Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 0

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
All male board: -3

Large volunteers +3

Overall GiG Score: -8

COVENTRY GOSPEL HALL TRUST

Provision of a Gospel Hall near Coventry for the religious activities of Christians often referred to as "Brethren". Further details about the Brethren can be found on their website www.plymouthbrethrenchristianchurch.org

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Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
The Board is completely male

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
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 10 years

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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
05/04/23	£98	£154	£-57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
05/04/22	£94	£183	£-88	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
05/04/21	£218	£799	£-580	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
05/04/20	£198	£154	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
05/04/19	£514	£220	£295	£0	£2,886	£2,224	121.5	1	100
05/04/18	£708	£271	£437	£0	£2,592	£2,259	100	1	0
05/04/17	£116	£124	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/16	£145	£86	£59	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/15	£162	£62	£100	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Coventry City,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
100 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

HARVEY JAMES DOUGLASS Appointed: 2024

IAIN WILLIAM MITCHELL Appointed: 2018

IAN JENKIN Appointed: 2018

RUPERT NELSON Appointed: 2012

SIMON JAMES TAYLOR Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/07/2014, number: 1157883

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
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Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

COVENTRY GOSPEL HALL TRUST
BRETHREN GOSPEL HALL
BOSWORTH CLOSE
BAGINTON
NEAR COVENTRY

Objectives

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING BY THE CARRYING ON OF THE SERVICE OF GOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS OF THE HOLY BIBLE AS FOLLOWED BY THOSE CHRISTIANS FORMING PART OF A WORLDWIDE FELLOWSHIP KNOWN AS THE PLYMOUTH BRETHREN CHRISTIAN CHURCH (THE BRETHREN) WHOSE CORE DOCTRINE IS SUMMARISED IN SCHEDULE 1 TO THIS DEED AND WHOSE PROPER PRACTICES IN FURTHERANCE OF SOME ASPECTS OF THAT CORE DOCTRINE ARE SUMMARISED IN SCHEDULE 2 TO THIS DEED; AND (B) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH BRETHREN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COVENTRY CITY

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