Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

FRIENDSHIP AT HOME 

Friendship at Home (FAH) CIO started in September 2006, The aim of our organisation is to help combat isolation and loneliness across NEL and to improve older people?s quality of life. We offer a range of support including: information and advice, one to one and telephone befriending; social and exercise clubs, dementia support and support after hospital discharge.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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

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
31/12/22£365£265£100n/an/an/an/an/a125
31/12/21£207£243£-36n/an/an/an/an/a110
31/12/20£307£187£120n/an/an/an/an/a120
31/12/19£203£192£11n/an/an/an/an/a137
31/12/18£244£219£24£0£0£0n/a0125
31/12/17£218£203£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£191£184£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£137£137£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.friendshipathome.org.uk

admin@friendshipathome.org.uk

01472231613

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Services for the elderly
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • North East Lincolnshire,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 125 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£275,651
The Clothworkers Foundation£10,000
CAF£8,000
Masonic Trust£500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 30/01/2023
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Young at Heart continuation funding
£214,157 08/07/2021
The funding will help to continue to provide elderly communities with befriending services (Virtual and face to face) supporting older people suffering loneliness a range of illness disabilities and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Friendship At Home
£53,494 13/11/2020
5
The funding will provide elderly and disabled people with shopping activities and other needs during this crisis ensuring that they have all the essential items they need to maintain both their ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Friendship at Home
£10,000 25/06/2020
purchase of IT equipment for a charity that supports older people in York & Humberside
CAF - Grant to Friendship at Home
£8,000 24/04/2020
3
Grant to Friendship at Home to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Short term long term friendship
£8,000 18/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to offer short term befriending for older people. The project aims to build confidence and self-esteem in older people and help them to reconnect with the community again.
Sport England - Getting Active Staying Active
£9,854 25/04/2019
23
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Getting Active Staying Active. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 08/03/2019
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Friendship at Home
£68,163 16/12/2015
36
providing support to older people to combat isolation and loneliness. The grant will fund a Supporting Older People Project Worker to coordinate and provide low level support and befriending to older ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Young at Heart
£495,608 07/10/2015
60
This project is a continuation and development to reduce isolation and loneliness and improve health and wellbeing of older people. This project will expand and continue the current services ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Friendship at Home
£35,000 29/06/2011
the salary and on-costs of the Dementia Project Worker, volunteer and staff expenses, room hire, activities and publicity
National Lottery Community Fund - Friendship at Home (FAH)
£341,431 10/02/2010
60
This is the continuation and expansion of an existing project. The project currently works with people over 60 years old and provides befriending services in the client's own home, social activities, ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/01/2015, number: 1160062
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from FRIENDS OF CLEETHORPES HERITAGE on 24/07/2019
Main office

6-7 aspen court
GRIMSBY
cleethorpes
cleethorpes
n e lincs
DN35 0SJ

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF OLDER PEOPLE AND THOSE OVER 18 AFFECTED BY ISOLATION, LIVING IN THE BOROUGH OF NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE WITHIN THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE AND PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1. THE PROVISION OF A BEFRIENDING AND VISITING SERVICE2. THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FOR SUCH PERSONS AND THEIR CARERS; AND3. THE TRAINING OF VOLUNTEERS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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