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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

FRIENDS OF FIRS FARM

Activities for public benefit
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • There have been no 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/03/23£334£81£253n/a
31/03/22£72£2£70n/a
31/03/21*£2£1£1n/a
31/03/20£15£12£3n/a
31/03/19£38£18£20n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.firsfarmn21.org

friendsoffirsfarm@gmail.com

07956537974

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Land or water management
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Enfield,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Sport England£125,653
DCMS£120,653
London Marathon Charitable Trust£20,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Bringing facilities to Firs Farm
£20,000 16/02/2023
towards the installation of a Changing Places toilet and related improvements at Firs Farm
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 11/01/2023
Bringing a Community Hub & Faciities to Firs Farm
Sport England - Creating a Community Hub
£40,653 29/11/2022
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled creating a community hub. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Creating a Community Hub
£40,653 29/11/2022
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled creating a community hub. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
National Lottery Community Fund - Firs Farm Community Hub
£10,000 14/10/2022
The funding will be used to fit flooring at the organisation's new community hub. The project will help to complete a venue for activities which have a range of benefits to people's wellbeing fitness education and skills development.
Sport England - Creating a Community Hub
£5,000 16/03/2022
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Install toilets within a community hub. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
Sport England - Install toilets within a community hub
£80,000 15/12/2021
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Install toilets within a community hub. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Creating a Community Hub
£80,000 15/12/2021
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled creating a community hub. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Friends of Firs Farm
£2,781 15/11/2019
We want to build an accessible 'Changing Places Toilet' at our award winning wetlands.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • CHRIS FERRARY Appointed: 2020
  • PAUL WILLIAM GUIVER Appointed: 2024
  • REBECCA BEACH Appointed: 2024
  • SIMON MANUAL JAROSCH Appointed: 2020
  • TONI GUIVER (Chair) Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/02/2018, number: 1177069
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Financial reserves 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR21: 1 days late,
Main office

Firs Farm Community Hub
Firs Farm Playing Fields
Firs Lane
LONDON
N21 2PJ

Objectives

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PUBLIC IN NORTH LONDON/ENFIELD BY SUPPORTING THE PRESERVATION, PROMOTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF FIRS FARM WETLANDS PARK AND PLAYING FIELDS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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