Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

BRENTRY AND HENBURY CHILDRENS CENTRE LIMITED 

Providing family support to families with children under five years old. To support these families in many aspects of life including health, education, parental support and training. Providing a safe, intergrated educational play space for children before formal education at 5 years including daycare for children aged nine months to five years.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 19 years
(23 years as a company)

www.everyfamily.org.uk

admin@everyfamily.org.uk

01179593800

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UN SDGs
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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£864£968£-104£1£1,396£1,39117.3421
31/03/22*£1,160£1,140£20£11£1,423£1,34214.1610
31/03/21*£1,221£1,250£-28£0£1,403£1,31712.6500
31/03/20£1,408£1,420£-12£1£1,432£1,33811.3518
31/03/19£1,512£1,478£34£3£1,444£1,35011555
31/03/18£1,693£1,560£133£3£1,410£1,32110.2590
31/03/17£1,435£1,413£23£4£1,277£1,27710.9520
31/03/16£1,269£1,286£-18£0£1,254£1,25411.7500
31/03/15£1,366£1,431£-65£6£1,272£1,27210.7530
31/03/14£1,464£1,460£4£5£1,337£1,29610.7640
31/03/13£1,506£1,437£68£6£1,332£1,30510.9630
31/03/12£1,459£1,419£40£6£1,264£1,23410.4640
31/03/11£1,481£1,432£48£6£1,224£1,21910.2620
31/03/10£1,283£1,243£40£4£981£9819.5620
31/03/09£1,193£1,088£105£3£941£94110.4540
31/03/08*£945£837£108£4£836£83612490
31/03/07£897£725£171£0£317£3175.3380
31/03/06£484£429£56£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 17.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 9.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 42 employees
  • 1 volunteer

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
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brentry & Henbury Children's Centre Ltd
£5,000 04/05/2023
We would like to provide a play group for families with children with additional needs aged 0-5. The group will support the children and parents. Reducing isolation and creating networks.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brentry & Henbury Children's Centre Ltd
£5,000 01/05/2023
Toward an after-school club once a week during term time for junior school aged children (4-11 yrs old) with the provision of a hot meal and warm space
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Brentry & Henbury Children's Centre
£2,118 22/10/2022
We would like to pay for a hot meal for every vulnerable child that attends the centre once a week. These children are experiencing food poverty and are currently not entitled to free school meals.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brentry & Henbury Children's Centre Ltd
£10,000 21/07/2021
11
Building a more sustainable funding base for the organisation by extending the contract of a new Fundraising and Communications Officer to develop income from community fundraising, grants and paid ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Funded hot meals for vulnerable under 5's
£5,000 08/12/2020
To provide vulnerable children under five, one hot meal a week as a response to a need that has emerged because of COVID-19.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brentry & Henbury Children's Centre Ltd
£4,940 06/05/2020
Maintaining staff-to-child ratios during the COVID-19 outbreak and being able to continue to provide a service to vulnerable families and key workers whilst supporting staff well-being.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brentry & Henbury Children's Centre Ltd
£2,500 28/05/2019
9
Towards a programme of holiday activities for young people aged 8-12.
Quartet Community Foundation - 50:50 Project
£2,885 13/08/2018
2
To build on a pilot programme delivering preventative domestic violence education to 'at risk' children in schools.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brentry & Henbury Children's Centre Ltd
£3,240 23/05/2018
9
Towards co-ordinated holiday activities for children aged 8-12 in Bristol.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brentry & Henbury Children's Centre Ltd
£2,700 22/06/2017
12
Providing out of school holiday activities for children in Henbury.
Quartet Community Foundation - Perpetrator Programme
£2,500 07/02/2017
3
To deliver a 2 day Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme.
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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: 40-58
  • ANDREA AYRES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Manager At Lloyds Banking Group
  • CLAIRE CLARK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Face To Face Fundraising
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/03/2005, number: 1108713
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/08/2000, number: 04061057
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
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR22: 72 days late, AR21: 3 days late, AR08: 14 days late,
Main office

Everyfamily
Brentry Lane
BRISTOL
BS10 6RG

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN FROM THE AREA OF BENEFIT (BEING THE CITY OF BRISTOL) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF NURSERY AND PRE-SCHOOL CARE AND FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN. 2. TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND FAMILY SUPPORT.3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH CARE, EDUCATION AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

DEFINED AS THE AREA OF BENEFIT. IN PRACTICE BRISTOL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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