Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 2
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2

ASHBURNHAM CHRISTIAN TRUST 

Christian Residential Prayer & Conference Centre
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
Established: 61 years
(64 years as a company)

www.ashburnham.org.uk

bookings@ashburnham.org.uk

01424892244

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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
31/03/23£2,361£2,191£170£104£3,299£3,27517.931130
31/03/22£1,859£1,587£272£81£3,129£3,09223.428100
31/03/21£1,059£1,295£-235£37£2,879£2,83826.32660
31/03/20£2,360£2,365£-5£129£3,114£3,07515.637116
31/03/19£2,262£2,180£82£135£3,119£3,095173223
31/03/18£2,158£2,062£96£145£3,026£3,01017.5350
31/03/17£1,927£1,876£50£136£2,930£2,91918.7310
31/03/16£1,851£1,811£40£113£2,879£2,86919290
31/03/15£1,576£1,604£-28£86£2,955£2,93021.9250
31/03/14£1,613£1,660£-47£72£2,983£2,97421.5270
31/03/13£1,713£1,755£-42£57£3,030£3,02320.7290
31/03/12£1,903£1,641£262£61£3,068£3,06622.4290
31/03/11£1,752£1,621£131£74£2,810£2,80520.8280
31/03/10£1,691£1,610£81£70£2,678£2,67519.9310
31/03/09£1,626£1,742£-116£80£2,588£2,58417.8310
31/03/08£1,682£1,564£118£155£1,660£1,65012.7350
31/03/07£1,568£1,427£141£102£1,545£1,53512.9380
31/03/06£1,459£1,473£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,537£1,476£61£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,361£1,307£54£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 38%
Liabilities/Income: 87%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 17.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
Who works here?
  • 31 employees
  • 130 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,

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
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - EAFRD - RD Measure 10 EXQ funded
£6,025 01/04/2019
This measure is the primary Agri-environment-climate funding for England in delivering the Rural Development programme environmental land management priorities and builds on the agri-environment ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 30/01/2019
Kitchen Garden Healing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Opportunities for all
£10,000 23/08/2018
12
The organisation will use the funding to install a cold store on their land enabling them to store fresh fruit and veg for the local rural community and provide volunteering opportunities in their ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Reusing waste at Ashburnham Place
£10,000 10/05/2017
12
This project will create a compost waste facility, which will be used within the organisation's grounds and community garden. This will reduce the amount of waste which goes to landfill, reduce ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 45-75
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/01/1963, number: 212755
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/03/1960, number: 00653062
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

ASHBURNHAM PLACE
BATTLE
EAST SUSSEX
TN33 9NF

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND PARISHES OF ASHBURNHAM AND PENHURST

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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