Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 1
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

UNION CHAPEL

Provides services of worship, pastoral care and outreach activities by: Holding Christian worship services, festival celebrations, weddings, baptisms and funerals.Actively engaging in pastoral care when needed for church members and the wider community. Opening Union Chapel to as many people as possible, from all walks of life by holding events and community activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no 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:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?

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*£248£203£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£166£143£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£167£123£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£208£167£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£186£166£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£142£138£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.unionchapel.org.uk

church@unionchapel.org.uk

020732261686

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Islington,
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
Crisis UK - Grant to Union Chapel
£5,000 09/04/2020
Salary and staff costs due to loss of income from café closing & IT and food for clients

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

  • CLAUDINA MARITZA EDWARDS Appointed: 2021
  • HUW ARFON WILLIAMS Appointed: 2024
  • MG JONES Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/04/2017, number: 1172808
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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
6 returns made; AR23: 268 days late,
Main office

19B Compton Terrace
LONDON
N1 2UN

Objectives

NOTE: PLEASE ALSO SEE NOTES ON SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. THAT THE TRUSTEES SHALL AT ALL TIMES HEREAFTER PERMIT THE SAID PIECE OF GROUND, CHAPEL, VESTRIES, LECTURE HALL, SCHOOL AND CLASS ROOMS, AND TWO MESSUAGES HEREDITAMENTS AND PREMISES, AND ANY OTHER BUILDINGS THAT MAY HEREAFTER BE ERECTED ON THE SAID PIECE OF GROUND AND ANY PARTS THEREOF TO BE USED, OCCUPIED, AND ENJOYED FOR THE PUBLIC WORSHIP OF ALMIGHTY GOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BELIEF IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS THE INCARNATE SON OF GOD AND THE REDEEMER OF MEN AND IN THE HOLY SPIRIT AS THE AUTHOR OF SPIRITUAL LIFE AND WITH A RECOGNITION OF THE DIVINELY INSPIRED SCRIPTURES OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS AS THE SUPREME AND SUFFICIENT RULE OF FAITH AND PRACTICE, AND ALSO FOR SUCH OTHER RELIGIOUS, PHILANTHROPIC, MORAL, INTELLECTUAL, OR SOCIAL PURPOSES, NOT INCONSISTENT WITH SUCH BELIEF AND RECOGNITION AS AFORESAID AND GENERALLY IN SUCH MANNER AND BY SUCH PERSONS AS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BE DIRECTED BY A SPECIAL RESOLUTION

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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