Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH

Furtherance of the Christian faith, running a church.
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
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income

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
31/08/23£922£902£20£0£1,702£1,62421.626300
31/08/22£711£774£-63£0£1,682£1,66625.819300
31/08/21*£721£681£40£0£1,741£1,73130.514300
31/08/20£603£556£47£0£1,701£1,68236.313150
31/08/19£563£548£15£0£1,654£1,62835.712150
31/08/18£611£614£-3£0£1,639£1,62531.7110
31/08/17£500£497£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£474£434£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£447£428£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14?£675£605£70£5£1,581£1,57131.240
31/03/13£598£556£41£5£1,512£1,47031.7140
31/03/12£587£682£-95£17£1,470£1,47025.9130
31/03/11£670£656£14£7£1,565£1,56528.6140
31/03/10£625£591£34£12£1,552£1,54131.3140
31/03/09£526£575£-49£7£1,518£1,51831.7120
31/03/08£545£503£41£6£1,567£1,56737.4100
31/03/07£407£449£-42n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 21.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 18 years

www.tvcchurch.org.uk

admin@tvcchurch.org.uk

01642781919

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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
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Stockton-on-tees,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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 - The Shack: Community Development
£9,977 07/10/2022
The organisation will extend opening hours and activities at its community hub. Activities include breakfast and lunch clubs a youth club and courses covering topics such as wellbeing mental health benefits CV writing job interview skills and ....more
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Addressing poverty for good mental health
£24,948 27/09/2022
The funding facilitated extra support to improve mental health and, cope with and escape poverty and deprivation.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-77
  • ANDREW MALBON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Shop Assistant
  • GRAHAM BOND Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
  • JANET WEST Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
  • JULIE MARLEY Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Lawyer
  • MARTIN ANDREW DUNKLEY Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Church Leader Doctor
  • MATTHEW BIDDLECOMBE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Executive Leader
  • STEVEN MCFARLANE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director Of Training
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/06/2006, number: 1114596
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/03/2006, number: 05735104
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR21: 55 days late,
Main office

The Oakwood Centre
1 CLEASBY WAY
DURHAM LANE INDUSTRIAL PARK
EAGLESCLIFFE
STOCKTON-ON-TEES
TS16 0RD

Objectives

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO AND THE WORSHIP OF GOD IN TEES VALLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER INCLUDING (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) THE PREACHING AND PROCLAMATION OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL AND THE TEACHING OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND PRINCIPLES AND THE PASTORAL CARE OF CHRISTIAN PEOPLE AND THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIBLE AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND OTHER SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;(B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITION OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN SUCH PARTS OF TEES VALLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(C) THE PROVISION OF INSTRUCTION IN THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AT ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH (BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF SUCH OBJECT) THE PROVISION OF A DAY/AND OR BOARDING SCHOOL OR COLLEGE FOR THE GENERAL EDUCATION OF MALE AND FEMALE PUPILS OF ANY AGE AND FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF SUCH PUPILS IN SUCH PRINCIPLES AS AFORESAID;(D) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF TEESSIDE AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE WHICH SERVICES AND FACILITIES MAY WITHOUT LIMITATION INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF CHILD CARE SERVICES AND MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND OTHER FORMS OF EDUCATION AND LIFE SKILLS' TRAINING, RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, SEX, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

TEES VALLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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