Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 10

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Only 3 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 9

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
There are 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		£157,244	£145,669	£11,575	50

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 2 years

www.weareconnectchurch.co.uk/foundation

hello@weareconnectchurch.co.uk

01724848388

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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 works here?

Unknown number of employees
50 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
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

REV ALAN PIKE Appointed: 2021

THOMAS MACDONALD (Chair) Appointed: 2021

FIONA KIRBY-SMITH Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: CROSBY TOGETHER,

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.

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