Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +3
    • Grant maker support: +4
    Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

    GLENWOOD CHURCH 

    To encourage one another to be people who know and love God who are passionate, spiritually healthy and engaged in our communities;To be agents of change in societyTo serve the poor and vulnerable of our world, regardless of race, religion, gender, disability and sexual orientation;To recognise and develop the latent gift in all of us;To serve the wider church community
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
    Established: 16 years

    www.glenwoodchurch.org

    info@glenwoodchurch.org

    02920337880

    Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
    UN SDGs
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    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£344£360£-15n/an/an/an/an/a100
    31/03/22£432£347£85n/an/an/an/an/a85
    31/03/21*£1,364£305£1,059£5£1,930£59623.51350
    31/03/20£722£340£382£0£871£57920.413150
    31/03/19£384£360£24n/an/an/an/an/a140
    31/03/18£350£362£-12£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£385£369£15£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£388£366£22£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£373£360£13£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£376£408£-32£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£395£378£17£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12?£216£213£3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/11£354£343£11£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/10£356£353£4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/09*£396£428£-32£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
    • Recreation
    • Religious Activities
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    How it operates
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Cardiff,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 100 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
    Joseph Rank Trust - Glenwood Church, Cardiff
    £35,000 21/01/2021
    To part fund the Church property scheme
    National Lottery Community Fund - Glenwood Wellbeing Space
    £500,000 24/01/2020
    12
    The project will create a wellbeing space dedicated to serving the communities of Pentwyn and Llanedryn in North East Cardiff. This will involve reconfiguring the current building to include rooms to ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Glenwood Wellbeing Space
    £50,000 25/10/2018
    12
    Project Summary :_x000D_ The project will create wellbeing space serving the communities of Llanedeyrn and Pentwyn in Cardiff. This would involve reconfiguring the applicants' current building to ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/07/2008, number: 1125128
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • 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
    • 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
    15 returns made; AR21: 59 days late, AR09: 25 days late,
    Main office

    Glenwood Church
    Glenwood
    CARDIFF
    CF23 6UW

    Objectives

    3.2.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;3.2.2 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; AND3.2.3 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.3.2.4 THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, IN PARTICULAR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY MAINTENANCE REPAIR OR RESTORATION OF ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH IS OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST OR IS A PLACE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    WORLD-WIDE

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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