Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -11
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • All male board: -3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

EVANGELICAL COUNCIL FOR THE MANCHESTER AREA TRUST

Christian work, with particular reference to local Christian inter-church events in the Manchester Area
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Why are there only 2 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely male?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£176£174£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£63£62£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£61£61£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20*£12£12£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19*£8£8£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£9£9£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£20£21£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£63£66£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15?£23£30£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£27£34£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£27£22£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12*£27£25£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£39£40£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10*£31£29£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/09?*£33£25£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/07?*£44£45£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/05*£35£31£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/04*£16£20£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 49 years

http://www.ecmat.net

admin@ecmat.net

01792812814

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan,
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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Jerusalem Trust - Towards the Shine Your Light 2024 campaign
£25,000 01/07/2024
12
Evangelism and Christian Mission
The Jerusalem Trust - Towards capacity building
£10,000 05/06/2023
12
Evangelism and Christian mission

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CARL LESLIE BRETTLE Appointed: 2015
  • GARETH KILLA Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/08/1975, number: 504453
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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
18 returns made; AR20: 102 days late, AR19: 241 days late, AR12: 20 days late, AR10: 63 days late, AR09: 75 days late, AR07: 347 days late, AR05: 152 days late, AR04: 5 days late,
Main office

161 New Road
Skewen
NEATH
SA10 6HD

Objectives

A) TO PROCLAIM AND FURTHER THE GOSPEL OF GOD CONCERNING HIS SON JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND THE PREACHING AND TEACHING OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDON AND ELSEWHERE. B) TO ORGANISE SPONSOR AND PROMOTE INTERDENOMINATIONAL CHRISTIAN WORK THROUGHTOUT THE GREATER MANCHESTER AREA AND ELSEWHERE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER MANCHESTER AND NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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