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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

LIVING HOPE INTERNATIONAL

We offer services to advance the Christian faith and support works at home and around the world to relieve poverty, sickness and distress.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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 £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£83£112£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£51£70£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£107£78£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£70£74£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£71£72£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£64£65£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£65£69£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£100£91£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£81£71£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£73£69£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£74£76£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£73£78£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£78£77£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£85£79£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£85£89£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£89£90£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£84£87£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£84£75£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

www.livinghopechurch.org.uk

info@livinghopechurch.org.uk

07866589888

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Albania, Dudley, Lebanon,
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
National Lottery Community Fund - Meeting the Need
£10,000 28/10/2022
The funding will be used to configure a former church which has recently started to be used as a community hall and is already oversubscribed. Re-configuring internal space will provide multiple activity spaces and will ensure the spaces can ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Living Hope Church
£5,000 09/03/2021
In order for the organisation to provide online ‘holiday clubs’ for vulnerable children and families during February and Easter holidays.
National Lottery Community Fund - Beating holiday hunger
£10,000 19/01/2021
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The group will use the funding to provide food and social outreach which will include craft sessions to people who have been hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. This will help vulnerable people and reduce levels of social isolation.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DANIEL PARKES (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Head Teacher
  • DAVID COOKSON Appointed: 2019
  • NICOLA LOW Appointed: 2023
  • PETER JOHN HOPPER Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/10/2004, number: 1106417
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; all on time
Main office

Living Hope Church
Middlepark Road
Russells Hall
DUDLEY
West Midlands
DY1 2LD

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH;2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY B PROVIDING TRAINING TO LEADERS OF ACTIVITIES; AND3. TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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