Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 7
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

THE SWISS CHURCH IN LONDON 

Religious services, pastoral care, home visits, funerals, weddings and christening services, outings, counselling and workshops for young people, social,cultural and eductional events. Providing venue for group meetings and other charities
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

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
31/12/22£199£241£-42n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/12/21£209£193£16n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/12/20£153£179£-26n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/12/19£198£232£-34n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/12/18£240£206£34£0£0£0n/a035
31/12/17£254£236£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£223£197£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£210£199£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£204£207£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£183£175£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£131£145£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£113£151£-38£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£109£174£-65£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£1,751£385£1,366£4£1,698£1,6365120
31/12/08£70£70£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£89£72£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£83£61£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£222£68£154£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£67£76£-8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 21 years

www.swisschurchlondon.org.uk

info@swisschurchlondon.org.uk

+44 20 7836 1418

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 50 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Breakfast & Haircuts for London's Homeless
£3,200 09/12/2022
The funding will be used to continue the groups delivery of a breakfast club and haircuts for people affected by homelessness and poverty. The project aims to improve mental health and sustain ....more
Camden Giving - Swiss Church
£4,000 16/03/2022
This funding is for improving and expanding our existing popular breakfast service for people affected by homelessness and poverty.
Camden Giving - Mentorship, Work Placement and Residency
£10,000 21/10/2020
12
This funding is for work placement to help a young person in Camden to acquire new skills, and an artist residency and mentorship program to support Camden based emerging artists.
Camden Giving - The Swiss Church in London
£5,000 08/06/2020
0
N/A

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/12/2002, number: 1094992
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/06/2002, number: 04454591
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

SWISS CHURCH IN LONDON
79 ENDELL STREET
LONDON
WC2H 9DY

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:-TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN THE PROTESTANT TRADITION PRINCIPALLY AMONGST THE SWISS COMMUNITY IN GREAT BRITAIN.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND EDUCATION IN MUSIC.TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE SWISS COMMUNITY IN GREAT BRITAIN IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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