Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

FREEDOM HOUSE CHURCH LTD

We are a charity that supports and provides services to vulnerable people in our local community in Great Manchester.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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£47,780£46,620£1,160
31/01/22£46,803£45,794£1,009
31/01/21£44,072£37,740£6,332
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.freedomhouse-church.org

FREEDOMHOUSE.CHURCH@YAHOO.COM

01614654944

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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 - Bring The Community Back Together.
£9,990 19/03/2021
11
The project will provide support services including counselling and food vouchers to vulnerable members of the community affected by COVID-19. This will enable them to receive support during the ....more
Forever Manchester - bring the community together
£3,198 19/06/2020
Food parcels and welfare support

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
  • IVETTE MAREMA Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
  • NSIMBA ODETTE NZAU Appointed: 2020
  • REV NONO MBINGU (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/12/2019, number: 1186818
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/01/2019, number: 11773826
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

5 PREMIER ROAD
MANCHESTER
M8 8HH

Objectives

1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN GREATER MANCHESTER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS, DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ABOUT CHRISTIANITY TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.2) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF GREATER MANCHESTER, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR COOPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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