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home >> charity search >> south west wales family and friends of prisoners
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

    SOUTH WEST WALES FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF PRISONERS 

    Family and friends of prisoners (FFOPS) Volunteers promote the just treatment of families of prisoners by the prison system and society by giving advice and information and developing services for the families of prisoners, voicing the concerns of families, offering initial information and a referral service to the families of prisoners.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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£44£44£0n/an/an/an/an/a4
    31/03/22£38£29£9n/an/an/an/an/a8
    31/03/21£38£18£20n/an/an/an/an/a5
    31/03/20£10£12£-2n/an/an/an/an/a5
    31/03/19£8£8£0n/an/an/an/an/a5
    31/03/18*£21£17£4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17*£21£17£4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£12£19£-7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15*£29£39£-10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14*£29£39£-10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£49£44£6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£40£38£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£41£44£-4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£22£31£-9£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£30£21£9£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08?*£11£11£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/05/07*£5£11£-6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/05/06£10£12£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/05/05£12£13£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/05/04*£15£8£7£0£0£0n/a00
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    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 28 years

    www.ffops.co.uk

    info@ffops.org.uk

    01792458645

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    GiG Classification
    • Community services
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England And Wales,
    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 works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 4 volunteers

    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
    Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to FFOPS Families and Friends of Prisoners
    £9,000 04/11/2022
    £9,000 grant over two-years (£4,500 pa) contributing to the salary of Voluntary Coordinator for this organisation working at HMP Swansea prison and in the community.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Rehabilitation Reform
    £9,750 01/07/2021
    South and West Wales Family and Friends of Prisoners in Swansea will use £9750 to build relationships between people leaving prison and their families and provide access to support agencies.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Prisoner's Family Support Worker
    £9,800 15/04/2020
    11
    FFOPS in south west Wales will use the grant to part fund a prisoner’s family support worker to assist families and help maintain family relationships. £9800 will fund a prisoner’s family ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteers Expenses
    £6,000 10/12/2018
    12
    Project Summary :_x000D_ Families & Friends of Prisoners in Swansea will use the grant to establish a meet and greet centre, where loved ones of prisoners can seek advice about the education, ....more
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to FFOPS Family and Friends of Prisoners Group
    £22,500 25/08/2011
    the rent and a contribution to the salary of the Office Manager

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (4)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/04/1996, number: 1054204
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    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
    • 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; AR18: 59 days late, AR17: 27 days late, AR15: 48 days late, AR14: 5 days late, AR08: 154 days late, AR07: 79 days late, AR04: 29 days late,
    Main office

    MRS BEVERLEY POINER
    c/o HMP Prison Swansea
    200 Oystermouth Road
    Swansea
    SA1 3SR

    Objectives

    THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS WHO ARE SUBJECT TO OR HAVE SUFFERED A LEGAL RESTRICTION ON THEIR LIBERTY IN ANY PENAL OR CORRECTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT AND THE WIVES CHILDREN AND DEFENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS BEING IN NEED

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    SOUTH WEST WALES

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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