Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 11

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 19

LOWESTOFT COMMUNITY CHURCH

The principal object of the Charity, as stated in the constitution, is "the advancement of the Christian faith in the UK and overseas; the advancement for the public benefit of religious and other education, and the relief of the aged, poor, sick, disabled and others in need."

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 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

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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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
31/03/23	£354	£321	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/22	£273	£255	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/21	£318	£238	£80	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/20	£943	£147	£795	£0	£795	£152	12.4	11	120

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

lowestoftcommunitychurch.co.uk

info@lowestoftcommunitychurch.co.uk

01502537527

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
80 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

The Trussell Trust	£240,169
Suffolk Community Foundation	£19,010
DCMS	£3,085

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Lowestoft Foodbank
£26,894	05/07/2023	Warehouse Manager 20 hpw
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Lowestoft Foodbank
£5,000	11/10/2022	Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Lowestoft Foodbank
£30,000	20/07/2022	2 years rent of new distribution centre
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Lowestoft Foodbank
£152,641	31/03/2022	1 FTE CA adviser, 0.4 FTE CAP debt centre manager
Suffolk Community Foundation - Food in the School Holidays (FISH)
£1,000	28/05/2021	Food in the School Holidays (FISH) project.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Food in the School Holidays (FISH)
£4,125	15/04/2021 10	Food in the School Holidays (FISH) project.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Surviving Winter
£2,200	22/01/2021	To support with fuel vouchers helping those in fuel poverty.
Suffolk Community Foundation - CAP Debt Centre
£3,600	19/09/2020 12	Towards setting up a CAP Debt Centre in Lowestoft
Suffolk Community Foundation - Lowestoft Foodbank
£3,085	04/09/2020 7	Towards salary costs of the part time Food Bank Manager who now needs to work full time due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,085	04/09/2020	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.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Lowestoft Community Church
£5,000	20/03/2020 12	Donor Designation from Food & Drink Fund
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Lowestoft Foodbank
£25,634	25/06/2019	New FB manager 19hpw

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANGELA MILEHAM Appointed: 2022

BERNARD WARNES Appointed: 2019

BEN PARISH Appointed: 2019

BEVERLEY ANN JENKINS Appointed: 2022

PETER HUNT Appointed: 2019

TIMOTHY WILLIS Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/02/2019, number: 1181951

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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 LOWESTOFT COMMUNITY CHURCH on 08/02/2021

Main office

LOWESTOFT COMMUNITY CHURCH
8 HADENHAM ROAD
LOWESTOFT
NR33 7NF

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS; THE ADVANCEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF RELIGIOUS AND OTHER EDUCATION, AND THE RELIEF OF THE AGED, POOR, SICK, DISABLED AND OTHERS IN NEED.

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