Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 9

Spending declining: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 7

GORSE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH

The Church seeks to be a friendly and welcoming community and anybody is free to attend any of our Sunday Services. The church provides a variety of activities both to its membership and to the community generally as set out in the Constitution. The aim is to show the love of Jesus Christ in both word and deed and to bring people into a closer relationship with Him as living Lord.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22	£120	£95	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	130
31/12/21	£146	£141	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	90
31/12/20	£146	£141	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	130
31/12/19	£197	£160	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	142
31/12/18	£159	£147	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	145
31/12/17	£153	£169	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£139	£140	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£151	£161	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£170	£168	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£160	£164	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£155	£169	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£149	£112	£37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	£144	£85	£59	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09	£136	£117	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

www.ghbc.org.uk

secretary@ghbc.org.uk

01793534193

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides other finance
Provides services

Where it operates

Swindon,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Wiltshire Community Foundation	£25,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
DCMS	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Gorse Hill Baptist Church
£10,000	09/01/2023	Gorse Hill Baptist Church is located in a deprived area of Swindon and provides a range of services to people on low income across the town. Funding will help meet the energy costs of running a ....more Gorse Hill Baptist Church is located in a deprived area of Swindon and provides a range of services to people on low income across the town. Funding will help meet the energy costs of running a community fridge, a warm café space, and support activities .
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Gorse Hill Baptist Church
£10,000	14/12/2022	Gorse Hill Baptist Church is located in a deprived area of Swindon and provides a range of services to the community. Funding will help meet the costs of running a community fridge and other ....more Gorse Hill Baptist Church is located in a deprived area of Swindon and provides a range of services to the community. Funding will help meet the costs of running a community fridge and other activities to help people on low incomes.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£15,000	29/01/2021	Stepping Stones
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Gorse Hill Baptist Church
£5,000	27/07/2020	To support the costs of food parcels for families.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000	27/07/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

ELIZABETH GRACE MILDENHALL Appointed: 2019

GARY PRICTOR Appointed: 2019

JONATHAN IVAN MURPHY Appointed: 2024

JULIE DAWN HARRIS Appointed: 2020

MATTHEW DAVID WRIGHT Appointed: 2021

REBECCA LOUISE TROMANS Appointed: 2020

VICTORIA PAYN Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/12/2008, number: 1127294

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; all on time

Main office

GORSE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH
CRICKLADE ROAD
SWINDON
SN2 1AA

Objectives

THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. THE CHURCH MAY ALSO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND CARRY OUTOTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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