Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 5

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 7

NEWPORT PAGNELL UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY

The object of the Charity is the advancement of the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with the Scheme of Union of the United Reformed Church

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly female
Over half the Board have joined 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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22	£175	£180	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/12/21	£501	£656	£-155	£3	£116	£15	0.3	0	10
31/12/20	£176	£532	£-356	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/12/19	£147	£116	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

www.urcnewportpagnell.org

secretary@urcnewportpagnell.org

01908611427

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
15 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Garfield Weston Foundation	£25,000
Joseph Rank Trust	£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,998
Co-Operative Group	£7,768

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Mead Centre
£3,222	21/10/2023	We are seeking funding to facilitate the development of Mead Centre projects aimed at reducing social isolation and improving mental wellbeing, including work with refugees and a gardening project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Dignity and Play for Children and Adults with Disabilities
£9,998	11/03/2022	The funding will be used to install new hoist facilities for disabled adults in the church's new community centre - the Mead Centre's - wet room and sensory room. The project will ensure that ....more The funding will be used to install new hoist facilities for disabled adults in the church's new community centre - the Mead Centre's - wet room and sensory room. The project will ensure that disabled adults young people and children are treated with dignity by being able to fully access toileting and changing facilities within the centre and can access all parts of the sensory room to help reduce anxiety and improve wellbeing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	05/11/2021	The Mead Centre
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Mead Centre, A Newport Pagnell URC Project
£4,546	23/10/2021	We would use the money to pay for changing and toilet facilities for adults and children with physical disabilities at our fully accessible, disability friendly community centre.
Joseph Rank Trust - Newport Pagnall URC
£25,000	21/01/2021	To part fund the Church property scheme

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

COLUM MCKENNA Appointed: 2022

DEANNA MCKENNA Appointed: 2022

JANET RUTH WILSON Appointed: 2019

JENNIFER ANN ROYAL Appointed: 2022

JULIE CATHERINE TURNER Appointed: 2020

RUTH ELIZABETH TOMPSETT Appointed: 2023

VICTORIA PAULDING Appointed: 2018

VIVIAN JEREMY WILSON Appointed: 2022

JAMES GRAHAM GHALEB Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Community Worker, Other trusteeships: MILTON KEYNES CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION LIMITED, CHURCHES COMMUNITY WORK ALLIANCE,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/08/2018, number: 1179609

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

United Reformed Church
High Street
NEWPORT PAGNELL
MK16 8AB

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHEME OF UNION OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH.

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