Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

FAMILY FRIENDS 

Family Friends' objectives are the relief of children and parents in despair and distress and the prevention of emotional and physical abuse of such children. The aims of the charity are to give long-term practical and emotional support to parents and children in need through trained volunteers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • 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
Established: 30 years

www.familyfriends.uk.com

info@familyfriends.uk.com

02089609099

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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£291£262£29n/an/an/an/an/a67
31/03/22£236£238£-2n/an/an/an/an/a65
31/03/21£222£208£14n/an/an/an/an/a39
31/03/20£223£236£-13n/an/an/an/an/a51
31/03/19£228£233£-5n/an/an/an/an/a51
31/03/18£247£227£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£236£235£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£245£245£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£211£212£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£215£202£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£207£211£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£193£229£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£228£242£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£264£220£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£251£197£54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£186£161£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£169£154£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06?*£188£177£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/04£99£96£3£0£0£0n/a00

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 30%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
What it does
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 67 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£114,000
John Lyon's Charity£71,600
The London Community Foundation£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Family Friends
£6,000 27/01/2023
Cost-of-Living Uplift
National Lottery Community Fund - Evolve
£114,000 14/07/2021
The group is using funding to for the 'Evolve' programme as well as for core support. The grant will support the implementation of a new model of peer support and groupwork for families and ....more
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Family Friends
£2,600 21/06/2021
Summer fun for families
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Family Friends
£4,000 06/04/2020
To provide the costs of 100 sets of food and essential items to vulnerable families. Family Friends already has a roster of DBS and reference-checked volunteers who will shop on behalf of families. ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Family Friends
£63,000 14/06/2019
36
Family Befriending and Mentoring
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 07/03/2019
Parent Befriending and Child Mentoring
National Lottery Community Fund - Grenfell Tower Programme
£26,580 01/08/2017
12
This project will offer child mentoring and parent befriending services to 25 families for a three month period within the Lancaster West Estate, which includes Grenfell Tower. The project will work ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Family Friends
£37,000 09/02/2017
36
This grant will support Family Friends in offering mentoring to children and young people living in situations of local deprivation in West London. They will experience improved mental health, ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Family Friends
£30,000 28/02/2014
Family Friends provides parent and children befriending and mentoring services supporting families who are struggling in Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham. It is seeking funding for ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Child Befriending and Mentoring
£188,394 18/04/2013
60
This project will expand the current small scale service which supports children aged 5 to 16 years in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The aim is to improve the physical and mental ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Family Friends
£10,000 21/05/2008
12
Towards Unrestricted core costs Towards core costs and the salary of the family & volunteer co-ordinator on the befriending and mentoring scheme which helps hard-to-reach disadvantaged families.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-65
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/11/1993, number: 1028214
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/10/1993, number: 02863464
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR06: 9 days late,
Main office

Unit 1
10 Acklam Road
LONDON
W10 5QZ

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN OR PARENTS IN DESPAIR AND DISTRESS AND THE PREVENTION OF EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE OF SUCH CHILDREN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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