Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 3
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Mainly female board: -1
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

    AYLESBURY VINEYARD CHURCH 

    Normal church activities including Sunday services, children's work, homegroups, outreach into the community and a ministry which provides furniture, clothing and food to those in need.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
    • The Board is predominantly female

    Financial issues to consider:

    • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
    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
    31/08/22£779£664£115£0£794£75113.612100
    31/08/21£753£799£-47£0£679£6459.714100
    31/08/20?£554£490£64£0£725£70717.315100
    31/12/19£664£679£-15£0£661£64611.415100
    31/12/18£585£509£76£0£676£64915.310100
    31/12/17*£357£304£53£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/16£341£337£4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/15£297£308£-11£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/14£304£387£-84£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/13?£372£369£3£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/12£334£283£50£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/11£279£254£25£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/10£327£227£100£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/09£387£195£192£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/08£250£244£7£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/07£293£249£43£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/06*£261£247£14£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/05£224£201£23£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/04£199£156£42£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 22%
    Liabilities/Income: 28%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
    Reserves/Spending: 13.6 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
    Quick Ratio: 1.7
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 27 years

    aylesburyvineyard.church

    office@aylesburyvineyard.org

    01296424400

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Religious Activities
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Christian religious associations
    How it operates
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Buckinghamshire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • 12 employees
    • 100 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£10,000
    CAF£10,000
    Co-Operative Group£4,517
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Aylesbury Vineyard Storehouse
    £4,517 23/10/2021
    We wish to continue the work of our foodbank, which has more than doubled in the last few months, providing 1200 food parcels in May 2020 and over 5000 cooked meals since March 2020.
    CAF - Grant to Aylesbury Vineyard Church
    £10,000 18/06/2020
    3
    Grant to Aylesbury Vineyard Church to support the organisation through COVID19
    National Lottery Community Fund - Storehouse Food Bank (Covid response)
    £10,000 22/05/2020
    12
    The project will use its funding to continue running its foodbank. The project aims to maintain support for local people during the coronavirus pandemic.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (7)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split
    Based on 6/7 persons

    Age Range of Trustees: 45-73
    • JAMES EYRE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director Of Programmes & Partnerships - Embrace Th
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/09/1997, number: 1064215
    • Registered at Companies House on 22/08/1997, number: 03424117
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Conflicting interests
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    19 returns made; AR17: 106 days late, AR06: 24 days late,
    Main office

    The Vineyard Centre
    Gatehouse Close
    Aylesbury
    Bucks
    HP198DN

    Objectives

    1. THE FURTHERANCE OF RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR PUBLIC EDUCATION; 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH INCLUDING MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS AND ALSO INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PLANTING OF NEW CHURCHES AND ORGANISATION OF CONGREGATION; 3. THE RELIEF OF THE POOR AND NEEDY; 4. THE RELIEF OF THE SICK AND ELDERLY; 5. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE BODIES AND INSTITUTIONS AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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