Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +5
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

    FAMILY CONNECTION ASSOCIATION 

    Family Connection Association has been empowering parents to be confident, creative and knowledgeable to empower their children through educational activities. We also trains and support parents to use play to promote child development and learning. Young people take part in a series of workshops which consist of educational activities that engage the youth in debate. Place: 44nineveh Rd, B21 0TT
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • 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

    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
    15/02/23£17£15£2n/an/an/an/an/a15
    15/02/22£16£9£7n/an/an/an/an/a15
    15/02/21£15£14£1n/an/an/an/an/a15
    15/02/20£5£4£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
    15/02/19£5£4£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
    15/02/18£6£6£0£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 7 years

    www.familyconnectionassociation.com

    rosenyota@live.co.uk

    07492711447

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    GiG Classification
    • Services for young people
    How it operates
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 15 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
    National Lottery Community Fund - TACKLING FUEL POVERTY AND COST OF LIVING CRISIS PROJECT
    £9,984 25/11/2022
    The group will use the funding to provide food and support to people who are facing economic challenges. This will bring people together and help them to reach their potential.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Single mothers and young people support project
    £8,559 02/07/2021
    The funding will be used to provide food essentials and other support to single mothers. The project aims to support people's essential needs and improve wellbeing.
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £6,935 03/07/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (4)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/06/2017, number: 1173442
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • 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
    6 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    71 CHURCH GREEN
    BIRMINGHAM
    B20 2HP

    Objectives

    THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG MIGRANTS, INCLUDING REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION (“THE BENEFICIARIES”) IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) IDENTIFYING NEEDS AND WHERE NECESSARY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR BENEFICIARIES TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION AND PROMOTE THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING; B) PROVIDING A LOCAL NETWORK GROUP OFFERING SUPPORT, SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE TO BENEFICIARIES TO ENCOURAGE AND ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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