Overall GiG Score: 20 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 9
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

SWANSEA AND BRECON DIOCESAN BOARD FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 

The charity works primarily with children, young people and their parents and/or carers to provide educational and experiential opportunities, support, advice, childcare and vocational training. We operate within Swansea, along with facilitating a hub of community support in Brecon. We work in identified areas of disadvantage offering both premises based and outreach support
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
Established: 21 years

www.faithinfamilies.wales

admin@faithinfamilies.wales

01792 588487

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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£1,195£1,127£67£0£2,179£8929.54310
31/03/22£1,178£995£182£0£2,111£87310.54410
31/03/21£884£830£54£0£1,929£764113324
31/03/20£776£756£19£0£1,875£66010.55954
31/03/19£909£731£178£0£1,856£62010.23829
31/03/18£919£872£47£0£1,678£3625440
31/03/17£1,755£872£883£1£1,631£3424.7430
31/03/16£949£971£-22£1£748£3424.2430
31/03/15£1,035£1,074£-38£18£770£3383.8470
31/03/14£1,332£1,252£81£12£808£3513.4700
31/03/13£1,613£1,136£476£11£728£2512.6510
31/03/12*£973£944£29£11£251£2363490
31/03/11£861£801£61£8£222£1902.8300
31/03/10£696£679£17£4£161£941.7280
31/03/09£708£619£88£3£145£1102.1240
31/03/08£691£726£-35£2£56£-9-0.1200
31/03/07?£705£724£-19£2£91£911.5210
31/12/05£446£458£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£311£323£-12£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 41%
Reserves/Spending: 9.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 5.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 43 employees
  • 10 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of Swansea, Powys,
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

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£298,489
Masonic Trust£60,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
BBC Children in Need£33,501
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Faith in Families
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Swansea and Brecon Diocesan Board for Social Responsibility
£1,000 16/02/2022
This project will provide training and mentoring to a project worker who will deliver money management sessions to disadvantaged children. Children will improve their life skills through developing ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Faith in Families
£50,000 29/07/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Faith in Families
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£60,000 14/10/2020
A grant to support disadvantaged children in Swansea to give them the best chance of engaging with education and having a bright future.
National Lottery Community Fund - Brighter Futures
£298,489 24/09/2020
36
Swansea and Brecon Diocesan Board for Social Responsibility will continue a successful pilot project that worked with 75 children from the Swansea East area. They will engage with three community ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Swansea and Brecon Diocesan Board for Social Responsibility
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund activity packs for children and young people from a disadvantaged area that have been isolated by the Covid-19 pandemic to have more feel and to make better choices.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000 07/06/2020
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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Swansea and Brecon Diocesan Board for Social Responsibility
£29,501 19/11/2019
36
This project will provide an after-school club for children and young people from a deprived area. They will make more friends, increase their confidence, and improve their social skills.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Swansea & Brecon Diocesan Board For Social Responsibility
£119,858 28/02/2019
36
This project will provide group and intensive individual support to children in a deprived area. They will improve their relationships with others, increase their understanding of their emotions, ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 12/02/2019
Changing Times
National Lottery Community Fund - St Teilos Family Centre
£500,000 25/11/2015
36
St Teilos Family Centre
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Swansea and Brecon Diocesan Board for Social Responsibility
£92,000 14/03/2012
36
towards three years' funding of a Centre Manager to support vulnerable families in Breconshire
National Lottery Community Fund - St John's Children and Family Resource Centre
£451,147 28/01/2010
48
Following support from a Capital Development grant and will provide a dedicated resource centre for children and families in Brecon by rennovating the main hall to provide a playgroup, breakfast and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-85
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/12/2002, number: 1095035
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/05/2002, number: 04440970
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)
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
19 returns made; AR12: 0 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SPARK BLAENYMAES LTD on 16/06/2021
Main office

Teilos Community Cwtch
62 Cheriton Crescent
Portmead
SWANSEA
SA5 5LA

Objectives

The Charity?s objects (?the Objects?) are for the prevention or relief of poverty for public benefit in Swansea by providing: grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty, in particular but not exclusively families with young children.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE CITY & COUNTY OF SWANSEA AND POWYS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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