Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 5

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Strong growth: +2

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3
Multiple returns filed late: -2

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 4

FAMILY MATTERS

To provide therapeutic counselling to survivors of sexual abuse and rape in Kent and SE London including the provision of Independent Sexual Violence Adviser (ISVA) support.

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
Why are there only 3 trustees?
Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/04/23		£1,040	£908	£132	£0	£504	£185	2.4	25	2
30/04/22	*	£974	£792	£182	£0	£372	£164	2.5	22	2
30/04/21	*	£706	£708	£-2	£0	£189	£152	2.6	20	2
30/04/20		£747	£678	£68	£0	£191	£75	1.3	19	4
30/04/19		£479	£592	£-113	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/18?		£510	£510	£-1	£0	£236	£134	3.1	10	0
31/03/17	*	£535	£489	£46	£3	£237	£152	3.7	10	0
31/03/16	*	£512	£451	£61	£0	£191	£160	4.3	9	0
31/03/15		£359	£359	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£359	£318	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£342	£401	£-59	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£433	£391	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£407	£393	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£309	£279	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£233	£232	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£223	£197	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	*	£153	£156	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06		£154	£132	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£121	£129	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£94	£116	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 37%
Reserves/Spending: 2.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 17.2

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 32 years

www.familymattersuk.org

admin@familymattersuk.org

01474536661

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bexley, Bromley, Kent, Medway, Shropshire, Worcestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Therapy and support for families dealing with sexual abuse continuation
£369,918	27/08/2021	The funding will continue the provision of specialist therapy support to victims of rape and sexual abuse (including online abuse) in Kent. Specialist therapy support works on a 12 session basis over 12 weeks and is designed to alleviate the trauma ....more The funding will continue the provision of specialist therapy support to victims of rape and sexual abuse (including online abuse) in Kent. Specialist therapy support works on a 12 session basis over 12 weeks and is designed to alleviate the trauma victims have experienced and to help break the cycle of abuse and help reduce the feelings of suicide and self-harm amongst survivors. The therapy enables the suffering and distress experienced by childhood sexual abuse to be alleviated whilst enhancing their abilities to relate to others and re-establish themselves back into their community.
Ministry of Justice - COVID-19 Extraordinary National Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
£54,666	26/03/2021	To provide additional funding to allow national helpline providers and rape & sexual abuse support fund grant recipients to increase remote support in providing the Activities included in the grant agreement during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ministry of Justice - Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
£64,154	01/01/2021	To provide additional funding to allow national helpline providers and rape & sexual abuse support fund grant recipients to increase remote support in providing the Activities included in the grant agreement during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ministry of Justice - Support for charities providing support services for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence
£39,525	12/11/2020	Provision of Victim Services
Ministry of Justice - Support for charities providing support services for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence
£15,141	22/06/2020	Provision of Victim Services
Ministry of Justice - Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
£42,769	01/04/2019	To provide independent, specialist support to female and male victims of rape and sexual abuse, including victims of child sexual abuse.
Ministry of Justice - Female Rape Support Fund (Child Sexual Abuse Support Funding)
£24,000	01/04/2018	To increase the volume of support offered to victims of child sexual abuse and help meet the increased demand on services.
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2019 Female Rape Support Fund
£67,102	01/04/2018	To provide direct and front line support to females over the age of 13 who are victims of rape and sexual violence
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2018 Female Rape Support Fund (CSA Uplift)
£24,000	01/04/2017	To increase the volume of support offered to victims of child sexual abuse and help meet the increased demand on your services.
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2018 Female Rape Support Fund
£63,624	01/04/2017	To provide direct and front line support to females over the age of 13 who are victims of rape and sexual violence.
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2017 Female Rape Support Fund (CSA Uplift)
£24,000	01/04/2016 12	To increase the volume of support offered to victims of child sexual abuse and help meet the increased demand on your services.
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2017 Female Rape Support Fund
£60,000	01/04/2016 12	To provide direct and front line support to females over the age of 13 who are victims of rape and sexual violence
National Lottery Community Fund - Therapy and support for families dealing with sexual abuse
£499,943	14/05/2014 60	Not Available
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Family Matters
£78,800	05/12/2013 24	towards two years' salary of a Counsellor at a project providing specialist therapy to victims of rape and sexual abuse in Kent
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Family Matters
£30,000	27/09/2013	The charity works with survivors of sexual violence though a range of one to one and group work. The funding will allow the charity to develop and deliver services that reflect the complex needs of their service users.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stay Safe - Stay Connected: A mobile phone app that seeks to prevent rape
£10,000	27/09/2012 12	This is a project by a voluntary organisation in Kent. The organisation will use the funding to add additional alert and GPS functions to a community safety app they have developed to prevent rape and sexual assault. This will enable users in a ....more This is a project by a voluntary organisation in Kent. The organisation will use the funding to add additional alert and GPS functions to a community safety app they have developed to prevent rape and sexual assault. This will enable users in a vulnerable situation to trigger an alert for non urgent assistance to friends and family with their last known GPS location.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

BERNICE GIGGINS (Chair) Appointed: 2016

PAUL GIGGINS Appointed: 2020

SKYE KENNEDY-CULLEN Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/04/1993, number: 1019861

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR22: 80 days late, AR21: 274 days late, AR17: 25 days late, AR16: 5 days late, AR07: 1 days late,

Main office

13 Wrotham Road
Gravesend
Kent
DA11 0PA

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL & PHYSICAL DISTRESS OF PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE & OTHER RELATED ABUSE & THEIR FAMILIES & PARTNERS & TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF SEXUAL ABUSE & ITS EFFECT ON VICTIMS, WHETHER MEDICAL, SOCIAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE KENT

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