Overall GiG Score: 1 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 5
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +2

HARBOUR CHURCH PORTSMOUTH 

Regular public worship open to all. The provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation. Pastoral work. Teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. Promoting Christianity through events, meetings and distribution of literature. Promoting church mission with activities for parents,toddlers, vulnerable adults.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 8 years

www.harbourchurchuk.org

hello@harbourchurchuk.org

07731436151

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UN SDGs
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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£612£636£-24£0£247£1021.916150
31/12/21£689£637£52£0£270£1142.113150
31/12/20£573£486£87£0£219£1273.1960
31/12/19£616£611£5£10£131£601.21050
31/12/18£465£442£23£0£0£0n/a0300
31/12/17£654£551£103£5£103£240.550

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 42%
Reserves/Spending: 1.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 9.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Religious Activities
Who works here?
  • 16 employees
  • 150 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 09/07/2021
For the City
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,080 07/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£5,057 01/01/2019
Improve health and wellbeing: The women who attend our pop-up wellbeing centre leave feeling encouraged and reminded of their worth. Many of them have never received any physical contact or the ....more
Joseph Rank Trust - Harbour Church Portsmouth
£27,500 25/01/2017
36
To help fund the costs of the Operations Manager

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/08/2016, number: 1168898
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ALBAN, COPNOR on 20/12/2023
Main office

PORTSMOUTH DIOCESAN BOARD FINANCE
PENINSULAR HOUSE
WHARF ROAD
PORTSMOUTH
PO2 8HB

Objectives

1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, THE CATHOLIC CREEDS, AND THE HISTORIC FORMULARIES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, NAMELY THE THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES OF RELIGION, THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER AND THE ORDERING OF BISHOPS, PRIESTS AND DEACONS.2) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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