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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

UNITY NORTH LONDON TRUST

To advance the Christian faith in London, the UK and the world; to relieve persons who are in need or hardship or who are aged or sick; to advance education in accordance with Christian principles. The activities of the Trust are executed through the operations of New River Church (formerly known as Unity Church, New River Community Church and New River at Croyland).
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
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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
31/03/24£155£150£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£227£143£84n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£154£113£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£171£136£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£151£133£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£144£106£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£111£75£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£68£70£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£65£50£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£55£52£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£67£61£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£62£56£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£63£68£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£61£73£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£76£58£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£38£45£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£30£25£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£20£22£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£33£32£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£26£27£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

new-river.org.uk

info@new-river.org.uk

02088037000

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Barnet, Enfield, Haringey,
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
Joseph Rank Trust - New River Church, Edmonton
£30,000 21/04/2023
To part fund the Church property scheme
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 02/12/2022
New River Church Community Capital Project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALAN CHARLES GOLDRING Appointed: 2024
  • GRAHAM ALFRED CHAPPELL Appointed: 1996
  • PAUL JAMES HUTTON Appointed: 2024
  • PHILLIPE EDOUARD ALAIN NICOLAS Appointed: 2024
  • WENDY BANKS (Chair) Appointed: 2016
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/03/1997, number: 1060893
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR05: 2 days late,
Main office

NEW RIVER CHURCH
69 CROYLAND ROAD
LONDON
N9 7BE

Objectives

[A] TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN LONDON AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT [B] TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN LONDON AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT [C] TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES IN LONDON AND ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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