Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

BODY OF CHRIST CHURCH BOCC - EGLISE CORPS DU CHRIST 

Activities of the charity include the provision of free, confidential and impartial information, advice and guidance to enable our users access welfare benefits, housing, education and employment training. We run a vibrant youth club, organising workshops and discussion forums to create awareness around issues such as drugs, violence, alcohol and sexually transmitted diseases
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests 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

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£15£15£0n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/21£15£15£0n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/20£14£14£0n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/19£10£10£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18*£10£10£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17*£10£10£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£10£10£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£14£14£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£14£14£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£12£11£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£15£15£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11*£15£15£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£24£24£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£27£20£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£51£50£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£36£32£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£36£36£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£36£35£0£0£0£0n/a00

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

bodyofchristcharity@yahoo.co.uk

07963535364

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hackney,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Body of Christ Church (BOCC)
£7,250 04/05/2020
A grant of £7,250 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/02/2003, number: 1095956
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR18: 87 days late, AR17: 26 days late, AR11: 134 days late,
Main office

79 STELLMAN CLOSE
LONDON
E5 8QY

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF AFRICAN FRENCH-SPEAKING PEOPLE AND TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF THOSE BENEFICIARIES THEY WISH TO AID BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING TO MEET ANY EMPLOYMENT NEEDS AS WELL AS THE PROVISION OF TRAINING TO MEET ANY EMPLOYMENT NEEDS AS WELL AS THE PROVISION OF ADVICE ON HEALTH, HOUSING, IMMIGRATION, INTERPRETING/TRANSLATING AND ADVOCACY ISSUES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA AND THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF HACKNEY AND HARINGEY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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