Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF ENGLAND

The ELCE exists to spread the Gospel of Christ. The ELCE has 13 member congregations and a theological college.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £7,101,039 available, equivalent to 80 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,160£1,071£89£0£7,722£7,10179.521120
31/03/22£1,356£1,068£288£0£7,634£7,26281.614120
31/03/21*£894£1,245£-350£0£7,345£6,99967.517130
31/03/20?£1,250£1,127£124£0£7,414£7,07875.421130
31/01/19£976£919£57£0£-1£-269-3.523130
31/01/18£937£930£6£0£-58£-319-4.1200
31/01/17£947£984£-37£0£-64£-313-3.8250
31/01/16*£1,740£1,154£587£0£-27£-284-3160
31/01/15£877£991£-114£9£505£4395.3160
31/01/14£888£1,024£-136£7£619£5516.5160
31/01/13£864£974£-110£6£755£6688.2160
31/01/12£757£1,371£-614£5£906£8187.2150
31/01/11£773£821£-48£6£1,520£1,43220.9130
31/01/10£812£1,227£-415£766£1,244£1,15611.3130
31/01/09£1,056£935£121£794£1,659£1,57220.2130
31/01/08£960£912£48£795£1,538£1,45419.1140
31/01/07£988£787£201£708£1,490£1,41121.5130
31/01/06£719£780£-61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/05£732£813£-81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/04£1,267£655£612n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 25%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 79.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 15 months
Quick Ratio: 6.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 60 years

www.lutheran.co.uk

contact@lutheranchurch.org.uk

07883740117

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

  • DOREEN ROSSER
  • DR CYNTHIA ESTELLE LUMLEY Appointed: 2016
  • LINDA MAIRI COWIE Appointed: 2018
  • MARY LYNN ROBINSON Appointed: 2023
  • REVEREND GEORGE SAMIEC
  • REVEREND JON JAY EHLERS
  • REV JAIME RONE KRIGER Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/03/1965, number: 220466
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR16: 0 days late,
Main office

28 Huntingdon Road
Cambridge
CB3 0HH

Objectives

THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL AND THE STRENGTHENING AND ESTABLISHING OF CONGREGATIONS BY THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CONSTITUTION AND BYE-LAWS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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