Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 14

CHILDREN FIRST DERBY

HIGH QUALITY FAMILY SERVICES:SUPERVISED CONTACT FOR LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN, ENABLING THEM TO SPEND TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. MENTORING SERVICE -VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE ONE TO ONE SUPPORT OUTSIDE THE FAMILY HOME, FOR VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 10-16.FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICE - TRAINED VOLUNTEERS WORK WITH LOCAL VULNERABLE FAMILIES, EMPOWERING THEM TO MOVE THEIR LIVES FORWARD.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending 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 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: 19 years

www.childrenfirstderby.co.uk

enquiries@childrenfirstderby.co.uk

01332341516

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£438	£442	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/03/22		£394	£378	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/03/21		£295	£274	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/03/20		£314	£286	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	59
31/03/19		£254	£275	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/18		£255	£252	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£264	£245	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£183	£217	£-35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£208	£197	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£231	£203	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£189	£184	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£204	£200	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£213	£203	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£207	£194	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£180	£168	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£160	£168	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£143	£154	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£139	£136	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Derby City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
45 volunteers

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	£450,293
Garfield Weston Foundation	£40,000
BBC Children in Need	£30,000
Co-Operative Group	£8,738

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Enhanced Family Support Service for Vulnerable Families
£311,618	26/01/2023	This funding will be used to further develop their 1-1 Family Support Service in Derby City to address the increasing support needs of families post-covid. They will develop targeted workshops and ....more This funding will be used to further develop their 1-1 Family Support Service in Derby City to address the increasing support needs of families post-covid. They will develop targeted workshops and peer support groups for parents to run alongside their 1-1 support. The project aims to support families to move forward positively with their lives thereby removing the need for intervention by social services.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Children First Derby
£3,091	22/10/2022	We would like to continue to run a young people's forum from our mentoring scheme, which will actively influence the development of our service. Our ambitions include hosting training programmes.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Children First Derby
£30,000	20/03/2020 36	This project provides mentoring workshops for children aged 10-16 living in deprived areas of Derby. They will help improve children's self esteem, reduced isolation and improve enagagement with ....more This project provides mentoring workshops for children aged 10-16 living in deprived areas of Derby. They will help improve children's self esteem, reduced isolation and improve enagagement with education.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000	14/02/2020	Further developing and expanding our successful young people’s mentoring service
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Children First Derby
£5,647	15/11/2019	We want to recruit additional local volunteers to enable the expansion of our mentoring and family support services.
National Lottery Community Fund - Early-intervention Family Support Service
£138,675	27/09/2019 58	This funding will expand the group's family support service, which provides holistic early intervention support to vulnerable families. The service is designed to support families to move forward ....more This funding will expand the group's family support service, which provides holistic early intervention support to vulnerable families. The service is designed to support families to move forward positively with their lives, and help them overcome challenges such as mental health problems, domestic abuse, child behaviour issues and financial difficulties.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	04/04/2018	Family Support and Mentoring Services
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000	21/02/2018	Family support, supervised contact and mentoring for vulnerable disadvantaged children and families.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Children First Derby
£119,126	06/08/2017 36	This project will provide 1:1 and group mentoring support to children with behavioural issues and high anxiety. Children will enjoy increased confidence, greater engagement in school and social ....more This project will provide 1:1 and group mentoring support to children with behavioural issues and high anxiety. Children will enjoy increased confidence, greater engagement in school and social activities and improve relationships with others.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Children First Derby
£76,300	10/03/2016 36	towards three years' running costs of the 'Family Support Service', a project in Derby for families that have experienced violence or abuse at home
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Children First Derby
£20,600	21/01/2013	The charity provides support for disadvantaged children and families in Derby. The core cost grant will support the CEO and administrator ensuring 60 children will access education avoid anti social ....more The charity provides support for disadvantaged children and families in Derby. The core cost grant will support the CEO and administrator ensuring 60 children will access education avoid anti social behaviour.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bridging the Parenting Gap - Putting Children First
£10,000	03/02/2011 12	This is a project by a charity in Derby. The charity will use funding to train board members in business planning, train volunteers in peer mentoring, formulate a survey for service users and ....more This is a project by a charity in Derby. The charity will use funding to train board members in business planning, train volunteers in peer mentoring, formulate a survey for service users and stakeholders and hold community events for children and families, all of which will contribute to the formulation of a business plan. This will enable the group to streamline it services to meet increased demand.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 41-80

ALFRED JOHN JACQUES (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired Chartered Engineer

AFZAHL FATEMAH-RAZAK Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Accountant

AMANDA STRONG Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Ambassador

JULIE ANNE FELLOWES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee

RACHAEL ALISON BROWN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Independent Financial Adviser

RACHEL ANN LUFT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Solicitor

REGINA DOLORES REPTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/09/2005, number: 1111157
Registered at Companies House on 01/03/2005, number: 05379021

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
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

18 returns made; AR12: 6 days late,

Main office

13 Leopold Street
Derby
Derby
DE1 2HE

Objectives

3.1 TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING EXPERIENCED BY FAMILIES AND CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM AND/OR ARE LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM VIOLENCE OR MALTREATMENT IN THEIR HOMES: IN PARTICULAR BY:3.1.1 RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WHERE STRESS WITHIN THE HOME MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT THEIR WELFARE OR DEVELOPMENT;3.1.2 PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE REGARDED AS VULNERABLE AND WHO MAY BE AT RISK OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION;3.1.3 DELIVERING COMMUNITY SERVICES DESIGNED TO FOSTER THE GENERAL WELL BEING OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN; AND3.1.4 PROVIDING SERVICES FOR PARENTS WHICH WILL ENABLE THEM TO BETTER RESPOND TO THE PERSONAL NEEDS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THEIR CHILDREN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE DERBY

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