Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 9

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 4

THE GOSPEL OAK PROJECT CIO

Gospel Oak Community Forum arranges services in the area of Hall Green known locally as Gospel Oak that will bring the community together. These services include a community library, book fridge, adult learning classes, coffee mornings.

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Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

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 and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£0	£150	£-150	6
31/03/22		£54,947	£58,346	£-3,399	12
31/03/21		£10,804	£7,817	£2,987	4

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

minister@stmichaelshallgreen.co.uk

01217775659

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Birmingham City,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 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

Heart Of England Community Foundation	£23,680
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£9,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Supporting Local Young Carers
£1,930	15/07/2021	In order to take 60 young carers on 3 day trips
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Gospel Oak Community Forum
£9,500	29/06/2021	The Oak - 50 Years
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	23/04/2021	Who Cares?
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Helping Solihull's Young Carers and Vulnerable Residents
£2,500	01/03/2021	The grant will pay for 25 activity packs for young carers for 12 weeks
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Gospel Oak Community Centre
£14,300	04/06/2020 6	The grant will pay for a project co-ordinator and equipment costs for re-opening the centre
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Art, creativity, and futures for vulnerable young people
£4,950	23/01/2020 12	To provide a 45-week programme of Urban arts activity for 20 young people which will include graffiti and street art and metal works

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANN EILEEN HOLLOWAY Appointed: 2020

JANET HERBERT Appointed: 2020

JUDITH ANN CLARKE Appointed: 2020

REV IAN DAVID CROCKFORD (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeships: BIRMINGHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT, HALL GREEN CHURCHES CHILD CONTACT CENTRE, TARGET NEWSLETTER,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/03/2020, number: 1188761

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; AR23: 6 days late,

Main office

St. Michaels Church
17 Redstone Farm Road
Hall Green
Birmingham
B28 9NU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PRIMARILY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE AREA OF HALL GREEN BIRMINGHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS KNOWN AS GOSPEL OAK, BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.

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