Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 8

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 3 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 6

SEAFRIENDS

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 2 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
14/09/22	*	£74,267	£63,412	£10,855	35
14/09/21	*	£76,681	£43,412	£33,269	39

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.seafriends.co.uk

hello@seafriends.org.uk

01323914689

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
35 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to SeaFriends
£3,324	23/10/2021	We support isolated and lonely residents to participate in local activities through one-to-one befriending, increasing self-confidence, improving wellbeing and making people smile.
National Lottery Community Fund - SeaFriends
£224,092	17/06/2021	SeaFriends a community befriending organisation in Seaford on the South Coast plans to use its £224092.00 funding over 3 years to continue delivering and expanding its befriending service in ....more SeaFriends a community befriending organisation in Seaford on the South Coast plans to use its £224092.00 funding over 3 years to continue delivering and expanding its befriending service in Seaford East Sussex. This will allow SeaFriends to concentrate on increasing the numbers of beneficiaries they are able to support as well as the necessary recruitment training and retention of quality volunteers needed.
National Lottery Community Fund - SeaFriends Covid 19 Support
£45,408	28/05/2020 9	The organisation will use funding to ensure older and isolated members of the community are supported through welfare checks and discussions about ongoing needs. The project aims to match people to a ....more The organisation will use funding to ensure older and isolated members of the community are supported through welfare checks and discussions about ongoing needs. The project aims to match people to a volunteer for regular calls and companionship. The funding will be used to meet the increase in need for the service due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

MARK FORRESTER Appointed: 2021

STEPHANIE NORMA BAKER (Chair) Appointed: 2020

JANET MARY KENT Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SUTTON WITH SEAFORD,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/09/2020, number: 1191294

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

20/03/2023 - Asset transfer in from SEAFORD STROKE AND CARING CLUB
13/09/2023 - Asset transfer in from AGE CONCERN,SEAFORD

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

2 returns made; AR22: 12 days late, AR21: 14 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from SEAFORD STROKE AND CARING CLUB on 20/03/2023
Asset transfer in from AGE CONCERN,SEAFORD on 13/09/2023

Main office

34 SUTTON PARK ROAD
SEAFORD
BN25 1RP

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:A) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF AN INTERGENERATIONAL BEFRIENDING SERVICE, SOCIAL GROUPS AND THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO ADDRESS LONELINESS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION AMONGST THOSE LIVING IN SEAFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE FEELING SOCIALLY ISOLATED OR LONELY AS A RESULT OF THEIR AGE, INFIRMITY, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCE.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL OR 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 OR 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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