Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 0

Poor Liquidity: -1
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3

Overall GiG Score: 16

ACTS 435

Online giving charity where participating churches post requests online for help for people in need and donors choose to give to them.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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
31/07/23	£1,149	£1,153	£-4	£25	£111	£111	1.2	4	650
31/07/22	£1,047	£1,038	£9	£23	£115	£115	1.3	5	650
31/07/21	£1,054	£1,047	£7	£14	£106	£92	1.1	5	500
31/07/20	£689	£617	£72	£30	£99	£59	1.1	4	400
31/07/19	£518	£511	£7	£14	£27	£26	0.6	3	400
31/07/18	£464	£460	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/17	£330	£329	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/16	£294	£289	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/15	£232	£232	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/14	£202	£202	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/13	£162	£164	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/12	£85	£92	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/11	£49	£52	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/10	£60	£39	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 32%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 1.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6

Asset Split ?

Established: 15 years

www.acts435.org.uk

admin@acts435.org.uk

01904707021

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

4 employees
650 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-64

ALISON MARY TSANG Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Worker

CLAIRE DANIELS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Debt Centre Manager

CANON PETER JOHN WARRY Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Diocesan Secretary, Other trusteeships: UNIVERSITY OF YORK CHAPLAINCY CENTRE, THE YORK DIOCESAN MINISTERS' RELIEF (2009) FUND, THE YORK DIOCESAN CLERGY DEPENDANTS FUND,

JONATHAN PAUL DAY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director Of Technology

JULIAN RICHER Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeships: THE FAIRNESS FOUNDATION, ASB HELP, GOOD BUSINESS FOUNDATION, TAXWATCH, PERSULA FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/08/2009, number: 1131305
Registered at Companies House on 29/05/2009, number: 06919051

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
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

14 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE OPEN HOUSE PROJECT on 10/09/2020

Main office

Acts 435
The Gateway Centre
Front Street
Acomb
YORK
YO24 3BZ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE SUCH PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELYCHARITABLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TOTIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources