Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

AMY AND FRIENDS 

We organise conferences for members and medical/research specialists to share knowledge and experience. We assist families in attending other support opportunities and taking part in CS research programmes. We organise group days out for families to enjoy precious time together. We provide respite care and a siblings club. We support families at our dedicated clinic at Thomas and Guys Hospital.
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

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£325£318£7n/an/an/an/an/a43
31/03/22£249£243£6n/an/an/an/an/a43
31/03/21£245£247£-2n/an/an/an/an/a24
31/03/20£163£167£-4n/an/an/an/an/a46
31/03/19£156£173£-17n/an/an/an/an/a56
31/03/18£180£161£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£151£136£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£130£126£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£117£115£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£138£129£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£163£160£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£134£120£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£57£54£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£32£31£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£40£26£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£12£3£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 17 years

www.amyandfriends.org

jayne@amyandfriends.org

01516384665

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Medical education & research
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 43 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£287,816
Steve Morgan Foundation£75,000
City Bridge Trust£16,800
Masonic Trust£15,000
The Grocers' Charity£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Well being Support
£127,301 27/03/2023
This funding will support the project to deliver wellbeing support and activities for children and their families who are affected by rare DNA disorders.
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer and Activity Coordinator
£10,000 03/03/2023
The funding will be used to continue to provide advice and advocacy support for children young people their families and carers who are diagnosed with rare DNA disorders known as Cockayne Syndrome ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 27/04/2022
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to AMY AND FRIENDS
£75,000 04/04/2022
3 year grant for the salary of the Family Support Manager
National Lottery Community Fund - Sessional Worker
£10,000 23/02/2022
This group delivers wellbeing sessions to children who have siblings with life limiting or life affecting condition. The sessions will be delivered on-line and organised by a sessional worker. Three ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID - 19 Wellbeing sessions
£10,000 24/01/2022
Amy and Friends in Denbighshire will use £10000 to fund a sessional worker to continue providing weekly siblings support sessions for children who live with a life limiting or life affecting ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Health and Wellbeing
£10,000 17/09/2021
The funding will be used to deliver online support for families with children who have a life limiting illness. Parents siblings and the child will receive the necessary advice information and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 My Time To Be Me
£10,000 15/02/2021
11
Amy and Friends in North Wales will send out activity packs hold online meetings and maintain contact with children whose siblings are suffering with life limiting or life affecting conditions during ....more
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - from R1 - Amy and Friends
£5,000 04/02/2021
To fund the costs of a sessional worker who will deliver weekly mental health sessions at 3 sites for 6 months called My Time To Be Me for children who have a poorly brother/sister or who have sadly ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - My Time To be Me - Lanarkshire
£10,000 18/01/2021
12
This group will use funding to support the siblings of children with life-limiting conditions such as Cockayne Syndrome (CS) and Trichothiodystrophy (TTD) in South Lanarkshire for one year. The group ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Sessional Work for Family wellbeing
£5,000 30/07/2020
12
This group will use funding for a sessional family worker to support 34 families affected by rare disorders such as Cockayne Syndrome and Trichothiodystrophy in South Lanarkshire. Families will be ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Wellbeing Support
£72,500 18/06/2020
24
Amy and Friends has received a grant of £72500 to employ a Wellbeing Officer to support siblings and families of children with a life limiting illness in North Wales. The project will help them to ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to AMY AND FRIENDS
£16,800 11/06/2020
£16,800 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - Activity Co-ordinator
£9,640 22/04/2020
6
The organisation will employ an activity coordinator to remotely work with children with Cockayne Syndrome and their families who are most affected by the Covid-19 virus and who have been advised to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - AMY AND FRIENDS GRIEF COUNSELLING/WELLBEING WEEKEND
£4,000 03/02/2020
1
The group will use funding to facilitate a grief counselling and well being weekend for families who are affected by or have lost a child to Cockayne Syndrome and Trichothiodystrophy.
National Lottery Community Fund - My Time To Be Me
£9,375 14/01/2020
6
Amy and Friends in Flintshire will open a fourth club in the county to support children who are suffering with feelings of sadness, isolation, guilt, loneliness, anxiety and depression. £9,375 will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - My Time to be Me
£10,000 06/11/2018
12
My Time to be Me
National Lottery Community Fund - My Time To Be Me
£5,000 22/05/2018
12
My Time To Be Me
National Lottery Community Fund - Team building for life limiting children and families
£9,926 21/02/2018
12
This group will use the funding to deliver a weekend of team building activities and fun for children living with a premature ageing condition, and their siblings. The project will bring them ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Costs of the weekly siblings group
£1,000 10/11/2017
Towards the costs of the weekly “My Time to be Me” siblings group.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Amy & Friends
£75,000 17/10/2017
36
This project will involve a Family Support Worker to work with families, children with Cockayne Syndrome, their siblings and their local service groups, providing information, support and advice, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Support & Counselling through Play Weekend
£10,000 20/07/2016
12
The organisation will use the funding to run a residential weekend for families with children who have a limited life expectancy due to suffering from Cockayne syndrome. This will improve support ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Siblings Music Sessions - My Time to Be Me
£10,000 19/02/2014
12
This is a project by a charity in Liverpool. The organisation will use funding to run activities and events which will aim to improve the health and wellbeing of siblings of very ill ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Amy and Friends
£24,000 28/07/2011
the salary of the Family Support Worker
National Lottery Community Fund - Amy and Friends 4th Annual Retreat
£10,000 18/02/2010
12
This registered charity offers nationwide support to people suffering from Cockayne Syndrome (CS). The group will use their retreat to develop and offer support to the siblings and families of ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/06/2007, number: 1119746
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • 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
16 returns made; AR16: 1 days late,
Main office

OXTON CONSERVATIVE CLUB
VILLAGE ROAD
PRENTON
CH43 5SR

Objectives

FOR THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE SUFFERING WITH COCKAYNE SYNDROME AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE GOOD HEALTH OF THE FAMILIES AND CARERS OF SUCH PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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