Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 4
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

THE GEORGE NICHOL CHARITY FOR ROTHBURY UNITED REFORM CHURCH 

The church aims to live in Christian fellowship and bear witness to God's love and his rule over all creation.To proclaim the good news of the kingdom.To teach,baptise and nurture new believers.To respond to human need by loving service.To seek to transform unjust structures of society.To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and to sustain and renew the life on earth.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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 composition appears to be rather static

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 and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 25 years

www.rothburyurc.org.uk

d.madgwick534@btinternet.com

01669622824

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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£23£24£-1n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/21£26£21£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£27£18£8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£26£35£-8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£50£61£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£34£31£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£32£36£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£39£31£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£27£21£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£38£37£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£53£46£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£22£19£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£18£17£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£20£20£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£20£22£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£21£19£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£18£18£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£18£17£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£23£20£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Northumberland,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 15 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 10/07/2019
Rothbury URC Development Project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/01/1999, number: 1073423
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Fresh Fields
Wagtail Road
Rothbury
Morpeth
NE65 7PQ

Objectives

TO BE INVESTED IN TRUST FOR THAT CHARITY AND INCOME FROM THAT INVESTMENT MUST BE USED FOR THE GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE BENEFICIARY REFERRED TO IN THAT CHARITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED, BUT IN PRACTICE ROTHBURY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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