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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

ENCOUNTER CHRISTIANITY

Encounter Christianity provides specialist teachers to deliver RE lessons in schools.Assists and trains non-specialist teachers to deliver Christian Religious Education.Promotes Christian RE in schools and makes resources available for these purposes.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/08/23?£25£36£-11n/a
31/12/22£59£48£11n/a
31/12/21£48£31£17n/a
31/12/20£5£0£5n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.encounterchristianity.co.uk

info@encounterchristianity.co.uk

01179464695

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian religious associations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Joseph Rank Trust - Encounter Christianity, Bristol
£22,500 14/10/2022
To fund the core costs of the charity
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to Encounter Christianity
£1,000 30/04/2021
To provide specialist teachers to deliver RE lessons in schools and colleges.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

  • ALEXANDER MARTYN WEST (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • CELIA MORGAN Appointed: 2022
  • CHRIS SALISBURY Appointed: 2020
  • LISA WENDY QUINN Appointed: 2024
  • LUCILLE CHARLES Appointed: 2020
  • RACHEL POWLESLAND Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/03/2020, number: 1188680
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

REDLAND PARISH CHURCH HALLS
REDLAND GREEN ROAD
BRISTOL
BS6 7HE

Objectives

4.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:4.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND CHRISTIANITY; IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) PROVIDING SPECIALIST TEACHERS TO DELIVER EDUCATION LESSONS IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES;(B) ASSISTING AND TRAINING NON-SPECIALIST TEACHERS IN DELIVERING CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION;(C) PROMOTING CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION LESSONS IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES; AND (D) MAKING RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THESE PURPOSES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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