Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 8
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

CHILDREN FIRST DERBY

HIGH QUALITY FAMILY SERVICES:SUPERVISED CONTACT FOR LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN, ENABLING THEM TO SPEND TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. MENTORING SERVICE -VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE ONE TO ONE SUPPORT OUTSIDE THE FAMILY HOME, FOR VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 10-16.FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICE - TRAINED VOLUNTEERS WORK WITH LOCAL VULNERABLE FAMILIES, EMPOWERING THEM TO MOVE THEIR LIVES FORWARD.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

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
31/03/23£438£442£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£394£378£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£295£274£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£314£286£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£254£275£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£255£252£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£264£245£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£183£217£-35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£208£197£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£231£203£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£189£184£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£204£200£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£213£203£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£207£194£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£180£168£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£160£168£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£143£154£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£139£136£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

www.childrenfirstderby.co.uk

enquiries@childrenfirstderby.co.uk

01332341516

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Derby City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

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
National Lottery Community Fund£311,618
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
BBC Children in Need£30,500
Postcode Places Trust£18,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Enhanced Family Support Service for Vulnerable Families
£311,618 26/01/2023
This funding will be used to further develop their 1-1 Family Support Service in Derby City to address the increasing support needs of families post-covid. They will develop targeted workshops and peer support groups for parents to run alongside ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Children First Derby
£3,091 22/10/2022
We would like to continue to run a young people's forum from our mentoring scheme, which will actively influence the development of our service. Our ambitions include hosting training programmes.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Children First Derby
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Postcode Places Trust - Reach for Wellbeing
£18,000 26/03/2022
Funding enabled us to support parents experiencing mental health issues to help their children develop and achieve the best outcomes.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Children First Derby
£30,000 20/03/2020
36
This project provides mentoring workshops for children aged 10-16 living in deprived areas of Derby. They will help improve children's self esteem, reduced isolation and improve enagagement with education.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 14/02/2020
24
Further developing and expanding our successful young people’s mentoring service
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Children First Derby
£5,647 15/11/2019
We want to recruit additional local volunteers to enable the expansion of our mentoring and family support services.
National Lottery Community Fund - Early-intervention Family Support Service
£138,675 27/09/2019
58
This funding will expand the group's family support service, which provides holistic early intervention support to vulnerable families. The service is designed to support families to move forward positively with their lives, and help them overcome ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 04/04/2018
Family Support and Mentoring Services
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000 21/02/2018
Family support, supervised contact and mentoring for vulnerable disadvantaged children and families.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Children First Derby
£119,126 06/08/2017
36
This project will provide 1:1 and group mentoring support to children with behavioural issues and high anxiety. Children will enjoy increased confidence, greater engagement in school and social activities and improve relationships with others.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Children First Derby
£76,300 10/03/2016
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Family Support Service', a project in Derby for families that have experienced violence or abuse at home
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Children First Derby
£20,600 21/01/2013
The charity provides support for disadvantaged children and families in Derby. The core cost grant will support the CEO and administrator ensuring 60 children will access education avoid anti social behaviour.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bridging the Parenting Gap - Putting Children First
£10,000 03/02/2011
12
This is a project by a charity in Derby. The charity will use funding to train board members in business planning, train volunteers in peer mentoring, formulate a survey for service users and stakeholders and hold community events for children and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

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

Age Range of Trustees: 42-81
  • ALFRED JOHN JACQUES (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired Chartered Engineer
  • AFZAHL FATEMAH-RAZAK Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Accountant
  • AMANDA STRONG Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Ambassador
  • JULIE ANNE FELLOWES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee
  • RACHAEL ALISON BROWN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Independent Financial Adviser
  • REGINA DOLORES REPTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/09/2005, number: 1111157
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/03/2005, number: 05379021
Gift Aid
  • 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
18 returns made; AR12: 6 days late,
Main office

13 Leopold Street
Derby
Derby
DE1 2HE

Objectives

3.1 TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING EXPERIENCED BY FAMILIES AND CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM AND/OR ARE LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM VIOLENCE OR MALTREATMENT IN THEIR HOMES: IN PARTICULAR BY:3.1.1 RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WHERE STRESS WITHIN THE HOME MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT THEIR WELFARE OR DEVELOPMENT;3.1.2 PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE REGARDED AS VULNERABLE AND WHO MAY BE AT RISK OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION;3.1.3 DELIVERING COMMUNITY SERVICES DESIGNED TO FOSTER THE GENERAL WELL BEING OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN; AND3.1.4 PROVIDING SERVICES FOR PARENTS WHICH WILL ENABLE THEM TO BETTER RESPOND TO THE PERSONAL NEEDS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THEIR CHILDREN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE DERBY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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