Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
    • Overall weighted support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

    THE FENNER FROST FOUNDATION

    The aim of The Fenner Frost Foundation is to support people with a learning disability to develop the skills required to access paid employment opportunities.They will be supported to set up a retail business. Here they will be involved in all aspects of running a shop.They will be assisted to identify and source stock, serve customers,handle money and undertake general shop duties.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

    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
    31/07/23£68£69£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/07/22£54£72£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/07/21£82£56£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/07/20£78£49£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/07/19£40£41£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/07/18£43£30£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/07/17£23£20£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

    www.fennerfrostfoundation.org.uk

    fenner.frost@yahoo.co.uk

    07551843177

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Other education support
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Kent,
    Who it helps
    • 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
    National Lottery Community Fund£28,000
    Henry Smith Charity£10,000
    Co-Operative Group£2,063
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Fenner Frost Foundation
    £10,000 03/02/2023
    The funding will be used towards salaries to maintain the level of staffing in supporting adults with learning disabilities. The project aims to give the students the skills to gain paid or voluntary employment.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Fenner Frost Foundation
    £1,220 22/10/2022
    We would like to take a group of adults with a learning disability away for a break to foster a greater sense of wellbeing within them, as they have suffered disproportionately during the pandemic.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Fenner Frost Foundation
    £843 23/10/2021
    We would like to expand our stock to attract more customers to our shop. We have relied on sporadic donations up to now but our service can't continue without a wider variety of music.
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to The Fenner Frost Foundation
    £10,000 09/06/2021
    12
    towards one year's running costs of a project supporting adults with learning disabilities to develop skills to access employment in Sittingbourne, Kent.
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Fenner Frost Foundation
    £9,600 21/05/2021
    The funding will be used to fund an outreach support worker to promote the charity. The project aims to help those with learning disabilities access employment skills.
    National Lottery Community Fund - RPM (Reaching People through Music)
    £8,400 31/01/2020
    12
    The project will allow the group to continue working with adults with learning disabilities to help them gain confidence and skills, thus leading to employment.
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to The Fenner Frost Foundation
    £10,000 11/09/2019
    12
    towards one year's running costs project supporting adults with learning disabilities to develop skills to access employment in Sittingbourne, Kent
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (6)
    Current Trustees appointed

    • A ROBINS Appointed: 2016
    • C LOFTUS Appointed: 2016
    • CHARLOTTE SQUIRE Appointed: 2016
    • ELIZABETH HYMUS Appointed: 2019
    • GRACE ALICE DOWNS Appointed: 2021
    • JONATHAN HYMUS (Chair) Appointed: 2016
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/05/2016, number: 1167049
    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
    • 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
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    7 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    R P M Record Shop Ltd
    30 West Street
    SITTINGBOURNE
    ME10 1AP

    Objectives

    TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE POSITIVELY IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE ADULTS.TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED BY PROVIDING THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD CAPACITY BY ESTABLISHING AND GROWING A BUSINESS TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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