Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 6
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -9 ?

HOUSE OF MERCY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY 

Religious, Music For Change, Food bank,Primary and secondary school tuitions,CAP Job Club, Dance School,Adults English Classes,
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
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

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
  • There are only 3 trustees
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years
  • Income has been volatile recently

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
31/03/22*£67£64£3n/an/an/an/an/a16
31/03/21£43£38£5n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/20£162£112£50n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/19£291£243£48n/an/an/an/an/a13
31/03/18*£23£16£7£0£0£0n/a06
31/03/17£7£7£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.houseofmercyuk.org

INFO@HOUSEOFMERCYUK.org

02038139085

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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 16 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
National Lottery Community Fund - House of Mercy Mental Health Awareness
£10,000 11/08/2023
The funding will be used to provide support for people with mental health issues including signposting physical activity and guest speakers. The project aims to improve wellbeing by reducing ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - House of Mercy Youth Club
£10,000 24/10/2019
12
House of Mercy Youth Club
National Lottery Community Fund - Employment Fresh Start
£10,000 03/08/2018
12
The funding will be used to provide employment and educational opportunities for disadvantaged young adults. The project aims to improve communication, teamwork and employability skills.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/07/2015, number: 1162488
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
7 returns made; AR22: 89 days late, AR18: 54 days late,
Main office

House of Mercy Christian Assembly
167-169 Great Portland Street
LONDON
W1W 5PF

Objectives

THE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE: 1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN [ ] AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; AND2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF [THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH IN GENERAL MEETING] / [THE CHARITY TRUSTEES] FURTHER THE WORK OF THE CHURCH.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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