Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 12

BARKING CHURCHES UNITE (BCU)

CIO objects are1)To advance the Christian Faith for benefit of the public in accordance with the Evangelical Alliance Statement of Faith by advancing the working together of churches in Barking and facilitating churches in Barking to pray together for the community of Barking 2)The prevention or relief of poverty in the Barking Community by providing services to individuals in need

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
31/12/23	£256	£220	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22	£157	£141	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	£89	£77	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	£118	£60	£58	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	£45	£43	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18	£38	£36	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17	£19	£22	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

barkingchurchesunite.org

thesourcebcu@gmail.com

02085942404

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Barking And Dagenham, Essex,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Mercer's Charitable Foundation	£40,000
City Bridge Trust	£15,500
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
Crisis UK	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Barking Churches Unite
£40,000	25/01/2023	The support of poverty relief to the local community who are struggling with COVID, increasing energy , fuel, food costs, homelessness, mental health and isolation
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	05/03/2021	The Source
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Barking Churches Unite
£11,500	14/06/2020	£11,500 towards costs excluding existing support group costs and existing staff costs.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Barking Churches Unite
£4,000	01/05/2020	A grant of £4,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Crisis UK - Grant to The Source (Barking Churches unite)
£5,000	09/04/2020	Food, food offer and volunteer costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	02/10/2019	The Source
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	13/06/2018	The Source

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

ANNE DEAR Appointed: 2017

ANTOINETTE WILLIAMSON Appointed: 2023

AUDREY BEVERLEY SUTHERLAND Appointed: 2023

ELIZABETH MEDNICK Appointed: 2017

MICHAEL MEDNICK Appointed: 2017

MICHAEL TAYLOR Appointed: 2017

SANDY TOMLINSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant

THERESA IBRAHIM Appointed: 2017

UNESU AUDREY CHINDABATA REV Appointed: 2019

WILLIAM DEAR Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/06/2017, number: 1173315

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
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

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Source
Unit 37a
The Vicarage Field Shopping Centre
Ripple Road
BARKING
IG11 8DH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE STATEMENT OF FAITH BY ADVANCING THE NETWORKING AND WORKING TOGETHER OF CHURCHES IN BARKING AND FACILITATING CHURCHES IN BARKING TO PRAY TOGETHER FOR THE COMMUNITY OF BARKING2) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE BARKING COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.

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