Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 0

Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3

Overall GiG Score: 5

WELLSPRINGS COMMUNITY CHURCH

To advance the Christian faith, to relieve sickness and financial hardship, to promote and preserve good health and to advance education by the provision of funds, goods, services, the provision of care and support in such parts of the UK or the world as the Trustees from time to time may think fit

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
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
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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
31/03/23	£80	£92	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/22	£74	£84	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/21	£99	£69	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
05/04/20	£191	£147	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
05/04/19	£137	£56	£81	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
05/04/18	£188	£64	£123	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/17	£107	£59	£48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/16	£96	£61	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/15	£73	£73	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/14	£128	£73	£55	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/13	£81	£82	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/12	£56	£81	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 13 years

www.wellspringscommunitychurch.org.uk

info@wellspringscommunitychurch.org.uk

01823335492

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Religious Activities
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Somerset,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
50 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
Somerset Community Foundation - Providing a warm space to support those experiencing fuel poverty during the cost-of-living crisis
£1,000	15/11/2022	Grant to Wellsprings Community Church

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-70

IAN MICHAEL GLASS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Admin Manager

REBECCA LAMBERT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Specialist Nurse

VANESSA REDWOOD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Registered Nurse

ANDREW CHARLES HEATH-COLEMAN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Civil Servant (Cartographer), Other trusteeships: SOMERSET EVANGELISTIC WORK TRUST, RE QUEST EDUCATION,

LAURENT ANTHONY BOON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Fibre Broadband Programme Manager

PHILIP BEDFORD Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeship: FRANCIS SPILLER LOCK,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/03/2011, number: 1140895
Registered at Companies House on 17/02/2011, number: 07533316

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Filing Record

12 returns made; all on time

Main office

Wellsprings Community Church
Quantock Road
Taunton
Somerset
TA2 7NL

Objectives

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:3.1.1 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; AND3.1.2 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 CARE AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT; AND3.1.3 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.3.1.4 TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

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