Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1
Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 1

BRIGHOUSE CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH

Provision of regular public acts of worship Provision of sacred space for prayer and contemplationFacilitating the development of Christian faithPastoral work Promotion of Christianity through events and servicesProvision of interest groups with a Christian ethosPromoting the mission of the Church through activitiesAccommodating community groups consistent with the Christian faith

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple 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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
The Board composition appears to be rather static

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 and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/08/22	£189	£272	£-84	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/08/21	£244	£243	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
31/08/20	£250	£91	£159	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
31/08/19	£226	£187	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
31/08/18	£155	£151	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	75
31/08/17	£166	£139	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16	£133	£132	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15	£138	£130	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14	£108	£123	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13	£127	£126	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12	£168	£125	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11	£120	£140	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/10	£119	£114	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 15 years

http://www.centralmethodistchurchbrighouse.or

01484717742

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Calderdale,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
40 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

Joseph Rank Trust	£35,000
Community Foundation for Calderdale	£11,180
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
Sir George Martin Trust	£3,500
CAF	£3,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Community Foundation for Calderdale - The Pop Up Place
£3,500	16/10/2023	Grant to Brighouse Central Methodist Church
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to Brighouse Central Foodbank
£1,500	01/07/2022	Grant to Brighouse Central Foodbank
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	20/05/2022	Central 2020
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Brighouse Central Methodist Church
£500	28/02/2022	Capital costs for Disability Support & Activities
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to Brighouse Central Foodbank
£2,500	09/12/2021	Grant to Brighouse Central Foodbank
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Brighouse Central Foodbank
£2,000	09/03/2021	Grant to Brighouse Central Foodbank
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Brighouse Central Foodbank
£1,680	12/02/2021	Grant to Brighouse Central Foodbank
Joseph Rank Trust - Brighouse Central Methodist Church
£35,000	21/01/2021	To part fund the Church property scheme
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Brighouse Central Methodist Church
£3,000	28/09/2020	Capital costs for Church Building Outreach Projects
CAF - Grant to Brighouse central Foodbank
£3,000	06/07/2020 3	Grant to Brighouse central Foodbank to support the organisation through COVID19

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 13/14 persons

CAROLYN SUSAN STAFFORD Appointed: 2015

CHRISTINE CLIFFE Appointed: 2019

CHRISTOPHER JOHN TOLSON Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeship: CALDERDALE CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH,

DAVID WILLAM BRACKENRIDGE Appointed: 2015

JANET RATCLIFFE Appointed: 2014

JENNIFER BLACKBURN Appointed: 2015

JILL ROUGHTON Appointed: 2015

LINDA ANNE FREEMAN Appointed: 2015

MARTIN BROOK Appointed: 2014

PETER BLACKBURN Appointed: 2019

PHILIPPA LUPTON Appointed: 2019

VALERIE EGGLETON Appointed: 2014

VALERIE MCLEOD Appointed: 2014

RICHARD ANTHONY HOLMES Appointed: 2012, Other trusteeships: BRIGHOUSE THEATRE PRODUCTIONS, CALDERDALE CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH, BRIGHOUSE THEATRE PRODUCTIONS,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/05/2009, number: 1129462

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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

Filing Record

13 returns made; all on time

Main office

Central Methodist Church
Commercial Street
BRIGHOUSE
HD6 1AQ

Objectives

The purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the date of union the advancement of -(a) the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and the dicipline of the Methodist Church;(b) any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexional, district, circuit, local or other organisation of the Methodist Church;(c) any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution subsiduary or ancillary to the Methodist Church;(d) any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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