Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 0

Fundraising costs high: -3
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -3

HARVEST MINISTRIES LIMITED

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Financial issues to consider:

Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/12/17	31/12/18	31/12/19	31/12/20	31/12/21	31/12/22
Charitable activities		£87,633	£70,500	£147,087		£18,456
Donations & Legacies		£189,546	£218,263	£186,588
Other Income		£35,087		£8,276		£16,758
Investment Income
Total income	£241,805	£312,266	£326,102	£341,951	£230,622	£275,605
Charitable activities spending		£262,285	£287,728	£238,721		£219,627
Fundraising costs		20%	15%	13%		32%
Other spending		£8,341	£6,023	£5,140		£5,039
Total spending	£205,087	£324,927	£342,823	£285,721	£227,588	£306,223
Surplus/deficit	£36,718	-£12,661	-£16,721	£56,230	£3,034	-£30,618

Established: 40 years

www.riverchurches.org.uk

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

Purposes

The advancement of religion

Where it operates

UK and overseas, main operating location: Aberdeenshire

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 01/04/1984, number: SC004545

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

River Church Banff, Banff, Aberdeenshire, AB451DH

Objectives

To form and maintain a church or churches and thereby to establish the Kingdom of God as laid down in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible and to that end to advance the Christian religion.

Data Sources

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