Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 7

Future income +5
No PartB

All female board: -3

Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 9

FAMILY FRIENDS (WREXHAM)

To provide emotional or/and practical support to disadvantaged families with children from pre-natal to 14years old in Wrexham

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why is the Board completely 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

Financial Data ?

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
31/03/23	*	£248	£235	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£215	£190	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£186	£158	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£142	£148	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£194	£179	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£162	£150	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£141	£113	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£47	£66	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

http://www.family-friends.co.uk/

familyfriendswrexham@gmail.com

01978366115

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Practical support, advice & companionship

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Wrexham,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

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

Henry Smith Charity	£281,800
Postcode Community Trust	£50,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Postcode Community Trust - Multi year funding year 2
£25,000	22/11/2023	Multi year funding pilot
Postcode Community Trust - Multi year funding
£25,000	03/10/2022	Multi year funding pilot
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Family Friends
£115,100	07/04/2022 36	towards three years' running costs of a family support service, including counselling and wrap around support, for families in crisis who have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Wrexham, Wales.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Family Friends
£166,700	18/03/2021 36	towards three years' salary of a Family Support Worker, Manager, Counsellor and Coordinator and Education Officer for a project supporting disadvantaged families in Wrexham.
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 Supporting people through Covid
£10,000	08/06/2020 8	Family Friends in Wrexham will use a £10000 grant to provide online and telephone support during COVID-19 to women who are or have been suffering from Domestic Abuse. Bydd Ffrindiau Teulu yn Wrecsam yn defnyddio grant o £10000 i ddarparu cymorth ....more Family Friends in Wrexham will use a £10000 grant to provide online and telephone support during COVID-19 to women who are or have been suffering from Domestic Abuse. Bydd Ffrindiau Teulu yn Wrecsam yn defnyddio grant o £10000 i ddarparu cymorth ar-lein a ffôn yn ystod COVID-19 i fenywod sydd neu sydd wedi bod yn dioddef o Gam-drin Domestig.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Family Friends for 5-11
£12,846	13/02/2019 12	To deliver a new domestic abuse service based on delivery of the Freedom Programme and the Freedom Forever Programme along with associate crèche support for women experiencing abuse within the Wrexham area.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Family Friends For Fives To Elevens
£75,069	17/10/2017 36	This project will provide a befriending service and a fun club for children from a disadvantaged area. The children will have more fun, increase their skills, and have more friends
National Lottery Community Fund - A Family Friends service to strengthen community cohesion
£247,595	25/11/2015 36	A Family Friends service to strengthen community cohesion

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREA WATSON Appointed: 2020

BEULAH GRIFFITHS Appointed: 2013

MARGARET PEET (Chair) Appointed: 2015

MELANIE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2018

RUTH WOODCOCK Appointed: 1998

WENDY WILLIAMS Appointed: 2015

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/02/2015, number: 1160655

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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR23: 126 days late,

Main office

The Salvation Army Premises
Garden Road
Wrexham
LL11 2NU

Objectives

The objects of the CIO are to promote the relief of parents of children from prenatal to fourteen years experiencing stress and/or anxiety relating to the upbringing of their children. To advance the education and promote good parenting skills in all aspects relating to the care and upbringing of children with the exception and addition for all adults having the ability to access any of our well being programmes to improve community provision in the administrative area of Wrexham County Borough (hereinafter called the Area of Benefit).

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