Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

SWINDON CCRC TRUST

A vibrant resourcing church with a vision to invite people into family to serve Swindon. A church that hope to engage with people who would not consider themselves to be church-goers and exists for the benefit of those outside the church.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£462£386£76n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£423£418£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£223£329£-107n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£216£217£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19*£589£232£357£0£357£7744100
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 6 years

www.patternchurch.org

hello@patternchurch.org

07551565253

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Swindon,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Jerusalem Trust - Cost of Living Uplift Grant
£12,000 30/06/2023
12
Evangelism and Christian mission
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Pattern Church
£3,000 08/03/2023
Pattern Church is a Church of England church in central Swindon with an emphasis on community service. Funding will help pay for a debt advice service.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Pattern Church
£2,476 08/06/2022
Pattern Church is a newly established Church of England church operating in a converted building in the central former railway works with a strong emphasis on social action. Funding will support the costs of a weekly social evening for newly arrived ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Pattern Church
£5,000 25/08/2021
Pattern Church is a recently established Church of England church in central Swindon with an emphasis on community service. Funding will help pay for a debt advice service.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-56
  • BETH TRENDELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Social Worker
  • FIONA WENDY ROCHE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Manager
  • HANNAH KIRKWOOD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Self Employed
  • JANE ANNE OLIVER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Financial Officer
  • MARK CAINS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Self Employed
  • PAUL FREELAND Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Vicar
  • PAUL THOMAS WOOLLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • REV JOEL PETER SALES (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Priest
  • REV KATHARINE SMITH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Clergy
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/12/2018, number: 1181020
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/01/2018, number: 11178721
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR19: 9 days late,
Main office

114 East Wichel Way
SWINDON
SN1 7AE

Objectives

THE CHARITYÆS OBJECTS (THE OBJECT) ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY, ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF AN ANGLICAN PLACE OF WORSHIP IN SWINDON AND BY CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT, RENEWAL AND REVITALISATION OF CHURCHES WITHIN THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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