Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 2
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

BRIGHTHELM CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST LIMITED 

United Reformed ChurchVenueMeeting roomsCommunity cafeCommunity Garden
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending is declining
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/12/22£125£163£-38n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/21£114£212£-98n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/20£150£212£-62n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/19£88£167£-79n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/18*£88£186£-98£0£0£0n/a051
31/12/17£202£284£-82£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£158£266£-108£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£228£283£-55£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£257£326£-69£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£384£471£-87£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£292£418£-127£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£262£402£-141£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

www.brighthelm.org.uk

info@brighthelm.org.uk

01273821512

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UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 5 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
£7,500 17/07/2020
New Lift at the Brighthelm Centre
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Brighthelm Church and Community Centre
£5,000 10/06/2020
12
towards one year's running costs of community centre in Brighton

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 64-78
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/09/2010, number: 1137747
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/05/2010, number: 07266300
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR18: 12 days late,
Main office

Brighthelm Church & Community Centr
North Road
BRIGHTON
BN1 1YD

Objectives

1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORSHIP OF GOD ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES AND USAGES OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE INSTRUCTION OF CHILDREN OR ADULTS.3 THE PROMOTION OF OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND USAGES OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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