Overall GiG Score: 24 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

ACACIA FAMILY SUPPORT 

Acacia Family Support offers free post natal support services for mothers and their families affected by pre or post natal depression across Birmingham. We are a volunteer led organisation and our drop in centres offer a full range of support services for women and their families. Our mission is to :Improve the lives of mothers and families affected by pre- and post- natal depression
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
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and a Community Foundation and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 16 years

www.acacia.org.uk

teamacacia@acacia.org.uk

01213015995

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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£745£764£-19£52£355£3375.33155
31/03/22£565£603£-38£45£374£35071750
31/03/21£528£425£104£32£412£36910.41350
31/03/20£488£420£68n/an/an/an/an/a65
31/03/19£476£368£107n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/18£359£353£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£274£281£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£253£257£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£257£238£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£206£201£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£199£198£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£212£205£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£171£169£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£150£125£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£111£57£54£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 5.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 31 employees
  • 55 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Solihull,

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£373,082
Henry Smith Charity£180,000
DCMS£74,942
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£60,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
The Pilgrim Trust£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£2,500 06/04/2023
community grant
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Acacia Family Support
£180,000 06/12/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing emotional and practical support for new parents affected by pre and post-natal depression and anxiety in Birmingham, West Midlands.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Acacia Family Support
£3,500 25/05/2022
purchase of panels and laptops for a charity supporting women experiencing mental health issues in West Midlands
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Acacia Family Support
£15,000 06/05/2022
Jubilee Grant Restricted Project Funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£15,000 18/02/2022
Preventing the damaging effects of pre and postnatal depression and anxiety from damaging the lives of pregnant mothers and new parents across Birmingham – during Covid-19 and beyond.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Acacia Family Support
£45,000 22/04/2021
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award - COVID19 response
£15,000 26/02/2021
Preventing the damaging effects of pre and postnatal depression and anxiety from damaging the lives of pregnant mothers and new parents across Birmingham – during Covid-19 and beyond.
National Lottery Community Fund - Antenatal and Postnatal Depression Support Project Continuation
£298,142 28/01/2021
60
This funding will allow the group to continue running its most essential and vital services with the aim to have a long-term positive impact on the mental health and emotional wellbeing of families ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£64,942 15/09/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Acacia - Covid-19 funding request TNLCF
£74,940 11/05/2020
12
The funding will be used to provide a range of support to vulnerable and isolated new parents and pregnant mothers with these services also being adapted to Covid-19. The project aims to improve the ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 24/07/2019
Preventing pre and postnatal depression from damaging the long-term mental health and wellbeing of mothers and their families across Birmingham.
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Acacia Family Support
£25,000 29/05/2019
25
Young Parents Mental Health Project; Early intervention support for vulnerable young mothers (to 24yrs)/families suffering with pre/postnatal depression in Birmingham
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£10,000 01/04/2019
Primary Tampon Tax Fund Objective: Improve health and wellbeing Outcomes/how we will meet this objective: Our project will improve the mental health, wellbeing and emotional resilience of young ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Young Mums Mental Health project
£10,000 06/12/2018
10
To contribute to the running costs of the Young Parents project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 09/05/2018
Pre and Postnatal Depression Support Services for mothers and their families across Birmingham
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Acacia Family Support
£90,000 14/03/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of a project in Birmingham providing emotional and practical support to mothers affected by pre or post-natal depression
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Acacia Family Support
£11,675 07/12/2017
12
Birmingham based charity seeking to commission an external evaluation of young parents' service illustrating the outcomes, impact and added value their project brings for young parents from school ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Acacia Family Support
£445,070 25/01/2017
36
This is the continuation and development of a project which aims to improve the lives of families affected by antenatal and postnatal depression. The project will be expanded into Northfield, South ....more
Birmingham City Council - Acacia Family Support
£2,500 03/11/2014
ACACIA; Neighbourhoods and communities; Community Chest
National Lottery Community Fund - Acacia Family Support - Postnatal Depression Support Services
£282,497 20/08/2013
36
This continuation, expansion and development project is based on existing work and pilots completed by the group. Acacia Family Support (AFS) aims to improve the lives of mothers, fathers and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - South and West Birmingham Post Natal Depression Support and Befriending Ser
£10,000 12/01/2012
12
This charity project in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, will use the funding to establish an additional drop-in centre for parents affected by pre or post natal depression. This will provide ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-77
  • HAYLEY BOWEN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Data Protection Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/02/2008, number: 1122831
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/04/2007, number: 06217626
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
15 returns made; AR09: 24 days late,
Main office

5A Coleshill Street
SUTTON COLDFIELD
West Midlands
B72 1SD

Objectives

A)The prevention and relief of poor mental health by the support of mothers and their families affected by pre andpostnatal depression and anxiety or other associated perinatal mental health issuesB)The advancement of good mental health by raising awareness of the issues associated with perinatal mental health issues and anxiety among the wider-public

Defined Area of Benefit:

WEST MIDLANDS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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