Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

VINEYARD COMMUNITY CHURCH, DAVENTRY 

PROVIDED BIBLICAL TEACHING AND WORSHIP GATHERINGS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN DAVENTRY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.OPERATE FOODBANK - LINKING WITH LOCAL AGENCIES TO SUPPLY FOOD/GROCERIES TO NEEDY FAMILIES WITHIN DAVENTRY DISTRICT.
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
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£95£86£9n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/22£55£38£17n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/21£92£37£55n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/20£41£30£11n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/19£37£40£-3n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/18£46£35£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£40£49£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£58£55£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£66£63£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£66£58£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£38£40£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£36£39£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£31£29£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£29£22£6£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 15 years

http://www.vineyardcommunity.org.uk

office@vineyardcommunity.org.uk

01327577850

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 60 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
Northamptonshire Community Foundation£9,730
National Lottery Community Fund£8,400
Co-Operative Group£6,451
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to Vineyard Community Church
£4,286 07/12/2023
Ongoing wraparound support service to continue the delivery of HSF vouchers.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Daventry Food Bank
£2,581 21/10/2023
We are working to support people who through no fault of their own find themselves in crisis. We would like to buy equipment to transition our garden into a community allotment.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - HSF3 - capacity support
£5,444 30/01/2023
Delivery of phase 3 of the Household Support vouchers and providing support to beneficiaries
National Lottery Community Fund - Food Bank Response to COVID-19
£8,400 09/04/2020
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The funding will be used to provide food and toiletry parcels for individuals and families during the coronavirus crisis. The project aims to support people in need.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Daventry Foodbank
£3,871 15/11/2019
We want to ensure that the most disadvantaged people in our local community don’t go hungry.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Daventry Vineyard Community Church - Daventry Foodbank
£4,449 19/11/2018
Funds will allow us to purchase specific grocery items that ensure a nutritionally balanced food parcel.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/03/2009, number: 1128805
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 10 days late, AR15: 2 days late, AR13: 11 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR10: 2 days late,
Main office

18A Benbow Close
DAVENTRY
Northamptonshire
NN11 4JP

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE:A THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VINEYARD CHURCHES UK STATEMENT OF FAITH, VALUES, PRIORITIES, PRACTICES AND LEADERSHIP STANDARDS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN DAVENTRY AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;B THE RELIEF OF THE POOR AND NEEDY, THE SICK AND ELDERLY IN [INSERT TOWN] AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;C THE FURTHERANCE OF RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR PUBLIC EDUCATION;D SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE BODIES AND INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, DAVENTRY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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