Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 7
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, BLANDFORD FORUM 

Blandford Forum PCC has the responsibility of working with the incubent in promoting the ecclesiastical parish through regullar worship open to all, pastoral work, including visiting the sick and bereaved. Teaching Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. Taking religious assemblies in schools, providing youth activities with a Christian ethos.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years

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
31/12/21£227£74£152n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/20*£108£104£4n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/19*£144£136£8n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/12/18*£94£107£-13£0£0£0n/a020
31/12/17£147£133£14£0£0£0n/a025
31/12/16£230£329£-99£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£205£135£70£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£183£119£64£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£87£91£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£101£102£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£119£105£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10*£157£221£-64£0£0£0n/a00

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

www.bfpc.org.uk

office@bfpc.org.uk

01258456260

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Dorset,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 22/10/2021
The Big Church Project - Restore
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to PCC of Blandford Forum Parish Church
£1,200 29/06/2021
Contribution towards a project to improve a local churchyard, to be used as a public green space, enhancing biodiversity and wildlife diversity
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Blandford Forum PCC
£78,800 04/12/2018
The Big Church Project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Blandford Forum PCC
£250,000 26/11/2013
The Cupola Project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/12 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/11/2009, number: 1132519
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR20: 363 days late, AR19: 95 days late, AR18: 64 days late, AR10: 42 days late,
Main office

Blandford Parish Church Office
The Parish Centre
The Tabernacle
Blandford Forum
Dorset
DT11 7DW

Objectives

Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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