Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 1
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +1
    Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

    PARENTS CONCILIATION TRUST IN SUFFOLK 

    Working with children and young people who are distressed by their parents' divorce or separation. Also providing a haven of last resort at the Ipswich Contact Centre.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
    • Income has been volatile recently

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£9£5£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/22£7£5£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/21£7£2£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/20£9£6£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/19£16£12£5n/an/an/an/an/a20
    31/03/18£21£17£4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£25£20£5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£24£21£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£36£29£7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£64£66£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£46£45£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12*£69£64£5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£54£56£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10*£42£43£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£47£50£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£37£24£14£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07*£11£6£5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£0£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05*£6£2£4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£27£34£-7£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 36 years

    jonnyripman@hotmail.com

    07850785200

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Social youth organisations
    How it operates
    • Provides human resources
    Where it operates
    • Suffolk,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People

    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
    Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
    £2,500 01/04/2021
    To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
    Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
    £2,670 01/01/2020
    To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
    Ministry of Justice - ALB - Cafcass - Supported Child Contact Centres (SCCC) Grant 19-20
    £2,805 01/04/2019
    Provide support for contact centres
    Ministry of Justice - Supported contact centres
    £4,075 01/04/2018
    Provide support for contact centres
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to PACT
    £5,000 13/06/2013
    towards one year's running costs of a counselling service in Suffolk for children and young people whose parents are divorcing or separating

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (3)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/04/1988, number: 299208
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR12: 19 days late, AR10: 15 days late, AR07: 118 days late, AR05: 52 days late, AR04: 34 days late,
    Main office

    11 Manor Road
    Hasketon
    Woodbridge
    IP13 6HY

    Objectives

    TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE THROUGH CONCILIATION FOR COUPLES WHOSE RELATIONSHIP APPEAR TO BE BREAKING DOWN. WHERE SUCH RELATIONSHIPS HAVE ALREADY BROKEN DOWN TO ADVISE AND HELP IN THE SETTLEMENT OF DIFFERENCES OR POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES OVER ASSOCIATED MATTERS SUCH AS CUSTODY OF AND ACCESS TO CHILDREN FINANCIAL MATTERS AND THE LIKE.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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