Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 0

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

All male board: -3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -7

TOUCHSTONE PROJECTS

Touchstone Projects supports motivational and inspirational programmes in prisons and immigration detention centres in the UK and abroad.Other supported projects include educational programmes in Africa as well as poverty and disaster relief in Africa and Asia.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently

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
31/03/23		£14	£16	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£23	£22	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21	*	£41	£16	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£34	£30	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£28	£25	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/18	*	£69	£36	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£73	£71	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£19	£5	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£3	£4	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£24	£25	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£14	£14	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£22	£24	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£12	£17	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10?	*	£18	£17	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/08		£12	£11	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 17 years

www.touchstoneprojects.org

info@touchstoneprojects.org

01189573445

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Religious Activities
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

International poverty relief

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Kenya, South Africa, Throughout England And Wales, Uganda,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DAVID LYKINS Appointed: 2017

NILESH PATEL (Chair)

PHILIP FOY Appointed: 2017

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/09/2007, number: 1120912

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 9 days late, AR14: 165 days late, AR10: 244 days late,

Main office

Suite 100
The Mercure George Hotel
10-12 King Street
Reading
RG1 2HE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS ARE:* TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION MAINLY BUT NOT ONLY IN PRISONS, YOUNG OFFENDER INSTITUTES AND IMMIGRATION REMOVAL CENTRES IN THE UK AND ABROAD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES AND SERVICES; THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE ON CHRISTIAN THEMES TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.* THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF (MAINLY BUT NOT ONLY) FORMER PRISON AND YOUNG OFFENDER INSTITUTES INMATES AND EX-IMMIGRATION REMOVAL CENTRE DETAINEES BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS OR SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS OR BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR SUCH GOODS OR SERVICES.* TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF (MAINLY BUT NOT ONLY) PRESENT AND FORMER PRISON AND YOUNG OFFENDER INSTITUTE INMATES/IMMIGRATION REMOVAL CENTRE DETAINEES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO SUCCESSFULLY ADAPT TO LIFE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN THE UK AND ABROAD.

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