THE GROWN IN GRACE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1212543 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Gig Foundation

Activities furthering the Christian faith, relieving poverty and helping the most vulnerable in society.

Objects

The objects of the CIO are:(a) to advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with the Roman Catholic or any faith which has a Trinitarian doctrine with belief that one God exists as or in three equally divine persons, the Father, the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, by means of: (i) broadcasting Christian messages of an evangelistic and teaching nature; (ii) the holding of prayer meetings, lectures, producing and/or distributing literature on the Christian faith to enlighten others about the Christian faith; and(b) the prevention or relief of poverty in England and Ireland for the public benefit by means of the provision of grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty(c) to advance any other exclusively charitable purpose for the public benefit as the trustees may from time to time determine through means including (but not limited to) the provision of grants, items and services to individuals in need, charities, or other organisations, provided that such grants, items and services are applied solely for charitable purposes.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £7,113,410, derived primarily from a £7,038,622 donation from the McCann family. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and the independent auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Peter McCann — President (source)
• Patricia McCann — President (source)
• Peter McCann Junior — Chief Executive Officer (source)
• Catriona Kavanagh — Chief Operating Officer (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ronan McCannchair
• Lisa McCann
• Patrick McCarthy
• Patsy Hoey

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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