Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 7

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3
Multiple returns filed late: -2

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 3

FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS LIMITED

Follow Your Dreams is a national charity that inspires children and young adults with learning disabilities to follow their dreams, and be supported through life. Our vision is for children and young adults with learning disabilities to achieve their full potential and enhance their well-being throughout life.

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 several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 3 trustees?
Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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
30/09/23	*	£167	£237	£-70	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/22	*	£234	£239	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/21		£335	£261	£74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/20?		£620	£590	£29	£126	£67	£50	1	10	124
31/03/19		£634	£614	£20	£135	£37	£23	0.5	9	40
31/03/18		£598	£596	£2	£107	£17	£5	0.1	9	0
31/03/17		£452	£445	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	*	£548	£569	£-21	£127	£8	£4	0.1	8	0
31/03/15		£601	£590	£12	£194	£30	£20	0.4	8	0
31/03/14		£526	£523	£3	£157	£18	£18	0.4	7	0
31/03/13		£493	£491	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£639	£598	£41	£423	£13	£-1	-0	11	0
31/03/11	*	£270	£291	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£139	£151	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09?	*	£55	£63	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/08	*	£19	£13	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/07	*	£28	£24	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/06	*	£8	£9	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/05	*	£6	£6	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 20 years

www.followyourdreams.org.uk

admin@followyourdreams.org.uk

07547408166

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£16,500
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Co-Operative Group	£5,652
The Clothworkers Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Together Time
£1,276	21/10/2023	We aim to buy equipment and materials for our sessions. Our activities include watercolours, acrylic painting, puzzle books, colour by numbers, cross stitch, knitting, needle felting, relaxation.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Follow Your Dreams Play Stay & Sign
£1,550	21/10/2023	We would like to buy materials and fund sessions to improve sign language communication with children, young people and their siblings. We would love to put on a show with Singing Hands loved by all.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Follow Your Dreams Charity
£1,339	22/10/2022	We aim to come together to support children and young people with disabilities to recognise their potential, learn new skills, be ambitious and gain the opportunities to follow their dreams.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to LifeWise
£1,488	23/10/2021	We would support young people with disabilities to learn skills from people in our community with activities such as arts and crafts, health and wellbeing, heritage, life skills and performing arts.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£16,500	08/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 - Fun & Friendship (Covid19)
£10,000	22/06/2020 12	Follow Your Dreams Ltd in Rhondda Cynon Taf will use £10000 to provide online sessions and activity packs for children and young adults with disabilities who are currently shielding as they are at high risk from COVID-19. Bydd Follow Your Dreams ....more Follow Your Dreams Ltd in Rhondda Cynon Taf will use £10000 to provide online sessions and activity packs for children and young adults with disabilities who are currently shielding as they are at high risk from COVID-19. Bydd Follow Your Dreams Ltd yn Rhondda Cynon Taf yn defnyddio £10000 i ddarparu sesiynau a phecynnau gweithgareddau ar-lein i blant ac oedolion ifanc ag anableddau sydd ar hyn o bryd yn gwarchod eu hunain gan eu bod mewn perygl mawr o COVID-19.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Follow Your Dreams Charity
£5,000	19/06/2020	COVID19 : Purchase IT equipment for a charity that works with children and young people with learning disabilities in Wales
National Lottery Community Fund - Lifewise
£10,000	15/11/2017 12	Lifewise
National Lottery Community Fund - Ohana Play
£10,000	25/10/2017 12	The funding will be used to host weekly workshops to bring together a local network of families, to gain support and learn new skills whilst developing positive community relationships.
Quartet Community Foundation - The Butterfly Hut
£5,000	01/12/2016 12	To provide activities for children with learning disabilities who attend The Butterfly Hut.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Follow Your Dreams
£24,700	25/08/2011	the salary costs of a part-time Employment Support Officer within the `Catch the Working Dream` project, travel and equipment/stationery and telephone costs

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-77

EDWARD HOPE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

PAMELA VOLAUSEK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

RYAN SMITH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Carer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/10/2004, number: 1106379
Registered at Companies House on 20/02/2003, number: 04673165

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
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

19 returns made; AR23: 87 days late, AR22: 121 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR11: 0 days late, AR09: 150 days late, AR08: 65 days late, AR07: 430 days late, AR06: 121 days late, AR05: 328 days late,

Main office

Unit
8A Cambrian Industrial Estate
East Side Coedcae Lane
PONTYCLUN
Mid Glamorgan
CF72 9EW

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY SPONSORING THEM TO ATTEND AND COMPETE IN SPORTING ACTIVITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONALLY.

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