Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 0

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
All male board: -3

Large volunteers +3

Overall GiG Score: -6

THE CHURCHES TOGETHER SHOP

The prevention or relief of poverty by providing information, items and services to individuals living in East and North Cardiff who are in need.For the public benefit to promote the social inclusion of people living in East and North Cardiff by preventing such people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate in

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

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
The Board is completely 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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/12/22	*	£15,707	£17,707	£-2,000	10
31/12/21		£8,483	£4,545	£3,938	12
31/12/20		£28,042	£7,763	£20,279	8
31/12/19		£27,860	£7,348	£20,512	10

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

johntthorne@btinternet.com

07973766196

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Cardiff,

This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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

FRANK LEWIS JACOBSEN Appointed: 2020

JOHN THORNE (Chair) Appointed: 2019

REV ANDREW LUKE JEREMY KLEISSNER Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: CHRISTCHURCH LLANEDEYRN PLAYGROUP,

REV JAMES ANDREW HENLEY Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeships: MONMOUTH DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE, East Cardiff Ministry Area,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/05/2019, number: 1183617

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR22: 8 days late,

Main office

Ty Maelfa
Llanedeyrn
CARDIFF
CF23 9PL

Objectives

(1)TO RELIEF POVERTY AMONG THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES OF EAST AND NORTH CARDIFF, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ADVICE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED TO ENABLE THEM TO ACCESS LOCAL STATUTORY AND VOLUNTARY SOCIAL SERVICES.(2) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF PEOPLE LIVING IN EAST AND NORTH CARDIFF BY PREVENTING SUCH PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, FACILITIES FOR THEIR SOCIAL INTERACTION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERING.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ÆSOCIALLY EXCLUDEDÆ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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