Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 4

No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Good trustee age range: +3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 5

OUR KIDS FIRST

For the public benefit for the relief of children and parents in need who are suffering from the adverse psychological, financial and developmental consequences of divorce or marital separation by providing and operating a peer support network where such children and parents can receive support and seek advice

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/10/23		£109	£114	£-5	n/a
31/10/22		£86	£56	£29	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

www.ourkidsfirst.co.uk

info@ourkidsfirst.co.uk

02039518495

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Secondary schools

How it operates

Makes grants to individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
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

Postcode Society Trust	£24,700
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,500
Woodward Charitable Trust	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Postcode Society Trust - Project Funding
£24,700	29/09/2023	Funding paid for a caseworker for a year, to provide emotional support to vulnerable families going through divorce.
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Kids First - Supporting Families affected by Divorce
£10,000	07/07/2023	The funding will be used to pay for an additional caseworker to continue supporting children and families affected by divorce focussing on a child-centred approach. The project aims to improve overall wellbeing decrease the effect of parental ....more The funding will be used to pay for an additional caseworker to continue supporting children and families affected by divorce focussing on a child-centred approach. The project aims to improve overall wellbeing decrease the effect of parental conflict on children and enable families to move forward.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000	01/11/2022	Core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Kids First
£9,500	29/04/2022	This project will support parents and children going through a family divorce offering a holistic approach in putting children first and creating positive solutions for parents to adopt. It will offer a first port of call and overnight shelter food ....more This project will support parents and children going through a family divorce offering a holistic approach in putting children first and creating positive solutions for parents to adopt. It will offer a first port of call and overnight shelter food clothing and supplies. It also offers an instant support network to help make decisions calmly and not based on anger and frustration. It supports couples with children only to ensure best outcomes for children.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 42-62

ELI STERNLICHT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

NECHEMYA SHEINFELD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

SUSAN REBECCA LISSER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Worker

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/02/2022, number: 1197895
Registered at Companies House on 26/10/2021, number: 13705584

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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

2A SOUTHBOURNE CRESCENT
LONDON
NW4 2JY

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS IN NEED WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM THE ADVERSE PSYCHOLOGICAL, FINANCIAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF DIVORCE OR MARITAL SEPARATION BY:A) PROVIDING AND OPERATING A PEER SUPPORT NETWORK WHERE SUCH CHILDREN AND PARENTS CAN RECEIVE SUPPORT AND SEEK ADVICE FROM PEOPLE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION TO THEMSELVES;B) PROVIDING GRANT FUNDING FOR PARENTS WHOSE DIVORCE CRITERIA HAVE LEFT THEM UNABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR CHILDREN

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