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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

MODERN CHURCH

Modern Church promotes liberal Christian theology, offering debate on religious issues, embracing the spirit of freedom & informed enquiry. It seeks to involve the Christian faith in an ongoing search for truth by interpreting traditional doctrine in the light of present day understanding. It encourages debate through its journal, newsletter and books, conferences, website and local groups.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of 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
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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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
31/12/22£36£78£-42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£27£56£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£32£68£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£42£81£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18*£48£81£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£280£53£227n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£44£45£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£63£54£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£53£50£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£54£56£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£55£58£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£60£58£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£57£55£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£56£54£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£58£54£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£53£53£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£51£44£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£59£49£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£49£47£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 44 years

www.modernchurch.org.uk

office@modernchurch.org.uk

08453451909

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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian religious associations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

  • ANTHONY GRAHAM BENINGTON WOOLLARD
  • CANON DR. JANICE KAY VAN DER LELY Appointed: 2013
  • CANON TREVOR PITT Appointed: 2014
  • HUGH BRYANT Appointed: 2022
  • PROFESSOR ELAINE LOUISE GRAHAM (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: University Lecturer
  • PROFESSOR ADRIAN THATCHER Appointed: 2015
  • REV CANON DR ALAN RACE Appointed: 2012
  • REV DR JEYARAJAN ANKETELL Appointed: 2013
  • REV DIANE KUTAR Appointed: 2022
  • REV LORRAINE CAVANAGH Appointed: 2014
  • REV MIRANDA THRELFALL-HOLMES Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/01/1981, number: 281573
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR18: 39 days late,
Main office

2 The Orchard
Dowell Close
TAUNTON
Somerset
TA2 6BN

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):(A) THE PROMOTION OF OPEN AND CRITICAL STUDY OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND ITS RELEVANCE IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD; AND(B) OFFERING RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS IN PARISHES, INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC LIFE TO SUPPORT AN OPEN-MINDED AND THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO MATTERS OF FAITH AND RELIGION

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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