Finance Score: 9

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 1

Liabilities <10%: +3
Good reserves management: +3
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 19

EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN MISSION (BRITAIN)

Providing resources - funds, people, support - for church planting in Europe

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
This charity has a robust balance sheet
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/12/23	£913	£986	£-74	£16	£964	£508	6.2	7	0
31/12/22	£848	£875	£-26	£14	£1,038	£507	7	7	0
31/12/21	£876	£832	£44	£14	£1,064	£539	7.8	9	2
31/12/20	£1,001	£990	£11	£12	£1,020	£490	5.9	9	3
31/12/19	£1,086	£992	£94	£20	£1,009	£503	6.1	9	3
31/12/18	£942	£982	£-40	£15	£915	£459	5.6	8	0
31/12/17	£1,328	£1,045	£284	£18	£955	£463	5.3	7	0
31/12/16	£1,111	£1,027	£84	£21	£671	£212	2.5	4	0
31/12/15	£1,029	£940	£88	£30	£587	£141	1.8	4	0
31/12/14	£980	£958	£23	£31	£499	£141	1.8	4	0
31/12/13	£863	£856	£7	£32	£476	£152	2.1	4	0
31/12/12	£1,005	£922	£83	£28	£470	£158	2.1	4	0
31/12/11	£1,054	£1,006	£48	£38	£387	£123	1.5	6	0
31/12/10	£1,003	£1,005	£-3	£37	£339	£122	1.5	7	0
31/12/09	£998	£1,082	£-85	£32	£342	£198	2.2	7	0
31/12/08	£1,079	£991	£88	£39	£426	£274	3.3	6	0
31/12/07	£959	£1,031	£-72	£52	£339	£137	1.6	6	0
31/12/06	£1,036	£868	£167	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05	£843	£801	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04	£835	£735	£100	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 53%
Reserves/Spending: 6.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 46

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 28 years

www.ecmbritain.org

ecm.gb@ecmi.org

01604497603

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides other finance

Where it operates

Albania, Austria, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, Gloucestershire, Greece, Kosovo, Netherlands, Northamptonshire, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

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
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to European Christian Mission Britain (ECMB)
£2,599	22/06/2020	Investment to accelerate the development of the European network of church planting platforms by training key church planting influencers from Croatia, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Belgium.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-70

DEBORAH JEAN LYDEN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Church Worker

JOANNE APPLETON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Lecturer

MICHAEL ROBERT MCMASTER (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Manager

OSBORNE PHILIP JOLLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accounts Manager

REV TIMOTHY JOHN HERBERT Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director

SIMONE FORMOLO-LOCKYER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Charity Worker

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/11/1996, number: 1059464
Registered at Companies House on 13/11/1996, number: 03277668

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

Unit F34/35
Moulton Park Business Centre
Redhouse Road
Moulton Park
Northampton
NN3 6AQ

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE BY - (A) THE EVANGELISATION OF THE PEOPLES OF EUROPE, IRRESPECTIVE OF BACKGROUND, CREED, NATIONALITY AND CURRENT PLACE OF RESIDENCE(B) THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND STRENGTHENING OF EVANGELICAL CHURCHES THROUGHOUT EUROPE(C) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EVANGELICAL CHURCHES, AND,(D) DEMONSTRATING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS

Defined Area of Benefit:

EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

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