Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 8

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 5

BOURNE CHRISTIAN CENTRE

The proclamation and furtherance of the Gospel of God concerning his son Jesus Christ our Lord and the preaching and teaching of the Christian Faith and the relief of persons who are in condition of need, hardship or distress or who are sick.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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 recently

Established: 9 years

www.bournechristiancentre.org

finance@bournechristiancentre.org

01179478441

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	£134	£139	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	46
31/03/22	£173	£185	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	54
31/03/21	£177	£177	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55
31/03/20	£155	£149	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55
31/03/19	£149	£130	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	59
31/03/18	£146	£164	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£147	£120	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Bristol City, Mozambique, South Gloucestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
46 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

Quartet Community Foundation	£9,431
CAF	£5,200
BBC Children in Need	£2,949
DCMS	£2,949

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000	15/03/2024	Core costs
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bourne Christian Centre (Bourne Family Project)
£4,809	10/08/2023	For family wellbeing services including affordable adult counselling, money advice and cooking courses and children's creative therapy.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Bourne Family Project (Part of the Bourne Christian Centre)
£2,949	17/06/2020 6	COVID19 - This grant will support a play therapy service for children and young people to be able to adapt and deliver safely during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The children and young people will ....more COVID19 - This grant will support a play therapy service for children and young people to be able to adapt and deliver safely during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The children and young people will increase their ability to express their feelings.
CAF - Grant to Bourne Family Project
£5,200	15/06/2020 3	Grant to Bourne Family Project to support the organisation through COVID19
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,949	20/05/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Quartet Community Foundation - Creating Communicators
£4,622	16/12/2019 11	For one-to-one therapy and group sessions supporting children and educating families in speech and language development.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Bourne Family Project (Part of the Bourne Christian Centre)
£99,398	28/02/2019 36	This project will provide a play therapy service for children who have experienced distress, abuse, bereavements and family breakdowns. The sessions will help increase their emotional wellbeing, ....more This project will provide a play therapy service for children who have experienced distress, abuse, bereavements and family breakdowns. The sessions will help increase their emotional wellbeing, improve family relationships and increase their self-esteem.
Quartet Community Foundation - Creating Communicators
£3,624	06/11/2018 11	Toward a pilot programme involving families with children under 6 years in parent training courses alongside intensive ongoing 1:1 speech and language therapy for the child.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	18/07/2017	Raise the Roof

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CLARE LOUISE COX Appointed: 2021

MARK TIMOTHY SOUTHALL Appointed: 2015, Other trusteeship: BRISTOL COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST,

RACHEL FINLAYSON Appointed: 2017

SIMON LEIGH EDWARDS (Chair) Appointed: 2020

STEPHANIE LEE Appointed: 2017

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/05/2015, number: 1161520

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures

Filing Record

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

Bourne Christian Centre
Bourne Chapel
Waters Road
BRISTOL
BS15 8BE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:4.1. THE PROCLAMATION AND FURTHERANCE OF THE GOSPEL OF GOD CONCERNING HIS SON JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND THE PREACHING AND TEACHING OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH; AND4.2. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OR WHO ARE SICK.

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