Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 3

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 3 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 4

DISCOVERY CHURCH

The Trust currently supports Christian mission, relief work and education in eastern Africa, primarily Uganda.In the UK, Discovery Trust supports Elevate Life, a not-for profit initiative that supports young people in both primary and secondary education who are suffering from depression and a range of other mental health issues

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are only 3 trustees

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 £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£73	£59	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22	*	£26	£22	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/21		£29	£29	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£25	£18	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/19		£17	£16	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18	*	£42	£40	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£29	£29	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£16	£16	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£23	£25	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£17	£18	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£18	£16	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£14	£15	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£17	£15	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£21	£21	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£10	£11	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£15	£14	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£20	£20	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£12	£17	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£12	£11	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£4	£8	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 42 years

http://discoverytrust.blogspot.com/

discoverytrust@blueyonder.co.uk

02089417924

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

International poverty relief

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides services

Where it operates

Uganda,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

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
Walton Charity - Elevate Life CAMHS support groups
£9,682	01/06/2021	Funding 2 weekly groups that support children/young people in need of mental health support
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - Education
£4,050	23/07/2020	Funding for a Yr6 Transition course to support children upon the return to school

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Gender Split

BRUCE TOWNSEND BSC (Chair)

JILLIAN HALL

TIMOTHY HILL

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/04/1982, number: 283533

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR22: 2 days late, AR18: 2 days late, AR07: 52 days late, AR06: 356 days late, AR05: 745 days late, AR04: 933 days late,

Main office

11 BLOXHAM CRESCENT
HAMPTON
TW12 2QF

Objectives

A) THE ADMINISTRATION OF ANY PROPERTY OR ESTATE USED OR INTENDED FOR ANY CHARITABLE OBJECT INSTITUTION OR WORK RELIGIOUS OR OTHERWISE. B) THE SUPPORT BY CONTRIBUTION LOAN GIFT SUBSCRIPTION OR OTHERWISE OF ANY RELIGIOUS OR OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR WORK WHICH SHALL BE ESTABLISHED OR MAINTAINED FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: I) THE FURTHERANCE OF RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR EDUCATION; II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PROTESTANT AND EVANGELICAL TENETS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH EITHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR OVERSEAS; IV) THE RELIEF OF THE POOR AND NEEDY; VE THE HELP AND COMFORT OF THE SICK AND AGED. C) GENERALLY THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANY RELIGIOUS OR OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE FOREGOING WHICH MAY FROM TIME TO TIME COMMEND ITSELF TO THE TRUSTEES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS

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