Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +3
    • Gov Income
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

    GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF BRISTOL 

    To promote the Greek Orthodox faith and Greek language, within Bristol and the neibourhood. To assist individuals of all ages along the Christian faith principals and undertake charitable activities that safeguard man kind and the environment avoiding discrimination of any kind.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • The charity has received Government grants
    • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

    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 ?

    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
    31/03/23£221£197£24n/an/an/an/an/a92
    31/03/22£794£205£589£65£1,663£0n/a064
    31/03/21£133£140£-8n/an/an/an/an/a42
    31/03/20£172£174£-2n/an/an/an/an/a38
    31/03/19£190£166£24n/an/an/an/an/a63
    31/03/18£169£128£41£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£152£117£35£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16*£130£101£29£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£125£85£40£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£110£97£13£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£115£90£25£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12*£105£93£12£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11*£108£71£38£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10*£104£86£18£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09*£96£97£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08*£142£104£37£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07*£119£107£11£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06*£127£98£29£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05*£108£109£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£108£109£-2£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 44 years

    www.greekcommunitybristol.org.uk

    father.george@blueyonder.co.uk

    01179739335

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Amateur Sport
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Disability
    • Education/Training
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    • Religious Activities
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Christian religious associations
    How it operates
    • Makes Grants to Organisations
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Bristol City,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 92 volunteers

    Who's supporting them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/01/1980, number: 279079
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • 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
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR16: 40 days late, AR12: 153 days late, AR11: 127 days late, AR10: 61 days late, AR09: 426 days late, AR08: 66 days late, AR07: 42 days late, AR06: 59 days late, AR05: 22 days late, AR04: 172 days late,
    Main office

    LARKOS & PARTNERS
    128 STOKE LANE
    WESTBURY-ON-TRYM
    BRISTOL
    BS9 3RJ

    Objectives

    TO PROMOTE THE GREEK ORTHODOX FAITH AND GREEK ORTHODOX CHARITABLE INSTITUUTIONS IN BRISTOL AND ENVIRONS.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    BRISTOL AND ENVIRONS

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    CharityBase
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