Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 14
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

FLAMINGO CHICKS CIO

Flamingo Chicks is an inclusive community tackling social isolation by giving all children, including disabled children and those with illnesses such as cancer, the opportunity to enjoy dance and explore movement alongside friends. We also provide a vital peer support network for parents and carers, intergenerational volunteering, global outreach and advocacy.
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 since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/01/24£240£191£49n/a
31/01/23£214£148£67n/a
31/01/22£150£137£13n/a
31/01/21£142£108£34n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.flamingochicks.org

info@flamingochicks.org

01179739019

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • General outpatient health-care services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Ghana, Greece, Japan, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Throughout England And Wales, Vietnam,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
John Lyon's Charity£95,000
The Foyle Foundation£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,720
Quartet Community Foundation£17,287
Garfield Weston Foundation£14,000
Crowdfunder£13,258
DCMS£5,684
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000 01/03/2024
towards the core costs of providing opportunities for disabled children to explore dance and movement
National Lottery Community Fund - Performance Deconstructed: mobile pop up stage
£10,000 26/05/2023
This project will tour across London performing magical workshops delivered from a mobile pop-up stage. The project will offer a unique fusion of dance; performance and advocacy for disabled children who struggle to access traditional performance ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Flamingo Chicks CIO
£95,000 17/11/2022
PERFORMANCE DECONSTRUCTED - Heads of Performance & Dance salaries
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£13,258 27/06/2022
Covid response
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Flamingo Chicks
£3,000 19/11/2021
9
Towards active learning workshops aimed at children in Bristol with special educational needs and disabilities covering money and maths through the medium of movement.
Quartet Community Foundation - 'Smoosh' on Tour - in partnership with Paraorchestra and New Fosseway School
£4,487 17/08/2021
1
To involve children with disabilities school in Smoosh, a street music and dance event, in partnership with the Paraorchestra and New Fosseway Special School.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£14,000 09/07/2021
Flamingo Chicks - Pioneering online physical activity delivery and inclusive evaluation methods for disabled children
Quartet Community Foundation - Covid-recovery: tackling isolation through inclusive volunteering
£5,000 04/05/2021
6
Toward volunteering to tackle social isolation amongst over-55s and disabled young people within the community disproportionately impacted by Covid-19.
National Lottery Community Fund - Getting 500 more disabled children dancing during Covid-19
£9,720 19/02/2021
7
The funding will be used to deliver physical activities for disabled children and their families who have been disproportionately impacted by the COVIS-19 global pandemic. The project aims to help to boost confidence and resilience for young ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£5,684 29/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Capacity building - Volunteer Manager
£4,800 06/04/2020
For a volunteer manager salary to enable the group to recruit and develop a more diverse range of volunteers.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

  • ABU SIDHANEE Appointed: 2023
  • ANNABELLE LOUISE TURNER Appointed: 2022
  • CLAIRE BRIDGES MRS. (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • NICOLE BRENNAN Appointed: 2023
  • ROBERT HART Appointed: 2020
  • ZARA ABA BARTELS Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/01/2020, number: 1187604
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

THE OLD BAKEHOUSE
DOWNS PARK EAST
WESTBURY PARK
BRISTOL
BS6 7QD

Objectives

THE CIO’S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG DISABLED PEOPLE, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING DISABLED, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS BY:A) BEING AN INCLUSIVE DANCE COMMUNITY FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS, DISABLED AND NON-DISABLED;B) PROVIDING AND FACILITATING A SUPPORT NETWORK FOR THE FAMILIES AND CARERS OF DISABLED PEOPLE;C) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING DISABLED PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES/CARERS, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR INCLUSION;D) ADVOCATING FOR THE EQUAL TREATMENT OF DISABLED PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES, INCLUDING THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF DISABILITY.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE, THE TERM DISABLED INCLUDES PEOPLE AFFECTED BY LONG-TERM AND/OR LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESSES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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