Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 5
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

PNEUMA CHURCH 

Gathering groups: Wine club, community choir, book clubs, toddler group, coffee club, breakfastclub,sewing clubs.Compassion projects: Homeless and vulnerable meals, Meals for new Mums, provision of baby andchildren's clothing, Women's Refuge, XLMentoring, Practical help e.g. gardening, painting anddecorating
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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

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£381£417£-35n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/22£339£430£-91n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/21£428£370£58n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/20£340£322£18n/an/an/an/an/a237
31/03/19£297£308£-11n/an/an/an/an/a211
31/03/18£249£251£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£277£245£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£237£150£87£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£140£134£6£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 200 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£13,300
CAF£7,000
Co-Operative Group£2,162
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ashford Vineyard
£2,162 22/10/2022
We would love to be able to expand our project by being able to afford a bigger space to hold the project, to help us reach out to more people in our community.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Beehive
£10,000 22/10/2020
6
The funding will be used to deliver skills development training for disadvantaged women including refugees and people who have experienced domestic abuse. The project aims to raise aspirations and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - AV Compassion
£3,300 22/05/2020
12
The funding will be used to enable vulnerable people to access essential items including food and nappies. The project aims to provide emergency support to people during the Covid-19 pandemic.
CAF - Grant to Ashford Vineyard Church
£7,000 06/05/2020
3
Grant to Ashford Vineyard Church to support the organisation through COVID19

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-70
  • EMILY DAVIES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Communications Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/03/2014, number: 1156319
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/12/2013, number: 08824457
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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 expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

Pneuma Church
Cobbswood Industrial Estate
Brunswick Road
ASHFORD

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE RESTRICTEDTO THE FOLLOWING:(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN THE SCHEDULE TO THE ARTICLES HERETO ATTACHED INCLUDING BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION THROUGH THE PLANTING OF OTHER VINEYARD CHURCHES IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF ASHFORD, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;(B) TO FURTHER CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IN SUCH PARTS OF ASHFORD, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(C) 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 COUNSELLING, TRAINING IN LIFE SKILLS AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF ASHFORD, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;(D) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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