Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 2

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 5

ENCOUNTER CHRISTIANITY

Encounter Christianity provides specialist teachers to deliver RE lessons in schools.Assists and trains non-specialist teachers to deliver Christian Religious Education.Promotes Christian RE in schools and makes resources available for these purposes.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
31/12/22	£58,758	£47,692	£11,066	8
31/12/21	£47,605	£30,835	£16,770	7
31/12/20	£5,040	£25	£5,015	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.encounterchristianity.co.uk

info@encounterchristianity.co.uk

01179464695

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian religious associations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
8 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Joseph Rank Trust - Encounter Christianity, Bristol
£22,500	14/10/2022	To fund the core costs of the charity
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to Encounter Christianity
£1,000	30/04/2021	To provide specialist teachers to deliver RE lessons in schools and colleges.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

ALEXANDER MARTYN WEST (Chair) Appointed: 2020

CELIA MORGAN Appointed: 2022

CHRIS SALISBURY Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF REDLAND, BRISTOL,

LUCILLE CHARLES Appointed: 2020

PETER DANIEL RICHARDSON Appointed: 2020

RACHEL POWLESLAND Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/03/2020, number: 1188680

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

REDLAND PARISH CHURCH HALLS
REDLAND GREEN ROAD
BRISTOL
BS6 7HE

Objectives

4.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:4.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND CHRISTIANITY; IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) PROVIDING SPECIALIST TEACHERS TO DELIVER EDUCATION LESSONS IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES;(B) ASSISTING AND TRAINING NON-SPECIALIST TEACHERS IN DELIVERING CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION;(C) PROMOTING CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION LESSONS IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES; AND (D) MAKING RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THESE PURPOSES.

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