Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3

THE CHELMSFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE 

1. Mission & Ministry in the Parishes - paying clergy stipends incl pension contribs, providing & maintaining houses for clergy & training clergy & other parish officers.2. Education - providing support for head teachers & governors, facilitating capital expenditure on schools & sponsoring certain schools with Academy status.3.Contributions to NCIs4. Provision of the Diocesan Retreat House
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • 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
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are 28 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
Established: 57 years
(109 years as a company)

www.chelmsford.anglican.org

Finance@chelmsford.anglican.org

01245294400

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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£23,752£24,140£-388£0£375,922£40,37520.189285
31/12/21£24,842£22,881£1,961£0£356,450£33,08117.394300
31/12/20*£23,022£23,270£-248£0£325,298£28,03814.598450
31/12/19£24,113£21,770£2,343£310£307,300£27,23515126450
31/12/18£25,076£25,269£-193£307£297,618£28,20713.4111450
31/12/17£23,758£22,669£1,089£367£292,860£28,430151280
31/12/16£23,859£22,289£1,570£557£275,786£23,68312.81390
31/12/15£23,905£22,049£1,856£886£248,757£20,99811.41160
31/12/14£22,836£23,552£-716£751£235,296£18,9669.7630
31/12/13£21,647£22,227£-580£50£220,602£17,2119.3560
31/12/12£20,937£21,184£-247£52£207,737£17,2899.8540
31/12/11£22,256£21,010£1,246£47£207,942£17,2979.9530
31/12/10£21,183£21,064£119£49£205,467£16,2369.2540
31/12/09£20,871£20,381£490£38£198,719£15,7009.2570
31/12/08£20,475£20,284£191£37£192,710£14,1658.4550
31/12/07£19,097£19,757£-660£33£225,999£16,53310570
31/12/06£19,106£19,207£-101£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£19,762£20,346£-584£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£19,148£19,381£-233£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 66%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 11%
Reserves/Spending: 20.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Religious Activities
Who works here?
  • 89 employees
  • 285 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barking And Dagenham, Essex, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Southend-on-sea, Suffolk, Thurrock, Waltham Forest,

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
DCMS - Chelmsford DAC Support Officer, Chelmsford DAC, The Diocesan Office, 53 New Street, Chelmsford, CM1 1AT
£18,750 01/04/2021
This grant is to part-fund a 3 year Places of Worship Support Officer post in the Chelmsford Diocese to support churches with repairs, fundraising, etc.
DCMS - ALB-Historic England - Chelmsford DAC Support Officer
£6,250 01/04/2020
Places of Worship Support Officer Post. The wider aim of the scheme is: For this programme Historic England have three specific targets for support. Activities and projects must help to reduce or ....more
Essex Community Foundation - All Saints' Community Hall
£10,000 07/06/2017
5
To contribute to the windows and flooring of a community hall as an extension to the church in Creeksea
London Catalyst - Emmanuel Church - 1
£3,250 06/12/2014
Health and Belief 2014 - Vol. Co-ord MH project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (28)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 25/28 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-75
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/10/1966, number: 249505
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/07/1914, number: 00137029
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR20: 11 days late,
Main office

53 NEW STREET
CHELMSFORD
CM1 1AT

Objectives

TO ASSIST AND PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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