Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 8

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 8

BELL FARM CHRISTIAN CENTRE

Church services, prayer meetings etc, Advice, Information and Care Service, Children and Families (including carer and toddler groups, children's activities, toy library, holiday clubs), Older Persons (including lunch and social club and outreach work), Parent Support (including parenting classes and self-esteem courses), Training (including Basic Skills, IT), Traveller education support.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
05/04/23		£217	£280	£-63	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	128
05/04/22		£236	£244	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	91
05/04/21		£237	£227	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	64
05/04/20		£205	£213	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	90
05/04/19		£207	£234	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	94
05/04/18		£231	£233	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/17		£459	£259	£200	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/16		£318	£255	£63	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/15		£356	£341	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/14		£314	£340	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/13		£283	£322	£-39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/12	*	£293	£273	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/11		£248	£263	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/10		£235	£280	£-45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/09		£282	£244	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/08		£283	£265	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/07		£275	£287	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/06		£295	£271	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/05		£295	£271	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/04		£260	£218	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 23 years

www.bfcc.org.uk

info@bfcc.org.uk

01895444406

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Christian religious associations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Hillingdon,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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

The London Community Foundation	£38,864
DCMS	£32,649
London Catalyst	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
London Catalyst - Bell Farm Christian Centre - 8
£1,000	06/09/2022	Hardship Fund
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Bell Farm Christian Centre
£32,649	17/09/2020	To meet the changing needs, our projects have to adapt to provide face to face support to smaller numbers more often, we seek funding to expand our staff capacity to do this. We require funding to ....more To meet the changing needs, our projects have to adapt to provide face to face support to smaller numbers more often, we seek funding to expand our staff capacity to do this. We require funding to invest in technology and new protective screens to deal with the growing demand.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£32,649	17/09/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Bell Farm Christian Centre
£6,215	04/06/2020	This funding would cover additional costs due to the expansion of our older people's work from April-June. We provide ongoing support and telephone outreach to 150 vulnerable local people currently ....more This funding would cover additional costs due to the expansion of our older people's work from April-June. We provide ongoing support and telephone outreach to 150 vulnerable local people currently shielding. Providing food, activities, encouraging letters and poems from the local community to help reduce loneliness during this time.
London Catalyst - Bell Farm Christian Centre - 5
£4,000	05/03/2016	Deliver two Positive Steps and one Keys for Men courses in Hillingdon
National Lottery Community Fund - Ladies and accessible toilet renovations
£10,000	15/10/2014 12	Not Available
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Bell Farm Christian Centre
£97,100	25/09/2014 36	£97,100 over three years (£31,840; £32,140; £33,120) for an Advice Worker and associated project overheads.
National Lottery Community Fund - Replacement of leaking concrete gutters
£10,000	06/06/2013 12	This is a project by a charity in Hillingdon. The group will use the funding to replace concrete gutters with new rainwater gutters at the community centre. This will improve the safety of group's ....more This is a project by a charity in Hillingdon. The group will use the funding to replace concrete gutters with new rainwater gutters at the community centre. This will improve the safety of group's facilities and enable continued use and access to the centres various support services by community groups.
National Lottery Community Fund - Energy efficiency improvements for Bell Farm Christian Centre
£10,000	25/08/2011 12	This is a project by a charity in Hillingdon. The group will use funding to install insulation in the loft space and suspended ceilings at their community centre. This will improve the building's ....more This is a project by a charity in Hillingdon. The group will use funding to install insulation in the loft space and suspended ceilings at their community centre. This will improve the building's energy efficiency and reduce costs and their carbon footprint, making the facilities useable all year round.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 56-81

JANET SUSAN MARION DUNCAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

ROBERT CHARRINGTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

SHAUN HOLLIDAY Appointed: 2000, Occupation: It Manager

TREVOR HERON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Drug And Alcohol Recovery Worker

WILLIAM JHON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Care Worker

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/03/2001, number: 1085450
Registered at Companies House on 20/11/2000, number: 04110617

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Financial Conduct Authority

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR12: 9 days late,

Main office

Bell Farm Christian Centre
Bell Farm Hall
South Road
West Drayton
UB7 9LW

Objectives

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY; (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 THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON AND OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

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