Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 3

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -3

THAMES VALLEY FAMILY MEDIATION SERVICE LTD

To alleviate the hardship and distress caused by the breakdown of family relationships and to preserve and protect the mental and physical health of all the family, by assisting couples involved in separation or divorce to make future plans for themselves and their children. The charity additionally seeks to actively promote the well being of families affected by separation or divorce by providing

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

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 and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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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
31/12/22		£136	£155	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£156	£171	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£181	£170	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£173	£199	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£205	£212	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/17		£245	£228	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/16		£231	£215	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/15		£180	£172	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/14		£164	£162	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/13		£145	£171	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/12		£218	£206	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/11		£177	£213	£-36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/10		£235	£201	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/09		£176	£174	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/08		£160	£152	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/07	*	£115	£137	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/06		£122	£125	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 18 years

www.tvfms.org

enquiries@tvfms.org.uk

01753830770

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, Hillingdon, Reading, Slough, Windsor And Maidenhead, Wokingham,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

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

DCMS	£8,900
National Lottery Community Fund	£6,675
CAF	£3,848

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,900	30/06/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Legal Aid Assessments and MIAMs
£6,675	30/04/2020 4	The funding will be used to provide free online legal aid assessments. The project aims to meet an increase in demand that has occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
CAF - Grant to Thames Valley Family Mediation Service Ltd
£3,848	28/04/2020 3	Grant to Thames Valley Family Mediation Service Ltd to support the organisation through COVID19

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 58-79

LAVENDER PATTEN (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired

DOUGLAS DARLOW Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Solicitor

LADY CAROLINE LINDA MARGARET WALDEGRAVE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

MARK EYNON, Occupation: Retired Investment Banker

VERONICA LACHKOVIC Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Senior Lecturer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/11/2005, number: 1112320
Registered at Companies House on 25/04/2005, number: 05434630

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR07: 1 days late,

Main office

Thames Valley Family Mediation Service Ltd
Regal Court Business Centre
42-44 High Street
Slough
SL1 1EL

Objectives

TO ALLEVIATE THE HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS CAUSED BY THE BREAKDOWN OF FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF ALL THE FAMILY, IN PARTICULAR BY ASSISTING COUPLES INVOLVED IN SEPARATION OR DIVORCE TO MAKE FUTURE PLANS FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. BERKSHIRE

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