Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 2

BRIGHTON AND HOVE FAITH IN ACTION

The BHFA supports faith groups that deliver social welfare and community building projects in the city of Brighton and Hove.We achieve this by running partnerships between different faith groups that deliver similar services so that they operate more efficiently. We also act as an advocate for faith groups to secular authorities, promoting and defending the rights of faith groups.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
The Board is predominantly 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
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
28/07/23		£18	£36	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
28/07/22		£45	£31	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
28/07/21		£39	£30	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
28/07/20	*	£8	£11	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
28/07/19		£14	£9	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
28/07/18		£23	£17	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/07/17		£20	£16	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

https://www.bhfa.org.uk

info@bhfa.org.uk

07944594988

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Brighton And Hove,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton and Hove Faith in Action
£5,000	20/03/2023 12	Funding was provided for the Street Support website, app and admin costs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to B&H Faith in Action
£5,000	16/07/2021 12	Funding was provided for seed funding for BHFA’s proposed befriending faith partnership, street support and towards office costs and other overheads including insurance and monthly rent.
National Lottery Community Fund - Street Support Brighton & Hove
£10,000	19/01/2021 12	The funding will be used to set up and deploy online web-based homeless Street Support for Brighton & Hove. The project aims to further build provision and networks to support the vulnerable and ....more The funding will be used to set up and deploy online web-based homeless Street Support for Brighton & Hove. The project aims to further build provision and networks to support the vulnerable and homeless communities.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Brighton and Hove Faith in Action
£7,086	19/11/2018	We want to set up a website showing all the faith based social welfare initiatives in the city so that people can find them easily.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CLAIRE LOUISE ANNE ASHENDEN Appointed: 2023

MR SABRI BEN AMUER Appointed: 2017

RICHARD NICHOLAS CHILD Appointed: 2017

ROBERT JAMES BROWN Appointed: 2023

STEPHEN JOHN MARTIN HORNE Appointed: 2021

STUART PHILLIP DIAMOND Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/03/2016, number: 1166257

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

7 returns made; AR20: 178 days late,

Main office

Brighton & Hove Faith in Action
Community Base
113 Queens Road
BRIGHTON
East Sussex
BN1 3XG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF FAITH BASED CHARITIES AND THE EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY FAITH BASED CHARITABLE AND NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE WITH THE AIM OF RELIEVING POVERTY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE BY DEVELOPING COLLABORATIVE WORK BETWEEN FAITH BASED ORGANISATIONS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES. NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION.

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