Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -10
Support Score: 8
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Latest return overdue -5
  • Multiple returns filed late: -4
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

HIGHWAY CHURCH

Advance the christian religion by proclamation and example.This is achieved through regular services in worship and other events, the release of workers for action in the local community, involvement with other churches and pursuing other charitable purposes as the trustees shall from time to time think fit
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • and returns have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22*£93£78£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21*£86£72£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20*£91£73£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19*£71£94£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£188£80£108n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£138£124£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16*£166£105£62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15*£124£89£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£236£85£151n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£119£74£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12*£704£65£640£3£747£693128.610
31/12/11£65£68£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£75£73£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£71£81£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£144£78£66n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07*£69£75£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06*£58£75£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05*£61£66£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04*£51£52£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 31 years

www.highwaychurch.co.uk

admin@highwaychurch.co.uk

01326378433

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cornwall,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cornwall Community Foundation - Grant to Penryn & Falmouth Foodbank
£1,500 23/01/2023
Highway Church promotes Christianity through worship, events, community engagement, and charitable pursuits, working alongside other churches and serving the local community.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Penryn & Falmouth Foodbank
£5,000 10/11/2022
Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Penryn & Falmouth Foodbank
£18,389 03/03/2022
New post - Referral Agency Coordinator, 15 hpw, for two years
Cornwall Community Foundation - In response to Covid 19
£3,000 31/03/2020
1
To provide funding by putting it towards the purchase of limited food items and volunteer expenses.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Centre facility upgrades
£9,979 15/06/2018
12
The funding will be used to carry out improvements to the community building that supports local voluntary groups. The project aims to make the facility more accessible and improve levels of safety.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 22/03/2018
Highway House (Purchase)
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Highway Church
£70,000 13/06/2013
towards the cost of renovatiing a community centre in a deprived area of Cornwall
Tudor Trust - Grant to Highway Church
£40,000 24/05/2013
towards an accessible entrance hall and other facilities at a community centre in Penryn, Cornwall
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Gender Split

  • HARVEY CROOK (Chair)
  • MARTIN FRANCIS NORMAN
  • PHILIP KIM FREDERICK RIGGALL Appointed: 2019
  • SUSAN MARGARET NORMAN
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/05/1994, number: 1038185
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 308 days late, AR21: 597 days late, AR20: 842 days late, AR19: 722 days late, AR16: 35 days late, AR15: 1 days late, AR12: 48 days late, AR07: 0 days late, AR06: 64 days late, AR05: 35 days late, AR04: 11 days late,
Main office

Highway Church
Church Road
PENRYN
TR10 8DA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND TO PURSUE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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