Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 1

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 4

BROMLEY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES VOLUNTARY SECTOR FORUM

THE FORUM IS A NETWORK OF VOLUNTARY, THIRD SECTOR AND COMMUNITY GROUPS IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY WORKING TO SUPPORT CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES. WE ARE A PRIMARY POINT OF ACCESS FOR INFORMATION, TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR OUR MEMBERS, AIMING TO KEEP THEM UP TO DATE WITH CHANGES IN LEGISLATION, GOOD PRACTICE AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. WE ALSO FACILITATE PARTNERSHIP DELIVERY PROJECTS.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity only provides its support via other charities
Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management 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

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
31/03/23		£457	£444	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/22		£200	£155	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/21		£41	£19	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/20		£11	£5	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19		£2	£3	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/18	*	£5	£4	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£9	£12	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£18	£16	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£13	£19	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£25	£20	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

www.bcfforum.org

charityadmin@bcfforum.org

07957924287

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body

Where it operates

Bromley,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bromley Youth Matters Forums
£2,657	22/10/2022	We'd like to pay an artist to work with young people by designing and creating an art display that will be placed on a wall in the local community.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

BARRY DAVID MCDONALD Appointed: 2020

HELEN SOPHIA DYER (Chair) Appointed: 2013

JUNE ROSEWELL Appointed: 2022

PHILIPPA WENDY RASTALL-PHILLIPS Appointed: 2020

JENNIFER MAPAKOU Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Operations Manager, Other trusteeship: LAY WITNESSES FOR CHRIST INTERNATIONAL - UNITED KINGDOM,

PAUL COSGRAVE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: BROMLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL, COMMUNITY LINKS BROMLEY,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/08/2013, number: 1153545

Gift Aid

NOT 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
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
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

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR18: 134 days late,

Main office

Old Town Hall
30 Tweedy Road
Bromley
BR1 3FE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR WHICH IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE THE INTERESTSOF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND / OR FAMILIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THELONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY BY:(1) LIAISING BETWEEN CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ANDOTHER GROUPS ON RELEVANT ISSUES;(2) PROVIDING TRAINING, CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ON SUBJECTS RELEVANT TO THEEFFICIENCY OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR;(3) IDENTIFYING NEEDS IN THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND ESTABLISHING PROJECTS OR POLICIESTO ADDRESS THEM;(4) ASSISTING IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDING PROGRAMMES TO CHARITIES ANDVOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, MONITORING FOR GRANTS, RECOMMENDING GRANTS, ASSISTINGIN APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS;(5) PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE PRESS AND THE PUBLIC ON THE OPERATION OF, ORPROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY, THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR;(6) PROVIDING SERVICES SUCH AS LEGAL, ACCOUNTANCY AND MANAGEMENT ADVICESERVICES TO THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR;(7) PROVIDING ADVICE AND INFORMATION ON FUND-RAISING TECHNIQUES APPROPRIATE FORVOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND CHARITIES;(8) ACTING AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN RELATION TO GOVERNMENTPOLICIES AND LEGISLATION.‘THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR’ MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS.• CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLEPURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.• VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHEDFOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTIONOF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE APROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCALGOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY

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