Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -9

Support Score: 1

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Static board: -3
All female board: -3

Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -6

FAMILIES FIRST (NORTH EAST)

Provision of services for children, young people and their families, of those with additional needs, disabilities and autism

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 4 trustees?
Why is the Board completely female?
The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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
31/03/24		£1,626	£1,665	£-39	£10	£819	£361	2.6	80	10
31/03/23		£1,538	£1,508	£31	£12	£858	£411	3.3	53	45
31/03/22		£1,380	£1,322	£59	£20	£828	£363	3.3	79	42
31/03/21		£1,327	£1,234	£93	£15	£769	£295	2.9	77	25
31/03/20	*	£1,307	£631	£676	£5	£676	£262	5	75	75

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 44%
Reserves/Spending: 2.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 2.7

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 5 years

www.familiesfirstne.co.uk

teamawesome@familiesfirstne.co.uk

01429812950

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-tees,

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
County Durham Community Foundation - Nourish
£9,000	16/12/2020	Nourish
County Durham Community Foundation - Hand in Hand
£4,998	15/04/2020	To support core costs during Covid-19 pandemic.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-66

CLAIRE HUBBERT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director

PAMELA HARGREAVES (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director

SIAN LAMPLOUGH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director

SUE HARRISON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/06/2019, number: 1183964
Registered at Companies House on 14/06/2019, number: 12051397

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

25/11/2019 - Asset transfer in from FAMILIES FIRST (NORTH EAST)
27/01/2021 - Asset transfer in from LORNE HOUSE RESIDENTIAL HOME TRUST LIMITED

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission
Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

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
Internal risk management 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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR20: 24 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from FAMILIES FIRST (NORTH EAST) on 25/11/2019
Asset transfer in from LORNE HOUSE RESIDENTIAL HOME TRUST LIMITED on 27/01/2021

Main office

175-177 YORK ROAD
HARTLEPOOL
TS26 9EQ

Objectives

1)THE RELIEF AND EDUCATION OF ALL CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH ADDITIONAL AND SPECIAL NEEDS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL, PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AND THERAPEUTIC, EDUCATIONAL AND STIMULATING TOYS AND EQUIPMENT. 2)THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH WITHIN ALL RESIDENTS, INCLUDING THE PROMOTION OF A POSITIVE AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES THROUGHOUT THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND.4) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED, WHICH SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND PROSPERITY OF RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES THROUGHOUT THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND.

Data Sources

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