Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 5
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

SUNDERLAND NORTH FAMILY ZONE

Family, adult and community learning courses includeo Child developmento Creative Craftso Cooking on a budgeto Basic skills and national tests in numeracy & literacyo Food Hygieneo Online Basics and Basic Computing Course To AdvanceWelfare Services:Support with forms:Personal independent Payments, Employment and Support Allowance,Universal Credit,SSC1
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£48£94£-46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£172£116£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£100£73£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
?31/03/20£60£63£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£60£59£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£82£69£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£79£106£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£136£129£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£162£155£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£178£181£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£130£158£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£222£200£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£539£536£3£0£3£30.120
31/03/10£106£121£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£106£121£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08?*£185£189£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£234£221£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£328£278£50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£216£241£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 24 years

snfz2003@yahoo.co.uk

07983570025

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
National Lottery Community Fund£22,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£11,640
National Lottery Heritage Fund£9,900
The Clothworkers Foundation£9,900
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£7,176
Allen Lane Foundation£6,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Activities programme to reduce isolation in sheltered accommodation schemes
£10,000 05/05/2023
The funding will be used to hold a variety of wellbeing activities aimed at older people living within three sheltered accommodations. The project aims to reduce isolation connect with others and improve mental health and well-being.
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Sunderland North Family Zone
£6,000 11/07/2022
£6,000 single grant towards the running costs of a Community Pantry scheme supporting older people.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Sunderland North Family Zone
£7,176 23/11/2021
45% of the salary costs for a Project Co-ordinator for a charity providing a community pantry, welfare advocacy and digital skills support for communities in the North West area of Sunderland.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£15,000 03/09/2021
Community Pantry and Food Bank
National Lottery Community Fund - Reducing loneliness and reconnecting older people living in care
£2,500 22/07/2021
Funding will support the running of a five week long community activities across five sheltered accommodations schemes across Sunderland. These will take the form of two hour craft and wellbeing workshops to residents for whom Covid has had a ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sunderland North Family Zone
£9,900 29/06/2021
Uncovering the history of theatre and LGBT rights
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Sunderland North Family Zone
£11,640 24/06/2021
Re-starting the community pantry scheme, to support vulnerable people living in Sunderland and Washington
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Sunderland North Family Zone
£9,900 13/04/2021
To purchase a vehicle for a charity supporting older people in Tyne and Wear
National Lottery Community Fund - Reconnecting after Lockdown: Community Pantry Project
£10,000 25/02/2021
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The funding will be used to restart the group's community pantry and mobile shopping scheme. This will provide food and essentials for older people and people with disabilities including those in sheltered house schemes and living alone. Craft ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Mobile Community Pantry
£9,606 13/03/2018
Mobile Community Pantry
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sunderland North Family Zone
£31,900 29/03/2011
the salary and NI of a part time Volunteer Co-ordinator
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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:
  • ANNE MORRISON
  • JANET TATE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Administrator
  • JUDITH POTELLE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Aromatherapist/Tutor
  • LINDA PROCOPIS Appointed: 2021
  • PETER KIRKPATRICK Appointed: 2022
  • SARAH ROBSON Appointed: 2024
  • LYNNE ROBINSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Tutor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/09/2000, number: 1082558
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/02/2000, number: 03922032
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Investment
  • 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
19 returns made; AR23: 43 days late, AR08: 126 days late,
Main office

2A Blind Lane
SILKSWORTH
SUNDERLAND
SR3 1AU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NORTH WEST AREA OF THE CITY OF SUNDERLAND, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:1) TO RELIEVE POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.2) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH.3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC.4) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR GROUP PLAY IN WHICH PARENTS CAN PARTICIPATE WHERE APPROPRIATE.5) TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, ADVICE AND COUNSELLING SERVICES, AND APPROPRIATE ASSOCIATED FACILITIES.6) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS HAVING NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, YOUTH, SEX, INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT, POVERTY AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE NORTH WEST AREA OF THE CITY OF SUNDERLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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