Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Accounts overdue -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -1

SKELMERSDALE ECUMENICAL CENTRE

The trustees provide and maintain the premises for use under the provisions of the Sharing of ChurchBuildings Act 1969 and in accordance with a sharing agreement made between the sharing Churches.The premises comprise a part designated and set apart for use as a chapel, a part for community use anda part set aside for charitable activities by the Centre/hired by other voluntary organisations

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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
Latest accounts are overdue for filing

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/12/21		£175,349	£162,170	£13,179	15
31/12/20	*	£197,499	£222,823	£-25,324	4

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

http://skelmersdaleecumenicalcentre.org/index

bookings@the-eccy.co.uk

01695725014

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Lancashire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Skelmersdale Ecumenical Centre
£9,200	15/04/2021	Towards the salary of a part time Volunteer Co-ordinator and trustee training and development
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£33,000	05/10/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DAVID ALEXANDER STANLEY Appointed: 2023

REV MICHAEL CHARLES TINDSLEY Appointed: 2019

REV KENNETH JOHN SUMMERS Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: THE WOODWARD TRUST,

REV PHILIP ANDREW JUMP Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeships: INDUSTRIAL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, LADY HEWLEY'S CHARITY, THE LIVERPOOL AND DISTRICT FREE CHURCH FEDERAL COUNCIL, NORTH WESTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, CHURCHES TOGETHER IN THE MERSEYSIDE REGION, CHURCHES TOGETHER IN CHESHIRE, RETIRED BAPTIST MINISTERS HOUSING ORGANISATION, THE BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN,

NEIL MURRAY MACKENZIE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Solicitor, Other trusteeships: LORD WHARTON'S CHARITY, THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (MERSEY PROVINCE) TRUST LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/07/2019, number: 1184507

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

2 returns made; AR20: 191 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from SKELMERSDALE ECUMENICAL CENTRE on 04/07/2022

Main office

SKELMERSDALE ECUMENICAL CENTRE
NORTHWAY
SKELMERSDALE
WN8 6LU

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:-THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:1) THE PROMOTION OF FELLOWSHIP BETWEEN CHRISTIAN CHURCHES, BODIES, INSTITUTIONS AND PERSONS IN COMMUNITY THEREWITH2) THE PROVISION, IMPROVEMENT, AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SKELMERSDALE ECUMENICAL CENTRE BUILDING;3) THE PROMOTION OF THE SKELMERSDALE ECUMENICAL CENTRE BUILDING AS A PLACE OF PUBLIC WORSHIP TO BE SHARED BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, THE METHODIST CHURCH, THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH AND THE NORTH WEST BAPTIST ASSOCIATION (WHICH CHURCHES AND ASSOCIATION ARE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO TOGETHER AS “THE SHARING CHURCHES”) AND TO BE USED BY THEM EITHER ALONE OR JOINTLY WITH EACH OTHER OR TOGETHER WITH OTHER CHRISTIAN CHURCHES, BODIES, INSTITUTIONS OR PERSONS IN COMMUNION THEREWITH;AND4) THE PROMOTION OF THE SKELMERSDALE ECUMENICAL CENTRE BUILDING AS A CENTRE FOR ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITY WHICH MAY SEEM TO THE CIO TO BE BENEFICIAL TO THE SHARING CHURCHES OR LIKELY TO FURTHER THEIR COMMON AIMS AND INTERESTS SO FAR AS THE SAME MAY BE WHOLLY AND EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE

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