Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 0
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -7 ?

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF CHRIST COLLEGE, BRECON 

Provision of bursaries. Fund raising to provide additional facilities and equipment for the school. Provision of assistance with funding for educational trips and encouragement of additional curriculum studies by donation of prizes.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile recently

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
31/08/23£12£10£2n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/08/22£13£10£3n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/08/21£12£12£0n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/08/20£11£37£-26n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/08/19£31£18£13n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/08/18£17£8£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17£12£13£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£20£22£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15£17£13£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£8£2£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£28£15£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12£13£7£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£7£12£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10?£9£8£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/09£9£6£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08?*£10£8£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05*£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04£7£9£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 58 years

https://www.christcollegebrecon.com/our-commu

friends@christcollegebrecon.com

01874 615440

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • School support organisations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Powys,
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 4 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/11/1966, number: 525272
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR08: 265 days late, AR05: 120 days late,
Main office

Christ College
BRECON
Powys
LD3 8AF

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCE AND OTHER AID TO CHRIST COLLEGE BRECON AND TO PUPILS AND BY MEANS OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES AT THAT SCHOOL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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