Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 12

FAMILIES IN GRIEF (F.I.G.)

FiG supports children, young people and their families living in North Devon and Torridge who have experienced the death of someone close to them.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£101	£106	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/22	£122	£100	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/21	£77	£51	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	17
31/03/20	£77	£51	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/19	£51	£58	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	23
31/03/18	£73	£50	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£57	£43	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£38	£33	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£26	£25	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£18	£23	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£19	£13	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£7	£7	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£5	£6	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£6	£4	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£5	£5	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/03/08	£3	£10	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 18 years

www.familiesingrief.org

info@familiesingrief.org

01237479027

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for young people

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Devon,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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	£454,971
Masonic Trust	£15,000
Devon Community Foundation	£9,976
DCMS	£3,376
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£3,000
Co-Operative Group	£1,756

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Families in Grief (FiG)
£1,756	21/10/2023	We would like to continue to help bereaved children, young people and their families feel less alone in their grief.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000	09/03/2023	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Community Fund - Families in Grief continuation
£252,170	14/12/2022	This funding will be used to provide a bereavement service for children and young people and their families in North Devon. The project aims to meet demand for information and advice one-to-one and ....more This funding will be used to provide a bereavement service for children and young people and their families in North Devon. The project aims to meet demand for information and advice one-to-one and group support services.
National Lottery Community Fund - Funding for 3 x Support group programmes for bereaved families.
£10,000	01/07/2022	The funding will be used to support bereaved children and young people and their families living in North Devon. The project aims to help them feel less alone in their grief and support them to ....more The funding will be used to support bereaved children and young people and their families living in North Devon. The project aims to help them feel less alone in their grief and support them to reduce the social isolation that often accompanies it improve family relationships and engage more fully with school and the wider community.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Families in Grief
£3,000	12/05/2021 12	Small Grant unrestricted core costs
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,376	28/09/2020	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 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 and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Core Cost Support
£3,376	23/09/2020	Grant to Families In Grief
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Re-focusing our Home Visit Support During Covid-19
£600	21/05/2020	Grant to Families In Grief
National Lottery Community Fund - The Families in Grief Project
£192,801	27/01/2020 35	The funding will allow the project to continue and develop their current services, which include telephone advice and resources, home visits, group support as well as advice, training and resources ....more The funding will allow the project to continue and develop their current services, which include telephone advice and resources, home visits, group support as well as advice, training and resources for professionals. The project delivers bereavement support to children, young people (CYP) and their families across North Devon and Torridge.
Devon Community Foundation - Core Funding - Families in Grief
£6,000	05/12/2019 36	contributing to core costs for 3 years to enable the delivery of services supporting bereaved families
National Lottery Community Fund - Teens in Grief (TiG) Figuring it out together
£9,032	20/12/2017 12	The funding will be used to support bereaved young people. The project aims to create a peer support network, giving a safe space for teenagers to express their feelings and deal with their grief.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Families in Grief (FiG)
£3,270	29/11/2017	To enable us to make a difference to children, young people and their families we require funding for telephone costs and office overheads.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

ALISON SMITH Appointed: 2020

KAREN HUTTON Appointed: 2022

MAUREEN ELSOM Appointed: 2021

NICOLA ANN GEDDES Appointed: 2021

TRACEY ELLIOTT Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: THE PICKWELL FOUNDATION,

TOBIAS SLATER Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/10/2006, number: 1116474

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints 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
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

16 returns made; all on time

Main office

Families in Grief
Castle Lodge
North Walk
Barnstaple

Objectives

TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AND TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES IN NORTH DEVON AND TORRIDGE WHO ARE FACING OR WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH OF SOMEONE CLOSE TO THEM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH DEVON AND TORRIDGE

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