church runs community activities in a community centre attached to the church in west Swindon. Funding will help meet the costs of activities to bring people together and give access to affordable food.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (10)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    • CHRISTINE ANNE DAVISON Appointed: 2018
    • DAVID DAVISON (Chair) Appointed: 2005
    • GRAHAM NIGEL BENNETT Appointed: 2020
    • JOHN CULLIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Computer Systems Developer
    • LAURA WOOD Appointed: 2022
    • MARK DAVID WOOD Appointed: 2015
    • NICOLA ANN COX Appointed: 2016
    • PHILIP ANDREW BAILEY Appointed: 2023
    • RAYMOND CHEUNG Appointed: 2015
    • STEPHEN JOHN COX Appointed: 2016
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/06/2016, number: 1167735
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    7 returns made; AR17: 13 days late,
    Main office

    CHURCH OFFICE
    FRESHBROOK CHURCH
    WORSLEY ROAD
    SWINDON
    SN5 8NU

    Objectives

    THE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE: 1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN SWINDON AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; AND2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE MEMBERS OF THECHURCH IN GENERAL MEETING, PUT INTO PRACTICE THE TEACHING OF THE LORD JESUSCHRIST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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