Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

FORCES CHILDREN'S TRUST 

To assist any dependant children who are in need, whose father or mother has died or has sustained life-changing injuries whilst serving as a member of the Armed Forces and such other occupations as determined from time to time by the trustees.
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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • There are 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
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/12/23£75£87£-12n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/22£69£76£-7n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/21£69£67£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£83£75£8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£110£131£-21n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/12/18£100£94£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£165£129£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£68£94£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£95£89£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£252£112£140£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£190£101£89£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£295£94£201£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£446£69£377£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£186£70£116£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£79£17£62£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£191£10£181£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£7£8£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£5£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£8£0£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£15£1£14£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

www.forceschildrenstrust.org.uk

denny.wise@forceschildrenstrust.org.uk

01737361077

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/06/2004, number: 1104212
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investment
  • 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; all on time
Main office

65 SHAWLEY WAY
EPSOM
KT18 5PD

Objectives

TO ASSIST ANY DEPENDENT CHILDREN WHO ARE IN NEED, WHOSE FATHER OR MOTHER HAS DIED OR HAS SUSTAINEDLIFE-CHANGING INJURIES WHILST SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES AND SUCH OTHER OCCUPATIONS AS DETERMINED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE TRUSTEES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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