Overall GiG Score: 17 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

BRIGHTON UNEMPLOYED CENTRE FAMILIES PROJECT 

To relieve poverty, distress and hardship amongst unemployed and low waged people and their families living or staying in the Brighton area regardless of Race Sex Age or Sexual Orientation
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 and a Community Foundation and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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: 26 years

www.bucfp.org

info@bucfp.org

01273601211

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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£240£232£8n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/03/22£240£232£8n/an/an/an/an/a76
31/03/21£269£223£45n/an/an/an/an/a42
31/03/20£254£229£25n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/19£227£235£-7n/an/an/an/an/a109
31/03/18£252£244£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£299£272£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£267£254£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£258£248£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£219£228£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£267£287£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£286£298£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£325£307£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£297£285£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£265£234£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£264£272£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£246£254£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£265£252£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£244£234£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£188£213£-25£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 70 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,

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
Henry Smith Charity£126,000
Tudor Trust£92,000
Sussex Community Foundation£56,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
National Lottery Community Fund£30,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£9,610
BBC Children in Need£2,570
DCMS£2,570
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£5,000 17/11/2023
Funding was provided for core costs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£10,000 26/07/2023
Funding was provided towards running costs of a new service specifically targeting families in fuel poverty.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£10,000 11/11/2022
Funding was provided towards running costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stronger together community project
£10,000 07/10/2022
The project will offer a volunteer led project that enables isolated families to access free services and activities to get support. The project will reduce isolation and improve mental health and ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£126,000 25/08/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing support for people from disadvantaged communities in Brighton, East Sussex.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000 03/06/2022
Supporting families most in need, giving help, hope and inclusion.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£5,000 17/11/2021
9
Funding was provided towards the running costs of their families project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Better together community project
£10,000 16/07/2021
The funding will be used to provide practical support for disadvantaged families and individuals living in poverty by engaging them in opportunities and activities to improve their overall wellbeing. ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000 28/05/2021
Supporting families most in need, giving help, hope and inclusion.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£10,000 24/05/2021
The Brighton Unemployed Centre work to relieve poverty, distress and hardship amongst families and individuals living or staying in the Brighton area. They aim to achieve social inclusion and ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£6,000 13/05/2021
12
Funding was provided towards core running costs including staff/volunteer costs, overheads, materials and Fareshare costs.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£2,000 20/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£5,000 18/11/2020
12
Funding was provided for staff and running costs.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£9,610 23/07/2020
Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£2,570 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund developmental play-based activities for children from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds isolated due to Covid-19. Children will benefit from improved ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,570 22/05/2020
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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£5,000 21/04/2020
Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project run a community centre and services supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged families. Funding to support those in the community with immediate food parcels ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Our community everyone included
£10,000 06/03/2020
9
The group will use the funding to provide advice and support workshops for people who are isolated and facing economic challenges. These events, which will include a hot meal, will bring people ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£90,000 15/08/2019
36
over three years as continuation funding on an unrestricted basis for a multi-purpose community centre in Brighton
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 05/03/2019
Crisis support for better opportunities
National Lottery Community Fund - Community 'cook, learn and share'
£10,000 31/01/2019
12
The project will use funding to provide support to people affected by food poverty and educating them to eat a healthy diet and control debt.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£3,615 16/11/2018
10
Funding was provided towards the cost of a Food project worker to run a variety of activities.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£117,803 27/06/2018
36
Developmental play-based activities for children from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Children will benefit through more positive relationships, improved emotional health and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Skills for inclusion project
£9,920 22/11/2017
12
This project will deliver a series of English classes and basic computer skills sessions for the local community with the aim or reducing digital isolation and improving English skills.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£75,000 07/09/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing help and support to disadvantaged people in East Sussex
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£72,474 11/08/2017
36
The charity supports disavantaged people across Brighton and Hove in particular Tarner. The funding will support their core project work helping people into volunteering and employment.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£5,000 14/07/2017
The Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project is based in a large multi-functional community centre and has outdoor space and allotments. They run a freely accessible Community Centre which aims to ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£82,000 30/03/2016
36
over three years as continuation funding towards the core costs of a multi-purpose centre offering practical support and opportunities to marginalised people in Brighton, plus a small capital ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Making Changes Meeting Community Need
£194,623 04/06/2015
36
This project will continue to offer a community centre with multiple services to reach local people and families in need. The Centre currently supports 3000 people a year and has around 800 users a ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£72,474 13/08/2014
The charity supports disavantaged people across Brighton and Hove in particular Tarner. The funding will support their core project work helping people into volunteering and employment.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
£65,000 14/03/2012
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of a Playroom Coordinator for a project providing support services to families with young children in Brighton
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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:
  • MARK KING (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Bht Administrator
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/04/1998, number: 1069236
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/03/1998, number: 03537262
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • 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
20 returns made; AR14: 35 days late, AR13: 49 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

BUCFP
6 TILBURY PLACE
BRIGHTON
BN2 0GY

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO RELIEVE POVERTY, DISTRESS AND HARDSHIP AMONGST UNEMPLOYED, UNWAGED AND LOW WAGED PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVING OR STAYING IN THE BRIGHTON AREA REGARDLESS OF RACE, SEX, AGE OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BRIGHTON AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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