Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 4

Poor Liquidity: -1
Strong growth: +2

Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 8

DUDLEY RESOURCING CHURCHES TRUST

Top Church is a Resourcing Church in Dudley

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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	£956	£983	£-27	£0	£220	£55	0.7	7	30
31/12/22	£273	£227	£46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	£461	£421	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	£250	£260	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 25%
Reserves/Spending: 0.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 5.1

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 5 years

https://topchurch.co.uk/

admin@topchurch.co.uk

01384465540

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Dudley,

Who it helps

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,960
The Archbishops' Council	£8,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Archbishops' Council - Stained glass conservation grant to Dudley, St Thomas and St Luke (Diocese of Worcester)
£8,000	21/10/2022	Conservation of East window 'The Ascension of Christ' by Joseph Backler, 1821
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	11/02/2022	Renewing Top Church for the People of Dudley
National Lottery Community Fund - Community outreach at Top Church
£9,960	28/10/2021	The funding will be used to run activities for young families train more volunteers and carry out outreach work in the community. The project aims to build community relationships support networks and enable people to access help and signposting.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

BENJAMIN JOHN COLEMAN Appointed: 2020

BETH GOYMER Appointed: 2021

CARLO LORENZO DI TERLIZZI Appointed: 2020

DR DIANE REEVES Appointed: 2020

JENNIFER COLEMAN Appointed: 2020

REV JAMES TREASURE (Chair) Appointed: 2020

STEPHANIE LAVINIA LOUISE PINCHER Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/01/2020, number: 1187653

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

St Thomas and St Luke's Church
High Street
Dudley
DY1 1QP

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN COOPERATION WITH THE MINISTER IN PROMOTING THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH IN DUDLEY AND MORE WIDELY THROUGHOUT THE DIOCESE OF WORCESTER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BELIEFS, DOCTRINES AND PRACTICES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND (THE CHURCH), IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) RESOURCING THE CHURCH OF ST THOMAS & ST LUKE, DUDLEY AS A PLACE OF PUBLIC WORSHIP AND MISSION;B) SERVING AND REACHING THE COMMUNITY OF DUDLEY AND WIDER NETWORKS OF PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH THAT COMMUNITY;C) PROVIDING COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES IN DUDLEY WHICH BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE COMMUNITY AND INTERESTED ORGANISATIONS, ADVANCING EDUCATION AND LEARNING, ADDRESSING SOCIAL WELFARE NEEDS, AND PROVIDING LEISURE TIME AND RECREATION OCCUPATION;D) IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITY OF DUDLEY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD BY DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PREVENTING OR RELIEVING POVERTY, AND PROMOTING SOCIAL INCLUSION;E) RESOURCING THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH MORE WIDELY BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND TEAMS OF PEOPLE FOR CHURCH PLANTING AND RENEWAL ELSEWHERE;F) CONTRIBUTING, INCLUDING FINANCIALLY TO THE WORK OF THE CHURCH THROUGHOUT THE DIOCESE OF WORCESTER.

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