Overall GiG Score: -6 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified

BISHOPBRIGGS COMMUNITY CHURCH 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Established: 41 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
Total income £165,933 £189,798 £146,022 £166,279 £250,245 £208,616
Total spending £166,745 £191,437 £169,635 £171,728 £188,191 £213,972
Surplus/deficit -£812 -£1,639 -£23,613 -£5,449 £62,054 -£5,356
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of religion
Where it operates
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: East Dunbartonshire

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
Robertson Trust - the costs of Bishopbriggs Youth Café
£30,000 29/02/2016
the costs of Bishopbriggs Youth Café

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (4)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 47-56
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 16/04/1983, number: SC014806
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/11/2004, number: SC276458
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

21 Park Avenue, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, G64 2SN

Objectives

To advance the Christian faith and the Christian lifestyle in the United Kingdom and worldwide. In furtherance thereof but not otherwise:- (a) to establish and run a New Testament Church, plant new Churches in Scotland and elsewhere and help to resource, administer and support such Churches to help them to grow and mature. (b) to support and contribute towards national evangelical organisations. (c) to support Christian Missionary work in Scotland and worldwide and to relieve the poverty-stricken people of the world by supporting Christian and other aid organisations. (d) to support and implement evangelism and youth work in Scotland and worldwide. (e) to seek to provide services for the community such as nursery education, parent and toddler groups and other ventures within the community. (f) generally to do all such things as shall further these aims and objects.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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