Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 2
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

THE FRIENDS OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH AT OXBOROUGH 

The principal Activity of the Charity is to raise funds to maintain, repair, renew, preserve and improve for the benefit of the public the fabric of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Oxborough. Through the efforts of the Charity and its supporters the Church is normally open to the public every day of the year in daylight hours.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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 has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • 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
31/12/22£6£5£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£7£5£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£6£6£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£14£10£4n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/12/18£27£57£-30£0£0£0n/a05
31/12/17£31£13£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£6£8£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£11£4£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£7£7£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£30£27£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£133£132£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£31£26£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£12£14£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£113£145£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£29£13£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£12£9£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£14£7£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£17£14£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£7£10£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 27 years

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Norfolk,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Archbishops' Council - Monuments conservation grant to Oxborough, St John the Evangelist, Diocese of Norwich (Pilgrim Trust)
£5,000 10/12/2021
Conservation of six monuments: to Henry Bedingfield and wife (1583), to Lady Margarete Bedingfield (1525-50), to Sir Edmund Bedingfield (c.1525-50), to Richard Bedingfield (1795), Alabaster skull ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/12/1996, number: 1059728
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Hawthorns
Eastmoor Road
Oxborough
KING'S LYNN
Norfolk
PE33 9PU

Objectives

(A) TO FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN THE PARISH OF OXBOROUGH (B) TO MAINTAIN, REPAIR, RENEW, PRESERVE, RECONSTRUCT AND IMPROVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE FABRIC OF THE CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST AT OXBOROUGH, ITS MONUMENTS, FIXTURES, FITTINGS, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT. (C) TO PROVIDE OR AUGMENT THE STIPEND OF THE MINISTER OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH AT OXBOROUGH AS APPROVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY AND TO ASSIST THE MINISTER IN MEETING THE EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES AND TO MEET THE EXPENSES OF THOSE ASSISTING THE MINISTER IN HIS WORK WITHIN THE PARISH. (D) TO ADVANCE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND WORSHIP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINE AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY MEANS OF BIBLE CLASSES, SUNDAY SCHOOLS AND OTHERWISE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

OXBOROUGH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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