Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

CONNECT FOUNDATION (NORTH LINCS)

Relief of Poverty
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • Why are there only 3 trustees?

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 ?

Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£157£146£12n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

www.weareconnectchurch.co.uk/foundation

hello@weareconnectchurch.co.uk

01724848388

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lincolnshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Scunthorpe Foodbank
£30,000 25/10/2023
New warehouse rent and fit out, including office furniture, dollies, wooden pallets, racking and tables
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Scunthorpe Foodbank
£5,000 19/10/2022
Emergency grant

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • FIONA KIRBY-SMITH Appointed: 2021
  • REV ALAN PIKE Appointed: 2021
  • THOMAS MACDONALD (Chair) Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/12/2021, number: 1197199
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 risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
1 returns made; all on time
Main office

Connect Church
ASHBY ROAD
SCUNTHORPE
DN16 1NR

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-4.1. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY; AND4.2. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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