Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

FFLAG 

FFLAG provides support for parents and other family members of LGBT plus people across the UK by providing information, helplines and support groups. FFLAG provides information and support for individuals and organisations. FFLAG campaigns for equality on issues of sexuality, gender identity and gender expression. FFLAG works to reduce homophobia, transphobia and biphobia.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 24 years

www.fflag.org.uk

ADMIN@FFLAG.ORG.UK

08456520311

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UN SDGs
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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£30£28£2n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/22£41£6£35n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£32£5£27n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£10£7£3n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/19£22£25£-2n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/18£21£20£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£7£9£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£6£13£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£5£13£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£50£23£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£18£12£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£7£11£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£7£12£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£9£24£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£22£38£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£41£45£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£61£43£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£42£17£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£13£12£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 25 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching for the Rainbow 25 Years Strong
£8,650 28/02/2018
11
The funding will be used to run a weekend conference to support families and friends of people from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. The project aims to increase support for ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/03/2000, number: 1079918
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

PO Box 495
Little Stoke
Bristol
BS34 9AP

Objectives

To relieve emotional distress suffered by LGBT+ people and their families and to raise publicawareness of issues of sexuality and gender with a view to working towards the elimination ofhomophobia and transphobia.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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