Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 0

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 3 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5

Overall GiG Score: 5

UNLOCK

Unlocking-real life stories of urban people. Revealing-good news of the down to earth Christ. Releasing-life changing skills and confidence. Unlock is a Christian charity that has worked since 1973 to help urban churches of any denomination respond to the challenges in their areas. We are especially concerned with helping people in "text-shy" cultures to explore their faith. We place trained unloc

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Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests 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 ?

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	£55	£53	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/12/21	£48	£47	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/12/20	£51	£57	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/12/19	£57	£62	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/12/18	£63	£63	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	30
31/12/17	£68	£61	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£61	£57	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£71	£58	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£71	£57	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£51	£55	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£65	£61	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£69	£59	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	£56	£61	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09	£56	£66	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08	£68	£60	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07	£48	£48	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06	£37	£47	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£39	£51	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£40	£43	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 52 years

www.unlock-urban.org.uk

office@unlock-urban.org.uk

01709 380 318

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
60 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
Department for Work and Pensions - UNLOCK
£1,085	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - UNLOCK
£1,500	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

NICHOLAS ARTHUR CARTER (Chair)

REV CANON SUZANNE SHERIFF Appointed: 2022

ANDREW DORTON Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeships: HULL COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES LTD, HULL INDEPENDENT HOUSING AID CENTRE, ST MICHAELS YOUTH PROJECT, URBAN EXPRESSION, BRIDGES HULL LTD,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/08/1972, number: 313454

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

Unlock
15 Station Road
ROTHERHAM
South Yorkshire
S60 1HN

Objectives

THE EDUCATION OF MINISTERS AND LAY PEOPLE CONCERNED WITH ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS BY SUCH MEANS AS REGIONAL TRAINING COURSES, RESEARCH PROJECTS, STUDY GROUPS AND SMALL CONFERENCES FOR EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS TO EQUIP THEM TO BE MORE AFFECTIVE IN THEIR CHRISTIAN WITNESS IN THEIR OWN AREAS OF LIFE AND WORK. RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH PROJECTS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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