Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

EWELL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST 

The trustees currently have a policy of supporting four types of activity.1. Church activities2. Outreach to the local community3. Outreach for young people4. Supporting missions overseas
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • 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
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 33 years

www.generation.org.uk

trustees@generation.org.uk

02083933955

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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
31/03/23£15£19£-4n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/22£779£626£154£3£675£761.514210
31/03/21£923£574£349£1£518£911.95180
31/03/20£335£320£15n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/19£289£246£43n/an/an/an/an/a250
31/03/18£200£199£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£183£189£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£188£176£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£217£200£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£150£118£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£98£103£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£71£72£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£78£84£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£102£122£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£140£128£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£120£134£-14£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/07£120£132£-12£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/06*£144£128£16£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/05£132£128£4£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/04£117£95£22£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey, Sutton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 5 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Community Foundation for Surrey£53,000
DCMS£25,000
CAF£8,000
Co-Operative Group£6,144
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Funding to support refugees and evacuees from Afghanistan
£8,000 12/11/2021
Funding to develop a training and support package for refugees and Afghan evacuees.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Community Food / Pantry Shop
£20,000 04/11/2021
11
Funding towards the salary of a project manager to lead the development of a community Pantry in Epsom & Ewell
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Epsom and Ewell Foodbank
£6,144 24/10/2020
We aim to continue offering support, pre-loved furniture and signposting to the many clients that visit us in our five centres each week.
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - Advice and support
£25,000 28/09/2020
12
Funding for a Support Worker to offer guidance and signposting to disadvantaged people in Epsom and Ewell
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£15,000 28/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 15/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
CAF - Grant to Ewell Christian Fellowship Trust
£8,000 02/06/2020
3
Grant to Ewell Christian Fellowship Trust to support the organisation through COVID19
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Epsom & Ewell Foodbank
£60,000 27/12/2018
24
Poverty Truth Commission for East Surrey
Community Foundation for Surrey - Epsom & Ewell Foodbank - Poverty Plan
£5,000 19/12/2018
11
Development of a foodbank exit strategy.
National Lottery Community Fund - East Surrey Poverty Truth Commission
£10,000 23/11/2018
12
The organisation will establish a poverty truth commission to bring together political, civic and business leaders from across the community along with individuals with lived experience to find ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Friday Friends
£6,000 07/11/2018
11
To continue the development of Friday Friends, the charity’s work with vulnerable and elderly people within the community.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Epsom & Ewell Foodbank Counselling Service
£2,500 12/09/2018
11
To continue to offer the counselling service to clients who come into the foodbank
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Epsom and Ewell Foodbank
£14,000 13/06/2018
24
towards two years' running costs of foodbanks and support services for disadvantaged people in Surrey
Community Foundation for Surrey - Foodbank - Community Bridge
£9,854 28/09/2017
23
Establishment of a support project for clients who have engaged with a local foodbank.
National Lottery Community Fund - Epsom & Ewell Furniture Project
£10,000 09/08/2017
12
This project will increase access to furniture and food banks by providing transport for people in the local community.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Friday Friends
£6,000 22/09/2016
11
To continue the development of Friday Friends, the charity's work with vulnerable and elderly people within the community.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Epsom and Ewell Foodbank
£20,000 04/12/2014
24
towards two years' running and relocation costs of a foodbank and support service for disadvantaged people in Surrey
National Lottery Community Fund - Epsom & Ewell Foodbank
£10,000 01/08/2013
12
This is a project by a registered charity in Surrey. The organisation will use funding to purchase a van and driver training for their foodbank service. This will enable the group to meet the growing ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/04/1991, number: 1002721
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 2 days late,
Main office

Ewell Christian Fellowship Trust
c/o 44 Chesterfield Road
EPSOM
KT19 9QP

Objectives

FOR THE WORSHIP OF GOD THE INSTRUCTION AND EDIFICATION OF CHRISTIANS THE CARE AND CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN AND THE EVANGELISATION OF NON-CHRISTIANS THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND POVERTY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH GENERALLY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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