Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Overall weighted support: +4
    Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

    FRIENDS FOR ALL PROJECT (FFAP)

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Total income £31,550 £46,656 £7,756 £71,801 £20,024 £2,455
    Total spending £29,250 £43,456 £8,171 £103,439 £21,943 £4,894
    Surplus/deficit £2,300 £3,200 -£415 -£31,638 -£1,919 -£2,439
    Established: 13 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • General Community services
    Purposes
    • The prevention or relief of poverty
    • The advancement of education
    • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • UK and overseas, main operating location: Glasgow City
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • People with disabilities or health problems
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

    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
    Foundation Scotland£15,000
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations£9,639
    Scottish Government£9,200
    DCMS£5,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - FFAP ICT and Job Readiness Training
    £9,639 07/01/2022
    Detailed information not yet available.
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £5,000 21/08/2020
    NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Friends For All Project (FFAP)
    £5,000 21/08/2020
    2
    The project would deliver digital skills and money management training to help Afro-Caribbean job seekers to; compete favourably for available job opportunities, keep or advance in their existing one ....more
    Scottish Government - Friends For All Project (FFAP)
    £9,200 10/06/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Friends For All Project (FFAP)
    £5,000 08/06/2020
    To fund Phase 2 of their COVID Resilience Project to support the most vulnerable members of the Afro-Caribbean community in Glasgow through the provision (delivered door to door) of Afro-Caribbean ....more
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Friends For All Project (FFAP)
    £5,000 15/04/2020
    To contribute to a weekly food purchase and distribution programme to members of the Afro-Caribbean Community living in the Glasgow area, who are having to isolate and don?t have access to other ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Bridging the Gap
    £9,956 14/05/2018
    12
    This group will use the funding to deliver two skills development and civic participation workshops and a volunteering programme in Glasgow.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 25/01/2012, number: SC042888
    Filing Record
    4 returns made; AR21: 338 days late,
    Main office

    37, Burleigh Street, Glasgow, G51 3LB

    Objectives

    To empower young offenders to integrate back into the society and not re-offend. To prevent and relief poverty. To enable the young offenders through advancement of education, provision of information, advice, guidance, training and professional support. To promote the well-being and quality of life of the elderly and vulnerable anywhere in the world through promoting activities (drop-ins, recreation centres etc) that would help keep them active within their communities as well as carry out projects that would benefit the poor and vulnerable.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving

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