Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

PARTNERS OF PRISONERS AND FAMILIES SUPPORT GROUP

The advancement of education and training and the relief of poverty and sickness among persons who are suffering, or who have suffered, a legal restriction on their liberty in a penal or correctional establishment, or through any means whatsoever, and the families of such persons in such ways the trustees think fit.
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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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/03/24£1,856£1,766£90£0£996£9606.511010
31/03/23£1,611£1,441£170£0£1,060£1,0608.89010
31/03/22£805£995£-190£0£736£7368.95110
31/03/21£1,119£1,004£115£0£804£8049.66810
31/03/20?£1,580£1,553£26£0£689£6895.35621
31/03/18£1,890£1,891£0£0£730£7284.6150
31/03/17£1,533£1,617£-84£0£730£6905.11300
31/03/16£1,681£1,622£59£0£814£7515.61200
31/03/15£1,761£1,666£95£46£755£7555.4480
31/03/14£1,532£1,511£21£45£661£6615.2500
31/03/13£1,669£1,673£-4£52£640£5984.3470
31/03/12£1,466£1,471£-5£57£644£5594.6390
31/03/11*£1,390£1,235£156£51£649£5725.6380
31/03/10£1,170£1,137£33£54£493£4805.1310
31/03/09£1,083£1,210£-126£107£461£4564.5320
31/03/08£1,379£1,332£46£51£587£5625.1380
31/03/07£1,353£1,114£239£222£541£5405.8350
31/03/06*£914£922£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£712£665£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£603£547£56n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 6.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 6.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 29 years

www.partnersofprisoners.co.uk

mail@partnersofprisoners.co.uk

01617021000

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Mentoring and leadership support
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Partners of Prisoners and Families Support Group (POPS)
£5,000 03/07/2020
COVID19 : Purchase of IT equipment for a charity that works with prisoners and their families in the North West
CHK Foundation - CHK Emergency /Disaster Grant
£12,000 29/04/2020
unrestricted (response to COVID)
Ministry of Justice - North West National Probation Service ? BAME.
£97,592 14/07/2017
To pilot, develop and test the Re:Connect intervention which aims to equip BME long-term prisoners with the assets, skills and competencies to navigate changed and complex environments that prisoners encounter upon release.

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: 30-64
  • CHRIS FITZGERALD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • GUY GRANT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Trustee
  • LAUREN HALL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Trustee
  • RAYMOND HILL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chair
  • RICHARD CONWAY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Solicitor
  • RICHARD ROWLEY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Member
  • SARAH COOKE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Member
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/07/1995, number: 1048152
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/06/1995, number: 03067385
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
  • Investment
  • 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; AR11: 2 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

VALENTINE HOUSE
1079 ROCHDALE ROAD
MANCHESTER
M9 8AJ

Objectives

5.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AMONG PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING OR WHO HAVE SUFFERED A LEGAL RESTRICTION ON THEIR LIBERTY IN ANY PENAL OR CORRECTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT OR THROUGH ANY MEANS WHATEVER AND THE FAMILIES OF SUCH PERSONS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT; AND5.2 TO FURTHER AND PROMOTE THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS AND METHODS OF THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY AND TO OBTAIN AND MAKE RECORDS AND DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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