Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

THE CHICHESTER DIOCESAN FUND AND BOARD OF FINANCE (INCORPORATED) 

The charity's principal activity is to promote, assist and advance the work of the Church of England in the Diocese of Chichester.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • There are 23 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
Established: 59 years
(110 years as a company)

www.chichester.anglican.org

adminhelpdesk@chichester.anglican.org

01273421021

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£19,706£19,098£608£36£320,813£13,5648.56276
31/12/21£17,872£17,928£-56£31£313,728£13,2088.86376
31/12/20£17,831£17,707£124£16£283,276£12,4128.453140
31/12/19£18,460£16,818£1,642£311£285,949£11,8308.454140
31/12/18£18,411£19,463£-1,052£139£276,278£11,0006.855131
31/12/17£18,256£19,805£-1,549£50£289,709£10,7026.5480
31/12/16£18,448£18,661£-213£72£259,283£9,7776.3570
31/12/15£18,881£19,136£-255£58£260,091£8,7605.53090
31/12/14£17,377£17,844£-467£70£187,487£3,7132.53220
31/12/13£18,107£16,963£1,145£16,854£177,556£3,9572.83330
31/12/12£16,757£16,766£-9£127£172,215£3,6012.63450
31/12/11£16,272£16,357£-86£100£168,803£4,0223360
31/12/10£17,951£16,973£979£128£67,713£3,9742.8350
31/12/09£18,261£17,830£432£43£64,048£4,0772.7340
31/12/08£18,132£15,938£2,194£84£62,664£4,2103.2340
31/12/07£18,358£16,240£2,118£79£66,327£3,7792.8320
31/12/06£15,943£15,053£890£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£15,715£14,943£772£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£15,446£14,592£854£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 4%
Reserves/Spending: 8.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 62 employees
  • 76 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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Christ Church Ore
£11,000 18/11/2020
0
Funding was provided for kitchen refurbishment.
Department for Education - Priority Schools Building Programme 2
£17,283 01/04/2020
Capital funding to improve the condition of schools in the most urgent need of repair. Improvements are delivered either by DfE on behalf of Local Authorities, or by Local Authorities directly.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (23)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 21/23 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 40-79
  • SHARON DAWN PHILLIPS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Fellow Chartered Institute Personnel & Development
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/07/1965, number: 243134
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/01/1914, number: 00133558
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SAYERS COMMON SCHOOL on 14/11/2019
Main office

CHURCH HOUSE
211 NEW CHURCH ROAD
HOVE
BN3 4ED

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, CARRY ON, ASSIST, BENEFIT AND ADVANCE THE WORK, WHICH, IS LEGALLY CHARITABLE, OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER OR ELSEWHERE, IN ALL OR ANY OF ITS BRANCHES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SUSSEX, CHICHESTER DIOCESE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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