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Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

URBAN EXPRESSION

Networking and both formal and informal training and other communication initiatives, in order to motivate, encourage, train and facilitate self-financing teams engaged in church planting.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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
31/12/23£170£98£72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22*£92£89£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£56£55£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£93£66£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19*£56£56£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£80£56£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17*£96£120£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16*£112£168£-56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£105£110£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£130£123£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£126£98£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£75£130£-56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£142£100£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£73£80£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£87£58£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£59£35£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£29£24£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£25£19£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£17£14£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£11£12£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 23 years

www.urbanexpression.org.uk

admin@urbanexpression.org.uk

07933140737

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian religious associations
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England,
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
The Jerusalem Trust - Towards core costs
£120,000 20/10/2023
36
Evangelism and Christian mission
The Jerusalem Trust - Cost of Living Uplift Grant
£9,000 30/06/2023
12
Evangelism and Christian mission

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW MICHAEL DORTON Appointed: 2020
  • DIRK UITTERDIJK Appointed: 2018
  • PHILLIP WARBURTON Appointed: 2018
  • REV BEV THOMAS Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/02/2002, number: 1090734
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 28 days late, AR19: 158 days late, AR17: 8 days late, AR16: 44 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from URBAN LIFE on 03/10/2023
  • Asset transfer in from CHILDREN IN URBAN SITUATIONS TRUST on 15/01/2024
Main office

21 Forest Hill Road
LONDON
SE22 0SG

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH (1) IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT BY RECRUITING EQUIPPING DEPLOYING AND SUPPORTING TEAMS WHICH WILL PIONEER INNOVATIVE AND RELEVANT EXPRESSIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN AREAS OF INNER CITIES WHICH ARE NOT ADEQUATELY REACHED BY THE CHURCH AND (2) IN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT BY ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIMILAR BODIES PIONEERING INNOVATIVE AND RELEVANT EXPRESSIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN ANY AREAS WHICH ARE NOT ADEQUATELY REACHED BY THE CHURCH AND (3) TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE BOTH IN THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND IN THE LAW OF SCOTLAND AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE TRUST

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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