Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 9

BRAVE CHURCH

We are a faith based charity committed to making a difference in the local community. We run a Christian church and offer various community based programs for young people, children, and families.

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 multiple prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 16 years

www.bravechurch.co.uk

hello@bravechurch.co.uk

01254372771

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£434	£314	£120	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	90
31/12/21		£403	£400	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/12/20		£393	£338	£55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/12/19		£329	£325	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	52
31/12/18	*	£291	£288	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	45
31/12/17		£205	£225	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£193	£219	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£177	£194	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£201	£175	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£194	£213	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£199	£169	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£113	£117	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£136	£101	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£70	£75	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£79	£61	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Lancashire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
90 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Rank Foundation	£24,800
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,968
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside	£4,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Rank Foundation - Col Small Grant Brave Church 2023
£4,800	27/04/2023	Brave Church received a Cost of Living Small Grant to help cover the cost of Utilities, Food, essential items for users and urgent building repairs.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Open house
£3,000	02/03/2023	To cover staff, volunteer, refreshment and utility costs to run a range of community support activities and groups such as a food bank and finance advice.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Creative Talk
£1,000	29/07/2022	The funding will be used to create an intergenerational group for local people people based shared experience of creative crafts.
Rank Foundation - GOLDEN AWARDS BRAVE CHURCH 2022
£20,000	23/03/2022	The Golden Award was given to Brave Church which helps the local community run a local football team, music and theatre workshops, creche and pre-school facilities. It has an ambition to do more ....more The Golden Award was given to Brave Church which helps the local community run a local football team, music and theatre workshops, creche and pre-school facilities. It has an ambition to do more especially for those struggling to cope with the consequences of poverty and isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Everyone Matters
£9,998	04/02/2022	The funding will be used to deliver support sessions for children with disabilities and their parents & guardians. The project aims to provide opportunities to develop social skills and links as ....more The funding will be used to deliver support sessions for children with disabilities and their parents & guardians. The project aims to provide opportunities to develop social skills and links as well as supporting parents' mental wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Big Community Meal
£9,970	30/05/2019 12	The charity will install a kitchen at their centre with the intention of providing a weekly free meal for people in the community with the aim of reducing isolation, breaking down barriers and ....more The charity will install a kitchen at their centre with the intention of providing a weekly free meal for people in the community with the aim of reducing isolation, breaking down barriers and helping to make connections to services that can help people.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CRAIG CLARK (Chair) Appointed: 2022

JEFF BRUNTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Minister Of Religion

REBECCA FRYER Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/05/2008, number: 1123994

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR18: 77 days late,

Main office

Brave Church
Watson Street
Oswaldtwistle
Lancashire
BB5 3HH

Objectives

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN OSWALDTWISTLE LANCASHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE TRUST.(B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.(C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS BY THE PROVISION OF A DEDICATED CHRISTIAN ETHOS PRE-SCHOOL, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT THAT PERTAINS TO LIFELONG LEARNING, AND INFORMATION MEDIA TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING IN OSWALDTWISTLE LANCASHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT (D) TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SPECIALIST ADVICE, A DROP-IN CENTRE AND GROUPS IN OSWALDTWISTLE LANCASHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

ACCRINGTON LANCASHIRE AND WORLDWIDE

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