Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Spending declining: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 0

CARDIFF AND VALE OF GLAMORGAN PARENTS FEDERATION (LEARNING DISABILITIES)

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CHARITY ARE:TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY (MENTAL HANDICAP) IN THE AREAS CURRENTLY COVERED BY THE COUNTIES OF CARDIFF AND THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN.THE MAIN ACTIVITIES ARE THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION FOR CARERS AND FAMILIES AND REPRESENTING CARERS' VIEWS AT PLANNING MEETINGS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT UNPAID CARERS' VIEWS ARE REPRESENTED.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Over half the Board have joined recently

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 is declining
Income has been volatile recently

Established: 25 years
(28 years as a company)

www.parentsfed.org

admin@parentsfed.org

029 2056 5917

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	*	£68	£69	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/22		£55	£77	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/21		£106	£86	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/20		£105	£93	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/19		£112	£87	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/18		£98	£105	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£112	£99	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£103	£102	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£94	£110	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£115	£103	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£95	£102	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£98	£104	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£118	£132	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£145	£133	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£146	£132	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£109	£122	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£123	£130	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£156	£166	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£134	£118	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£98	£103	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

What it does

Disability

Who works here?

8 volunteers

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Cardiff, Vale Of Glamorgan,

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Understanding Disability awards 2023
£5,291	25/07/2023	Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan Parents Federation (Learning Disabilities) will use £5291 to hold an event to celebrate and award individuals and organisations who support people with disabilities. ....more Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan Parents Federation (Learning Disabilities) will use £5291 to hold an event to celebrate and award individuals and organisations who support people with disabilities. It will also reconnect families who've Bydd Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan Parents Federation (Learning Disabilities) yn defnyddio £5291 i gynnal digwyddiad i ddathlu a gwobrwyo unigolion a sefydliadau sy'n cefnogi pobl ag anableddau. Bydd hefyd yn ailgysylltu teuluoedd sydd wedi cael eu hynysu o ganlyniad i'r pandemig.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	13/06/2018	Helping carers to care
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Cardiff and Vale Parents Federation
£74,590	20/03/2018 36	Delivery of the independent living accommodation options service for parents/carers and their cared for, individuals with a learning disability within the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan areas.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Cardiff and Vale Parents Federation
£14,600	09/11/2016 12	Organisational development costs, including creating a new IT client database with consultancy support, marketing support, increased service user and volunteer engagement with associated training and ....more Organisational development costs, including creating a new IT client database with consultancy support, marketing support, increased service user and volunteer engagement with associated training and associated staff delivery costs relating to the work.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Cardiff and Vale Parents Federation
£20,100	28/03/2014	This Cardiff based charity provides information and support to families, carers and individuals with a learning disability.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 63-71

ANN DUMINIL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Architect

JANIS LESLEY GRIFFITHS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

NICHOLAS DAVIES (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

STEPHEN DURBIN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/08/1999, number: 1076847
Registered at Companies House on 14/06/1995, number: 03067995

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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; AR23: 1 days late,

Main office

Unit 14 Sbectrwm Community Centre
Bwlch Road
Fairwater
Cardiff
CF5 3EF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY (MENTAL HANDICAP) IN THE AREAS CURRENTLY COVERED BY THE COUNTIES OF CARDIFF AND THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CARDIFF AND VALE OF GLAMORGAN

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