Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +3
    Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

    LIVING FAITH FOURSQUARE GOSPEL CHURCH 

    ? PROVIDE PREACHING, BIBLE STUDIES, EVANGELISM AND CHURCH PLANTING? PROVIDE OTHER FINANCE TO INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANISATIONS? PROVIDE BUILDINGS/FACILITIES FOR CHRISTIAN WORSHIP AND RELIGIOUS CELEBRATIONS? PROVIDES SERVICES SUCH AS COUNSELLING, TRAINING, WORKSHOPS
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
    Established: 13 years

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    Charity Commission for England and Wales

    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
    31/03/23£30£22£8n/an/an/an/an/a5
    31/03/22£18£38£-20n/an/an/an/an/a5
    31/03/21£26£7£19n/an/an/an/an/a5
    31/03/20*£18£17£0n/an/an/an/an/a5
    31/03/19£14£25£-11n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/18*£35£23£12£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17*£10£12£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16*£13£10£3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£8£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£15£13£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13?£12£13£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/11£13£12£0£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Religious Activities
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    How it operates
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides other finance
    • Provides services
    • Sponsors or undertakes research
    Where it operates
    • Bedford,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 5 volunteers

    Who's supporting them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/12/2010, number: 1139574
    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
    • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • 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
    12 returns made; AR20: 18 days late, AR18: 105 days late, AR17: 3 days late, AR16: 1 days late,
    Main office

    47 MUSWELL ROAD
    BEDFORD
    MK42 9PH

    Objectives

    1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENTS OF BELIEF APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE AND CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES2 THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY MAINLY IN BEDFORDSHIRE AND OTHER PLACES NATIONALLY OR OVERSEAS BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND SUPPORTING OTHER CHARITIES OR ORGANISATIONS; LOCAL, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS, WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    BEDFORDSHIRE AND OTHER PLACES NATIONALLY OR OVERSEAS

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    CharityBase
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