Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

YORK CITY CHURCH 

To advance and promote the Christian faith. To relieve people in need, hardship or distress. To educate and assist young people, so as to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 23 years

www.yorkcitychurch.org.uk

office@yorkcitychurch.org.uk

01904541444

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UN SDGs
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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£348£252£96n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/12/21£194£162£32n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/12/20£206£160£46n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/12/19£222£179£44n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/12/18£240£170£71£0£0£0n/a0100
31/12/17*£183£150£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£203£161£42£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£165£124£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£331£112£218£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£134£118£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£137£100£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11*£118£106£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£93£100£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£112£114£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£123£111£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07*£95£98£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06*£74£74£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£77£78£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04*£78£73£5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of York,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 70 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
Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust - Yahala Mataam - Arabic Afternoon Tea Project
£8,450 15/02/2022
Funding towards running a monthly pop-up fusion English & Arabic afternoon tea project, specifically working alongside refugees and asylum seekers in York who have previously not been able to ....more
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Refugee Pop-up restaurant 2019-2020
£4,170 30/04/2019
To run a pop-up pay-as-you-feel restaurant in York which is led by Syrian refugees and asylum seekers

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-48
  • LUCY KEMP Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Housewife
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/07/2001, number: 1087659
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/11/2000, number: 04102023
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR17: 0 days late, AR11: 40 days late, AR08: 24 days late, AR07: 19 days late, AR06: 84 days late, AR04: 9 days late,
Main office

York City Church
The Citadel
Gillygate
York
YO31 7EA

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY SUCH MEANS AS THE CHARITY SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.2. TO PROCLAIM AND PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND THE WORSHIP OF GOD.3. TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF LOCAL NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY OR DISASTER OR BY REASON OF THEIR AGE SOCIAL MEDICAL EDUCATIONAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.4. TO EDUCATE AND ASSIST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITY THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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