Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

WELLSPRINGS COMMUNITY CHURCH

To advance the Christian faith, to relieve sickness and financial hardship, to promote and preserve good health and to advance education by the provision of funds, goods, services, the provision of care and support in such parts of the UK or the world as the Trustees from time to time may think fit
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/03/24£84£99£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£80£92£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£74£84£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£99£69£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/20?£191£147£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/18£188£64£123n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/17£107£59£48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/16£96£61£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/15£73£73£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/14£128£73£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/13£81£82£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/12£56£81£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

www.wellspringscommunitychurch.org.uk

info@wellspringscommunitychurch.org.uk

01823335492

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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
McCarthy Stone Foundation - 2022 Christmas Connections
£500 05/12/2022
Small grants up to £1,000 to support activities connecting older people in the community at Christmas
Somerset Community Foundation - Providing a warm space to support those experiencing fuel poverty during the cost-of-living crisis
£1,000 15/11/2022
Grant to Wellsprings Community Church

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-71
  • ANDREW CHARLES HEATH-COLEMAN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Civil Servant (Cartographer)
  • IAN MICHAEL GLASS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Admin Manager
  • LAURENT ANTHONY BOON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Fibre Broadband Programme Manager
  • PHILIP BEDFORD Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • REBECCA LAMBERT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Specialist Nurse
  • VANESSA REDWOOD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Registered Nurse
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/03/2011, number: 1140895
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/02/2011, number: 07533316
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

Wellsprings Community Church
Quantock Road
Taunton
Somerset
TA2 7NL

Objectives

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:3.1.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT; AND3.1.2 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF CARE AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT; AND3.1.3 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.3.1.4 TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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