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Finance Score: -12
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

FRIENDS OF THE FERNS 

TO RAISE AWARENESS AND RAISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ACROSS SUFFOLK
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The Board appears to be 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
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
miles

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
26/06/22£2£5£-3n/an/an/an/an/a10
26/06/21£3£5£-2n/an/an/an/an/a10
26/06/20£5£5£0n/an/an/an/an/a30
26/06/19*£10£11£-1n/an/an/an/an/a30
26/06/18*£6£1£5£0£0£0n/a030
26/06/17£3£1£2£0£0£0n/a00
26/06/16£2£3£-1£0£0£0n/a00
26/06/15£9£2£7£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.friendsoftheferns.co.uk

luke.morris@scruttonbland.co.uk

01473 945731

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

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

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/06/2014, number: 1157612
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR19: 171 days late, AR18: 117 days late,
Main office

c/o Scrutton Bland
Fitzroy House
Crown Street
Ipswich
IP1 3LG

Objectives

OBJECTIVE TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SICKNESS OF PERSONS, RESIDENT IN SUFFOLK, RECOVERING FROM SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR SUCH PERSONS.?

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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