Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 15

EMPOWERING FUTURES

For the public benefit, to set out to fill gaps delivered by other organisations to perceived isolated, unemployable and/or disabled people by offering and/or providing assistance to find employment. To enable and match low skilled people to meaningful activities and responsibilities which allow their individual growth in line with their individual capability to enable them to escape exclusion

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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
05/04/23	£237	£172	£64	n/a
05/04/22	£80	£79	£0	n/a
05/04/21	£77	£62	£15	n/a
05/04/20	£13	£12	£1	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

www.empoweringfutures.co.uk

admin@empoweringfutures.co.uk

07443575787

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bristol City, South Gloucestershire,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old 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

The Clothworkers Foundation	£35,000
Quartet Community Foundation	£29,785
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,750
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Empowering Futures
£2,850	18/10/2023 4	Toward the creation of a willow dome with a food forest, and fire pit for cooking, to provide outdoor activities and the learning of new skills, benefiting people with learning disabilities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowering Through 2023
£9,750	07/07/2023	The funding will be used to expand the facilities of a group who support people with learning disabilities through a variety of activities including gardening and crafts. This project aims to improve a community space and help people to increase ....more The funding will be used to expand the facilities of a group who support people with learning disabilities through a variety of activities including gardening and crafts. This project aims to improve a community space and help people to increase their confidence wellbeing and develop new skills.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Empowering Futures
£5,000	22/06/2023	For building alterations and to connect essential services for this Care Farm's building in South Gloucestershire, supporting disabled people and people experiencing mental health difficulties.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Empowering Futures
£9,935	11/05/2023	Towards a Support Worker, administrative support, and some ICT equipment, which will allow time for existing staff to develop the organisation's services and strategically plan.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	25/11/2022	Health Matters Project
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Empowering Futures
£3,000	26/10/2022	To run nature-based interventions/activities that help to integrate individuals with learning difficulties into the community.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Empowering Futures
£4,000	19/07/2022	Toward developing a programme of activities that will educate children with disabilities about the effects of global warming, involving tree planting, gardening, cooking and forestry activities.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Empowering Futures
£35,000	12/07/2022	refurbishment of outdoor space for a charity supporting disadvantaged young people in Bristol
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Empowering Futures
£5,000	24/05/2022	For improving disabled access around the farm site by installing new gates and paths.
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowering Futures Project
£10,000	20/05/2022	The funding will be used to make improvements to the group's new modular building. The project aims to provide a facility which will support activities to reduce isolation and increase skills leading to improved mental health.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

LEANNE AIREY Appointed: 2023

M NEEDS (Chair) Appointed: 2019

S HARPER Appointed: 2019

SUSAN FARTHING Appointed: 2021

VIVIENNE NOTT Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/02/2019, number: 1182139

Gift Aid

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
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

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

Empowering Futures
Bury Hill
Moorend
Hambrook
BRISTOL
BS16 1SS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY PROVIDING THERAPEUTIC GARDENING ACTIVITIES WITHIN A COMMUNITY GARDEN.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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