Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 1

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 6

GREAT BARTON FREE CHURCH

The Church is an independent evangelical church. Church services are inter-denominational; open to all who wish to attend irrespective of faith.Mission work is local and international and comprises evangelical, training, relief and aid programmes.Outreach includes pastoral care, a debt relief centre, wellbeing groups, a community cafe, youth and toddlers groups and sharing of church resources.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age 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
One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

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: 11 years

www.freedomchurchgb.org

hello@freedomchurch.org.uk

01284 788032

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
31/03/23	£188	£184	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/22	£149	£147	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/21	£118	£115	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/20	£120	£121	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/19	£119	£111	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/18	£108	£105	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£150	£139	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£124	£127	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£124	£136	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£158	£130	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Recreation
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Suffolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
35 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
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Great Barton Free Church (Ltd)
£10,000	12/09/2018 24	towards two years' running costs of a debt counselling project in Suffolk for vulnerable people experiencing financial difficulties

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 37-71

LINDSAY ROLLETT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Trustee/Elder

LINSEY POTTER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Trustee/Elder

MICHAEL STEVEN LONG Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Church Leader

SHAUN COLLINS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Trustee

TREVOR HARRINGTON Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Minister Of Religion, Other trusteeship: Skylark International Community,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/04/2013, number: 1151616
Registered at Companies House on 17/01/2013, number: 08364261

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

10 returns made; all on time

Main office

Freedom Church
Mill Road
Great Barton
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
IP31 2RU

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEF IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND OTHER SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;2 TO FURTHER CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;3 TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITION OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND4 TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN FACILITIES (WHETHER IN A PURPOSE BUILT COMMUNITY CENTRE OR OTHERWISE) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF GREAT BARTON AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOODS, WHICH FACILITIES MAY WITHOUT LIMITATION INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF CHILD CARE SERVICES AND MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND OTHER FORMS OF EDUCATION, RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, SEX, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE.

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