Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 8

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 4

PARISH OF ST THOMAS AND KILVEY PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

St Thomas Church, Swansea is committed to serving the whole of the City of Swansea to help people reach full potential. We love our neighbour by serving them through our foodbank, night-shelter, baby basics charity, surplus food distribution, mentoring programme and youth and childrens activities. We do this following the command of Jesus to "love your neighbour"

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board composition appears to be rather static

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

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
31/12/22	£214	£199	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/12/21	£300	£271	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
31/12/20	£721	£726	£-5	£0	£36	£11	0.2	4	100
31/12/19	£267	£267	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	51

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.sts.church

office@Sts.church

01792652891

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

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

City Of Swansea,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
40 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£260,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£30,000
CAF	£6,000
Co-Operative Group	£1,082

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500	16/01/2023	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Thomas Swansea
£1,082	22/10/2022	We hope to host a free community meal, for all members of our community to come together every week, to prevent feelings of isolation and to bring people together as we recover from Covid-19.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid - 19 - St Thomas Church Food Hub
£10,000	08/06/2020 3	Parish of St Thomas and Kilvey in Swansea has received £10000 use the grant to purchase a vehicle which will enable them to deliver essential food packages and essential items to vulnerable members ....more Parish of St Thomas and Kilvey in Swansea has received £10000 use the grant to purchase a vehicle which will enable them to deliver essential food packages and essential items to vulnerable members within their community. Mae Plwyf St Thomas a Kilvey yn Abertawe wedi derbyn £10000 gan ddefnyddio'r grant i brynu cerbyd a fydd yn eu galluogi i ddosbarthu pecynnau bwyd hanfodol ac eitemau hanfodol i aelodau bregus yn eu cymuned.
CAF - Grant to Parish of St Thomas and Kilvey
£6,000	16/04/2020 3	Grant to Parish of St Thomas and Kilvey to support the organisation through COVID19
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000	13/03/2020	Redevelopment of St Thomas Church into a Community Hub
National Lottery Community Fund - Redevelopment of St Thomas Church into a Community Hub
£250,000	24/01/2020 12	The Parish of St Thomas and Kilvey, Swansea, will use capital funding towards a large capital project to transform St. Thomas Church into a community hub. There will be space for the congregation, ....more The Parish of St Thomas and Kilvey, Swansea, will use capital funding towards a large capital project to transform St. Thomas Church into a community hub. There will be space for the congregation, through the erection of a mezzanine floor, and several community rooms for activities and services. To date services will include Baby Basics, Homelessness Shelter, School holiday meals and foodbank. There will also be a credit union and various community activities such as Boys Brigade and Martial Art classes. £250,000, over one year, will contribute towards the overall capital refurbishments.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALISON MORRIS Appointed: 2018

CRAIG THOMAS Appointed: 2018

GEOFFREY WHEEL Appointed: 2018

LYNDA MINERS Appointed: 2018

REV STEVEN LEO BUNTING (Chair) Appointed: 2014

STEPHEN GARDNER Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/06/2019, number: 1183903

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

Parish of St Thomas and Kilvey
St Thomas Church
Lewis Street
St Thomas
SA1 8BP
SA18BP

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH, PASTORAL, EVANGELISTIC, SOCIAL AND ECUMENICAL, IN THE PARISH.

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