Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 4

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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		£55	£55	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23		£44	£44	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£38	£29	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£38	£18	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?		£10	£12	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	*	£21	£17	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	*	£21	£17	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£12	£19	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15	*	£29	£39	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14	*	£29	£39	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£49	£44	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£40	£38	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£41	£44	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£22	£31	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£30	£21	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08?	*	£11	£11	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/05/07	*	£5	£11	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/05/06		£10	£12	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/05/05		£12	£13	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/05/04	*	£15	£8	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 29 years

www.ffops.co.uk

info@ffops.org.uk

01792458645

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

General 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 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
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to FFOPS Families and Friends of Prisoners
£9,000	04/11/2022 24	£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 support worker and a children’s day out. Bydd Teulu a ....more 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 support worker and a children’s day out. Bydd Teulu a Chyfeillion Carcharorion FFOPS yn ne orllewin Cymru yn defnyddio'r grant i ariannu gweithiwr cymorth teulu carcharor yn rhannol i gynorthwyo teuluoedd a helpu i gynnal perthnasoedd teuluol. Bydd £9800 yn ariannu gweithiwr cymorth i deulu carcharor a diwrnod allan i blant.
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, health, welfare and housing systems._x000D_ What ....more 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, health, welfare and housing systems._x000D_ What Money is for :_x000D_ This grant for £6,000 will fund a volunteer co-ordinator and volunteer expenses.
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

BEVERLEY POINER (Chair)

DEE THYER Appointed: 2015

JOHN TOSSELL Appointed: 2020

MANDY WYN DAVIES Appointed: 2019

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

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