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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

BIG LOVE CHARITY

To build community hubs in key locations in south-eastern Romania. To provide mini buses for transport to events in order to promote social cohesion. To fund the construction of community education and sports facilities and establish associated training. Establish school assistance programmes. To encourage micro-agriculture and farming as a source of income to encourage self-sufficiency.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/01/23£204£56£147
31/01/22£16£16£0
31/01/21£20£13£7
31/01/20£13£4£9
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

biglovecharity.com

info@biglovecharity.com

07821118898

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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Albania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Montenegro, Northern Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
Essex Community Foundation - Big Love Charity
£3,500 16/08/2023
towards running a weekly intervention programme for young boys in Hylands Secondary School in Chelmsford

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ANDREA MARGARET BLACKWOOD-BARNES (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: School Teacher
  • ANDREW MARK JEFFREY Appointed: 2020
  • EDWARD WELLS Appointed: 2020
  • PAUL MARK GUTTERIDGE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
  • RIA MCKENNA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director
  • STEPHEN ST JAMES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/02/2019, number: 1181890
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/01/2019, number: 11793459
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CATALYST CHURCH on 05/08/2022
Main office

167-169 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 5PF

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, RELIGION, GENDER, AGE OR ANY OTHER KIND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF PEOPLE OF THE WORLD INCLUDING (BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL INCLUSION AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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