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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

FRIENDS FOR FAMILIES (SEVENOAKS)

We aim to help relieve the poverty of families with children within the local district. We work with Children?s Services to help families they identify as not having the resources to provide themselves with the normal things of life that most people may take for granted.We provide items, services and facilities in order to bring the quality of life of the beneficiaries to a reasonable standard.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • Why is the Board completely female?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/03/23£194£125£69n/a
05/04/22£116£115£2n/a
05/04/21£105£84£21n/a
05/04/20£75£55£21n/a
05/04/19£40£22£18n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.friendsforfamilies.org

contact@friendsforfamilies.org

07435 986232

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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£10,000
Masonic Trust£10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£8,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Friends For Families
£10,000 15/03/2023
towards one year's running costs of an organisation providing support for families with children under 18 from disadvantaged communities in Sevenoaks and Dartford, Kent.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£8,000 09/12/2022
Cost of Living Crisis
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£10,000 02/12/2022
Unrestricted core funding for small charities

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANNE LOUISE RALPH Appointed: 2024
  • CLAIRE NICOLA DAVISON Appointed: 2021
  • HEATHER ALEXANDRA BRIGHTWELL Appointed: 2024
  • HELEN MARY BUTTIVANT (Chair) Appointed: 2024
  • JACQUELINE LEIGH CRISP Appointed: 2024
  • KATYA PASCALE WICKHAM Appointed: 2024
  • KELLY JAYNE BARLOW Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/05/2018, number: 1178499
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Stanley House
49 Dartford Road
Sevenoaks
TN13 3TE

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE LIVING WITHIN THE SEVENOAKS DISTRICT AND DARTFORD OR ARE OTHERWISE CLIENTS OF WEST KENT CHILDREN’S SERVICES AT KENT COUNTY COUNCIL, SPECIFICALLY FAMILIES WHO DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE THEMSELVES WITH THE NORMAL THINGS OF LIFE WHICH MOST PEOPLE TAKE FOR GRANTED, BY • PROVIDING ITEMS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FURNITURE, BEDDING, CLOTHING, FOOD, FUEL, HEATING APPLIANCES, WASHING MACHINES AND FRIDGES OR BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO PURCHASE THESE ITEMS.• PAYMENT FOR SERVICES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ESSENTIAL REPAIRS, HAIRDRESSING OR OUTINGS AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR CHILDREN.• PROVIDING FACILITIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE SUPPLY OF EQUIPMENT, BOOKS, AND TRAVELLING EXPENSES TO ATTEND SCHOOL, AND EQUIPMENT AND FUNDS FOR RECREATIONAL PURSUITS INTENDED TO BRING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE BENEFICIARIES TO A REASONABLE STANDARD• FINANCING ANY OTHER ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES THAT THE TRUSTEES AGREE SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO BRING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE BENEFICIARIES TO A REASONABLE STANDARD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SEVENOAKS DISTRICT AND DARTFORD OR ARE OTHERWISE CLIENTS OF WEST KENT CHILDREN’S SERVICES AT KENT COUNTY COUNCIL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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