Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 5

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 2

FRIENDS R US LONDON

To provide culturally appropriate social and drama activities for children and young people in the local BME community

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 recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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
31/10/22	*	£72	£73	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/10/21		£50	£12	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/10/20		£58	£64	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/10/19	*	£60	£63	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/10/18		£67	£56	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	70
31/10/17	*	£54	£56	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/16		£40	£47	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/15		£74	£71	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/14		£114	£110	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/13		£47	£51	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/12		£55	£44	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/11	*	£36	£39	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/10		£29	£28	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/09		£37	£31	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/08	*	£14	£17	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

friendsruslondon@gmail.com

02088093857

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Recreation

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Provides human resources

Where it operates

Hackney, Haringey,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
70 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 - Our time in the limelight
£9,940	18/03/2022	The funding will be used to deliver out of hours drama and musical activities for young people from the Jewish community in North London. The project aims to support confidence in self-expression ....more The funding will be used to deliver out of hours drama and musical activities for young people from the Jewish community in North London. The project aims to support confidence in self-expression confidence and improve emotional wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Building the Future
£500,000	26/01/2015 24	Not Available
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Friends R Us
£100,000	27/11/2014	£100,000 towards the provision of disabled access at Beth Jacob House.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Friends R Us
£4,500	10/04/2014	£4,500 to cover the costs of an independent access audit of Beth Jacob House, including the preparation of a Full Access Statement for the charity’s planning application and disability and access ....more £4,500 to cover the costs of an independent access audit of Beth Jacob House, including the preparation of a Full Access Statement for the charity’s planning application and disability and access awareness training.
National Lottery Community Fund - Rewarding Experience
£10,000	30/01/2014 12	The group will use the funding to provide day trips targeted at mother and daughter beneficiaries and a residential and training retreat for disadvantaged volunteers and young girls. This will enable ....more The group will use the funding to provide day trips targeted at mother and daughter beneficiaries and a residential and training retreat for disadvantaged volunteers and young girls. This will enable beneficiaries to experience engaging extra-curricular activities with their parents and training focused on working with young people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Building the Future
£44,460	17/12/2013 12	No press release available in this release
National Lottery Community Fund - Project Memory Lane
£10,000	09/02/2012 12	This is a project by a community organisation in Hackney. The group will use the funding to stage a performance of a drama production by disadvantaged mothers and daughters. This will enable ....more This is a project by a community organisation in Hackney. The group will use the funding to stage a performance of a drama production by disadvantaged mothers and daughters. This will enable beneficiaries to take part in extracurricular activities and will improve intergenerational cohesion in the community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Out and About
£10,000	28/10/2010 12	This is a project by a community group in Haringey which will use the funding to provide girls from Orthodox Jewish backgrounds with the opportunity to participate in educational day trips and an ....more This is a project by a community group in Haringey which will use the funding to provide girls from Orthodox Jewish backgrounds with the opportunity to participate in educational day trips and an overnight outdoor activity weekend. This will address financial barriers to participation to enable beneficiaries to improve self esteem, self confidence and leadership skills through accessing new challenging outdoor activities.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

FAIGYE GOLDMAN Appointed: 2012

REBECCA KATZ Appointed: 2011

ROSE HOFFMAN

SHANI JUST Appointed: 2011

SONIA MOSSBERG, Other trusteeships: HOT LINE MEALS SERVICE (LONDON), KEREN CHASODIM LTD,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/11/2007, number: 1121746

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR22: 27 days late, AR19: 284 days late, AR17: 15 days late, AR11: 25 days late, AR08: 55 days late,

Main office

FRIENDS R US LONDON
65-67 AMHURST PARK
LONDON
N16 5DL

Objectives

1)TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT,FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF PEOPLE OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF PEOPLE.2) TO ALLEVIATE POVERTYTO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH, BY THE PROVISION TRAINING COURSES, WITH A VIEW TO ENABLING THEM TO ENHANCE THEIR PROSPECTS OF EMPLOYMENT AND CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON

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