Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 5

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 8

FUNKYKIDS

funky kids provides social and recreational activities to families effected by hearing loss preventing social isolation, improving health and well being and improving mental health. we hold large monthly themed events, we hold weekly support groups , coffee mornings and a parent and toddler group, we provide a monthly youth service and signing classes.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
31/12/23		£68	£73	£-5
31/12/22		£74	£65	£9

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

funkykidswalsall@gmail.com

07912880373

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Walsall,

Who it helps

Children/Young 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Funky teens
£7,381	08/10/2021	The funding will be used to run a monthly youth club for children affected by hearing loss and their siblings. The project aims to build social relationships improve wellbeing and reduce the feeling ....more The funding will be used to run a monthly youth club for children affected by hearing loss and their siblings. The project aims to build social relationships improve wellbeing and reduce the feeling of isolation.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

ADRIAN PERKS Appointed: 2023

CHARLOTTE MILLS Appointed: 2024

CHRISTOPHER WINDSOR Appointed: 2014

EDONNA THOMAS Appointed: 2023

HELEN MARKLEW Appointed: 2022

PETER MARKLEW Appointed: 2022

GILLIAN SYMONDS Appointed: 2019

ROBERT CARTER (Chair) Appointed: 2020

WAYNE SAMUELS Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/07/2021, number: 1195107

Gift Aid

NOT 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

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

80 Stephenson Avenue
WALSALL
WS2 7HD

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG CHILDREN WHO ARE EFFECTED BY DEAFNESS OR HAVE HEARING IMPAIRMENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES OR CARERS, LIVING IN THE MIDLANDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING DEAF OR HAVING A HEARING IMPAIRMENTS BY THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES AND GROUP SUPPORT TO ENABLE THE SHARING OF INFORMATION.

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