Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

FRIENDS OF SAINT MARY’S CHURCH COMBERTON 

Activities assisting in education and appreciation of ecclesiastical architecture to support the fabric & surroundings of St. Mary?s Church. Raising funds through educational and cultural events, from individuals, corporate donors and by pursuing grants with a view to supporting its Parochial Church Council's projects concerning repair & enhancement of this Grade I Listed Building and surroundings
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity only provides its support via other charities
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently

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£5£0£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£4£4£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£4£4£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£7£4£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£8£19£-11£0£0£0n/a00
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/01/2018, number: 1176591
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

26 SWAYNES LANE
COMBERTON
CAMBRIDGE
CB23 7EF

Objectives

ACTIVITIES AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC ASSISTING IN THE EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE TO SUPPORT THE FABRIC AND SURROUNDINGS OF ST MARY'S CHURCH COMBERTON.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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