Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

THE BEACON ELIM CHURCHES 

Local Pentecostal Church in the Blackburn with Darwen area. For full list of our activities, please visit our website: www.thebeaconblackburn.org
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are only 4 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/12/22£113£133£-20n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/12/21£99£93£5n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/20£117£109£8n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/19£117£113£4n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/12/18£89£100£-10£0£0£0n/a030
31/12/17*£94£94£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.thebeaconblackburn.org

info@thebeaconblackburn.org

07404815287

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Blackburn With Darwen,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 30 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/06/2017, number: 1173561
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR17: 257 days late,
Main office

The Beacon
Park Road
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB2 3DJ

Objectives

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:I. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APOSTLE'S CREED AND THE STATEMENT OF FOUNDATIONAL TRUTHS OUTLINED IN THE SCHEDULE IN SUCH WAYS AAND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT INCLUDING BY CARRYING OUT EVANGELISM, DICIPLESHIP AND CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY WORK LOCALLY TO BLACKBURN, NATIONALLY THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD, ANDII. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING:A. GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY AID, EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF SUFFICIENT.B. GRANTS TO ENABLE DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES TO PARTICIPATE IN HEALTHY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD.3.2 THE TRUSTEES MUST USE THE INCOME AND MAY USE THE CAPITAL OF THE CIO IN PROMOTING THE OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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