Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 7

THE BROOK COMMUNITY CHURCH AND CENTRE

"Worship God" Father, Son, Holy Spirit. "Love others" through Community Church family activities, discipleship, relationships. Children / Youth / Missions support. Encouragement/sense of belonging/ Purpose through Volunteer opportunities. "Bless Community" through provision of Cafe, Art Gallery, garden, Food Bank, Community Outreach for homeless and those with addictions/Restore clothes shop.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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		£237	£215	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/12/21		£142	£131	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/12/20		£173	£108	£65	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/12/19		£52	£42	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/12/18		£53	£77	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	23
31/12/17		£21	£53	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£53	£52	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£64	£88	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£89	£47	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£75	£44	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£46	£121	£-75	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£126	£28	£98	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£89	£94	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£20	£18	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£25	£15	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£19	£19	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06	*	£18	£18	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£17	£16	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£17	£14	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 28 years

www.thebrookcc.co.uk

enquiries@thebrookcc.co.uk

01623744371

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£209,242
Joseph Rank Trust	£30,000
Power to Change	£16,800
CAF	£6,750
Co-Operative Group	£3,529
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust	£2,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Brook Community Church and Centre
£1,030	21/10/2023	We will plant seeds and let the children care for plants. We will give kits to help children grow plants at home. We need to buy activity materials, sustainable bags, seeds and gardening equipment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Support Centre in Shirebrook
£139,542	17/02/2022	The project is using funding to continue providing the community support centre in Shirebrook North East Derbyshire for the benefit of Bolsover residents through a subsidised community pantry social ....more The project is using funding to continue providing the community support centre in Shirebrook North East Derbyshire for the benefit of Bolsover residents through a subsidised community pantry social eating café and signposting and referral work called Recovery+. The aim is to improve mental health through access to good food reduced stress about bills reduced isolation and access to a network of support and/or volunteering opportunities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Storehouse: affordable food with dignity in community.
£10,000	22/12/2021	The funding will be used to continue to run a local foodbank community cafe and signposting facility. The project aims to support vulnerable groups locally including people who are out of work ....more The funding will be used to continue to run a local foodbank community cafe and signposting facility. The project aims to support vulnerable groups locally including people who are out of work disabled elderly and children living in poverty helping improve health and nutrition.
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - The Brook Community Church and Centre
£2,500	29/10/2021	The Brook Community Church and Centre have been in the centre of the local community for over 30 years. We are in the business of saving lives. During the Covid-19 pandemic we provided support ....more The Brook Community Church and Centre have been in the centre of the local community for over 30 years. We are in the business of saving lives. During the Covid-19 pandemic we provided support including distribution of over 7000 bags of food. Since then we have created a new donation based food shop called the Storehouse, developed Recover plus, to help and support change for people in difficulties, created community activities such as a Camera club, Woodworking workshop, Chair exercise classes, volunteering program and much more. This application is for funds to support people in crisis with food and provisions as part of Storehouse.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Brook
£2,498	23/10/2021	We want to start to grow our own food for the community as part of our foodbank.
Joseph Rank Trust - The Brook Community Church, Shirebrook
£30,000	21/10/2020 36	To fund the running costs of the charity
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - The Brook Community Church and Centre
£16,800	14/10/2020	Grant to C-19 CCLORS - The Brook Community Church and Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - Brook Community Centre Covid-19 Relief and Recovery.
£49,700	28/05/2020 7	The funding will be used to deliver a service to vulnerable residents during Covid-19 which will include delivery of food packages and other essential items. The project is a community centre in a ....more The funding will be used to deliver a service to vulnerable residents during Covid-19 which will include delivery of food packages and other essential items. The project is a community centre in a low income area.
CAF - Grant to The Brook Community Church and Centre
£6,750	17/04/2020 3	Grant to The Brook Community Church and Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Going Further Growing Stronger
£10,000	21/10/2019 12	Going Further Growing Stronger
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Christian Centre Shirebrook
£22,900	27/04/2012	the salary costs of two Community Outreach posts

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

JAN DE VILLIERS (Chair) Appointed: 2022

MS TRACEY JANE ENGYEL

PATRICK DENNIS HELLEWELL

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/02/1996, number: 1052624

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; AR06: 13 days late,

Main office

The Brook Community Church
18 - 26 Main Street
Shirebrook
Shirebrook
NG20 8DG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;(B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND(C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE SHIREBROOK

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