Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 10

THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD (RCCG) LIFE START CONNECTIONS

Our ultimate goal is to enable diverse people to make Heaven by nurturing, empowering and equipping them to live a holy and well fulfilled life based on excellence and solid relationships. Our mandate is found in Isaiah 61:4 " And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolation of many generations".

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
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

Established: 14 years

https://www.facebook.com/p/RCCG-Life-Start-Co

LIFESTARTCENTRE@GMAIL.COM

01474 559333

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/12/22		£326	£262	£64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/12/21		£202	£191	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/12/20		£217	£126	£91	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/12/19		£118	£115	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/12/18		£75	£76	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	9
31/12/17		£80	£78	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£86	£88	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£72	£70	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£73	£72	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	*	£61	£61	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£43	£41	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	*	£44	£44	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	*	£49	£58	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 30%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000

What it does

Education/Training
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who works here?

8 volunteers

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Kent,

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

National Lottery Community Fund	£250,000
DCMS	£23,912
Henry Smith Charity	£20,000
The Trussell Trust	£10,000
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Gravesham Foodbank
£5,000	04/11/2022	Emergency grant
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to The Gravesham Food Bank
£20,000	15/06/2022 24	towards two years' running costs of an organisation providing food and support for people from disadvantaged communities in Gravesham, Kent.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Gravesham Food Bank
£10,000	29/04/2022	10% of the salary and running costs of a foodbank and advocacy service in Gravesham, Kent
National Lottery Community Fund - Gravesend Foodbank - Post Covid Transformation
£250,000	27/01/2022 36	The funding will help to expand an existing Foodbank service based in Gravesham Kent to offer increased elements of support and grow organisational capacity over the next three years. Gravesend ....more The funding will help to expand an existing Foodbank service based in Gravesham Kent to offer increased elements of support and grow organisational capacity over the next three years. Gravesend Foodbank was founded in 2013 by people who live in the local community who were concerned about the increasingly visible impact of food poverty on people in Gravesend. Those who started the project were members of RCCG Lifestart Connections and other faith communities.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500	30/11/2021	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£23,912	29/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Gravesham Foodbank
£5,000	20/04/2020	CV emergency costs: salary costs, warehouse costs, IT
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Gravesham Foodbank
£78,488	02/01/2019 36	New part-time PR staff, and additional hours for foodbank manager
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Gravesham Foodbank
£78,488	12/12/2018	Project manager & PR staff

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

DAVID IDOWU

DR BAYO ADEREMI ODEDOYIN

MOJIRADE MULIKAT ALABI

VICTOR OLADELE Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD GRACE PAVILION,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/03/2010, number: 1135341

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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

13 returns made; AR13: 24 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR10: 11 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD BREAKTHROUGH CHAPEL on 16/02/2022

Main office

RCCG LIFE START CONNECTIONS
ST CLEMENTS CLOSE
OFF COLDHARBOUR ROAD
NORTHFLEET
GRAVESEND
DA11 7RU

Objectives

1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH;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 FUNDS 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 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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

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