Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

POSITIVE FUTURES GROUP

Educational Sponsorship - creating opportunities for young people through the provision of scholarships where poverty would otherwise force them to abandon their studies. Girlz Empowered - empowering girls to make a successful transition from childhood to adulthood. EXCEL -a personal development programme for young men.Parenting workshopsYouth Leaders training

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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 including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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
30/04/23	£25	£25	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/04/22	£23	£22	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
30/04/21	£19	£18	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
30/04/20	£16	£15	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
30/04/19	£13	£13	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
30/04/18	£15	£14	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/17	£18	£18	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/16	£21	£20	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/15	£21	£20	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/14	£19	£17	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/13	£7	£9	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/12	£13	£13	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/11	£5	£6	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/10	£7	£8	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/09	£8	£5	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/08	£4	£3	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 17 years
(19 years as a company)

www.positivefuturesgroup.org/www.godsgracefou

info@godsgracefoundation.org

07859057770

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bexley, Greenwich, Lewisham, Nigeria, Southwark,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 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	£19,394
DCMS	£9,940
CAF	£1,318

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - PFG Future Ready Project
£9,994	18/03/2022	The funding will be used to deliver programmes which empower young people to access wider social and educational opportunities. The aim is to work with teenagers to develop life skills to combat ....more The funding will be used to deliver programmes which empower young people to access wider social and educational opportunities. The aim is to work with teenagers to develop life skills to combat challenges and negative thoughts about their potential to attain their goals and improve their mental health confidence resilience and self-esteem.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,940	09/10/2020	"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."
CAF - Grant to Positive Futures Group
£1,318	19/06/2020	Grant to Positive Futures Group to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - The 'Achieve Project'
£9,400	21/02/2020 12	The project will use the funding to provide career support for disadvantaged young people, with the aim to increase awareness of higher education and career options.
National Lottery Community Fund - Parenting Support Project
£9,980	28/02/2018 12	The project will deliver parenting skil workshops that are designed to support families who are from the Black and Minority Ethnic community. This will improve levels of communication and strengthen ....more The project will deliver parenting skil workshops that are designed to support families who are from the Black and Minority Ethnic community. This will improve levels of communication and strengthen family relationships.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:

BOLUJIDE ERIN-OLUWA

KEMI ONAFUWA Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Trainer

MODUPE OMOWUNMI MAKINDE Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Management Accountant

OMOLOLA OLUBUNMI CATHERINE ANUWE, Occupation: Lecturer

DR MONICA ALABI Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Doctor/Health Executive

GLORIA OLUJOBI Appointed: 2015, Other trusteeship: THE PEACE MOVEMENT,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/07/2007, number: 1120383
Registered at Companies House on 01/04/2005, number: 05411287

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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

16 returns made; all on time

Main office

79 HAVELOCK ROAD
DARTFORD
DA1 3HZ

Objectives

1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN THROUGH THE PROVISIONS OF SCHOLARSHIPS, ASSISTANCE WITH SCHOOL FEES, BOOKS, WRITING MATERIALS AND SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM FIT OF THOSE WHO COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD SUCH;2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES CONSIDER APPROPRIATE; AND3 TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR FULL CAPACITIES AND ENABLE THEM TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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