Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

FARNHAM CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED 

FCCT aims to be the legal and administrative framework for inter-church collaborative projects. To see excellent administrative, legal, charitable, financial, payroll, office and other support services provided to inter-church collaborative projects and to see Churches enjoy working effectively together to impact our community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 24 years

www.fcct.support

office@fcct.support

01252 560 771

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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£212£147£65n/an/an/an/an/a106
31/12/21£143£126£17n/an/an/an/an/a90
31/12/20£217£100£117n/an/an/an/an/a81
31/12/19£112£100£12n/an/an/an/an/a125
31/12/18£96£89£7£0£0£0n/a0123
31/12/17£61£84£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£56£88£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£77£122£-44£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£181£153£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£171£170£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£229£181£49£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£212£186£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£212£237£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£301£332£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£307£362£-56£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£307£321£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£354£331£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£329£283£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£287£254£33£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 106 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting 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
Community Foundation for Surrey - Frontline Farnham Money Advice - Project Leader Funding
£8,250 07/12/2022
Funding for continuation of a staff role at a local specialist debt advisory service to support vulnerable clients in their community.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Farnham Foodbank
£5,000 27/10/2022
Emergency grant
Community Foundation for Surrey - Frontline Farnham Money Advice - Project Leader Funding
£7,486 27/10/2021
11
Funding towards the salary costs of a Project Leader to provide advice to people struggling financially.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Farnham Foodbank
£10,185 06/10/2020
Income maximisation - money advice mamager
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - Advice and support
£6,000 28/09/2020
11
Funding for a part-time Project Manager to increase the capacity of a charity offering debt advice in South West Surrey
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Farnham Foodbank
£3,644 16/04/2020
CV emergency costs: salary costs, food purchase, packaging
National Lottery Community Fund - Extending the services of a successful Foodbank
£9,969 10/01/2019
12
The organisation will use the funding to build capacity for their food bank to offer additional family services including debt and welfare, bereavement, employment, special needs learning services to ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Farnham Parenting and Farnham Money Advice
£3,721 28/02/2018
11
Operational costs to supprot the Farnham Parenting and Farnham Money Advice services.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-62
  • SARAH JEAN ROSE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Organisational Development And Hr Consultant
  • SEAN GUBB Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Church Leader
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/03/2000, number: 1079778
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/01/2000, number: 03904228
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Farnham Christian Community Trust
Gorselands
FARNHAM
GU9 0NB

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION WITHIN FARNHAM, THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND WORLDWIDE

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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