Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 3

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 0

THAMES VALLEY FAMILY MEDIATION SERVICE LTD

To alleviate the hardship and distress caused by the breakdown of family relationships and to preserve and protect the mental and physical health of all the family, by assisting couples involved in separation or divorce to make future plans for themselves and their children. The charity additionally seeks to actively promote the well being of families affected by separation or divorce by providing

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Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Financial issues to consider:

Spending is declining
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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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
31/12/23		£163	£155	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22		£136	£155	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£156	£171	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£181	£170	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£173	£199	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£205	£212	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17		£245	£228	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£231	£215	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15		£180	£172	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14		£164	£162	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13		£145	£171	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12		£218	£206	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11		£177	£213	£-36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/10		£235	£201	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/09		£176	£174	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/08		£160	£152	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/07	*	£115	£137	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/06		£122	£125	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 19 years

www.tvfms.org

enquiries@tvfms.org.uk

01753830770

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, Hillingdon, Reading, Slough, Windsor And Maidenhead, Wokingham,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£8,900
National Lottery Community Fund	£6,675
CAF	£3,848

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,900	30/06/2020	"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 - Legal Aid Assessments and MIAMs
£6,675	30/04/2020 4	The funding will be used to provide free online legal aid assessments. The project aims to meet an increase in demand that has occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
CAF - Grant to Thames Valley Family Mediation Service Ltd
£3,848	28/04/2020 3	Grant to Thames Valley Family Mediation Service Ltd to support the organisation through COVID19

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 59-80

DOUGLAS DARLOW Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Solicitor

LADY CAROLINE LINDA MARGARET WALDEGRAVE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

LAVENDER PATTEN (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired

MARK EYNON, Occupation: Retired Investment Banker

VERONICA LACHKOVIC Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Senior Lecturer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/11/2005, number: 1112320
Registered at Companies House on 25/04/2005, number: 05434630

Gift Aid

NOT 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

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR07: 1 days late,

Main office

Thames Valley Family Mediation Service Ltd
Regal Court Business Centre
42-44 High Street
Slough
SL1 1EL

Objectives

TO ALLEVIATE THE HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS CAUSED BY THE BREAKDOWN OF FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF ALL THE FAMILY, IN PARTICULAR BY ASSISTING COUPLES INVOLVED IN SEPARATION OR DIVORCE TO MAKE FUTURE PLANS FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. BERKSHIRE

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