Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

B-LESS

B-Less deploys graduate students to encourage, mentor, and provide practical support to undergraduate students seeking to develop and live out their Christian faith in the university setting. We allocate specific areas of focus to each of our scholars and the path to access our services varies accordingly.
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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board is completely male

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/10/23£138£139£0
31/10/22£127£112£15
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

www.b-less.org

neil@b-less.org

01865980305

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Colleges and universities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • GEORGE DIWAKAR Appointed: 2021
  • JOHN-MARK TEEUWEN Appointed: 2021
  • NICOLAS WU Appointed: 2021
  • REV ANDREW YOUNG (Chair) Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/10/2021, number: 1196156
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

11 HOLYWELL STREET
OXFORD
OX1 3SA

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AMONG STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITIES, THEOLOGICAL COLLEGES, TRAINING COLLEGES, TECHNICAL COLLEGES AND OTHER SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS THROUGHOUT GREAT BRITAIN.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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