Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

FAMILIES TOGETHER SUFFOLK 

We recruit and train volunteers to visit families with at least one child under the age of twelve and who live in the area of Suffolk county. Volunteers offer informal, friendly and confidential support. Families are encouraged to widen their network of relationships and use services available within the community. Family groups and workshops are also provided.
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
Established: 15 years

www.familiestogethersuffolk.org.uk

office@familiestogethersuffolk.org.uk

01379678552

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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£789£692£97£52£368£1853.224122
31/03/22£665£617£48£0£270£15332189
31/03/21£547£445£102£0£222£1233.31695
31/03/20£384£412£-28n/an/an/an/an/a95
31/03/19£287£300£-13n/an/an/an/an/a85
31/03/18£338£304£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£381£313£68£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£225£215£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£152£146£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£101£124£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£109£110£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£98£82£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£107£58£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 50%
Reserves/Spending: 3.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 50
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 24 employees
  • 122 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£276,419
Suffolk Community Foundation£117,144
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£90,000
Henry Smith Charity£90,000
DCMS£47,050
BBC Children in Need£33,436
Youth Music£26,641
Ministry of Defence£25,219
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Youth Music - Early Music
£26,641 24/05/2023
Early Music
National Lottery Community Fund - Haverhill Little Gems
£9,801 25/11/2022
The funding will be used to continue running a parent and baby support group for perinatal mothers. The project aims to improve the wellbeing of parents and reduce the feeling of isolation whilst ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£6,140 19/10/2022
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£6,140 19/10/2022
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£12,500 01/04/2022
Families Growing Together
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Mid & West Suffolk
£90,000 27/01/2022
50% of running costs over 3-years for family support services provision in rural areas of Suffolk.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£12,939 03/09/2021
For existing charitable projects to help charities to sustain activities and services that people from Armed Forces communities use and value.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Mid & West Suffolk
£30,443 30/07/2021
This project will provide stay and play sessions to children in a deprived area. Outcomes include increased confidence, positive relationships and improved social skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - Families Together in Stowmarket
£9,964 09/07/2021
The funding will be used to run weekly activities for disadvantaged families and their pre-school children. The project aims to develop relationships and support networks.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Lakenheath group
£1,000 15/06/2021
Supporting the Lakenheath Parents Group.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Covid Local Support Grant
£4,000 11/05/2021
1
Hardship Funding Round 5.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Cervical Awareness Project
£3,010 20/04/2021
11
Supporting a Cervical Awareness Project in Mid and West Suffolk.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Suffolk's Hardship Fund - R4
£5,000 29/03/2021
1
Suffolk's Hardship Fund - R4.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Families Together
£4,974 25/03/2021
11
Supporting adaptations to service provision due to Coronavirus restrictions.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Group Support in Mid Suffolk
£4,992 05/03/2021
4
For the core salary cost of a Family Group Coordinator for 3 months, working with vulnerable families in Mid Suffolk.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Suffolk's Hardship Fund
£5,000 05/02/2021
1
To support those families that are in hardship due to Covid 19.
Suffolk Community Foundation - To support core running costs.
£5,000 03/02/2021
11
To support the core costs of the home visiting service.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Working together for a better life/ Supporting Young mums
£5,000 04/01/2021
12
Towards providing home visiting support to young mums in St Edmundsbury and Forest Heath.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Working together for a better life/ Supporting Young mums
£1,000 04/01/2021
Towards providing home visiting support to young mums in St Edmundsbury and Forest Heath.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Suffolk's Hardship Fund
£3,500 16/12/2020
2
To support families in hardship due to the Covid pandemic.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Suffolk's Hardship Fund
£5,000 11/09/2020
1
To support families in hardship due to the Covid pandemic.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£47,050 02/09/2020
"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
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Mid & West Suffolk
£5,000 25/08/2020
2
To support families who are experiencing hardship due to Covid19.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Mid & West Suffolk
£90,000 12/08/2020
36
towards three years' running costs of a Home-Start in a deprived area of Mid and West Suffolk.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Supporting Families
£4,931 10/07/2020
11
Supporting the increase of the home visiting scheme for vulnerable families in Haverhill.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Mid & West Suffolk
£2,993 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - Grant for activity packs and support for children affected by Covid 19 and living in area of local deprivation. Support will increase children's wellbeing, positive family relationships and ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Supporting Families When They Need it Most
£5,000 12/06/2020
3
Supporting families when they need it most. Covid19
Suffolk Community Foundation - Supporting Families When They Need it Most
£5,000 15/04/2020
3
Supporting Families When They Need it Most - Homestart usually offer groups and individual volunteers to support families, this is now via other means. Covid19
Suffolk Community Foundation - Birth and Beyond - supporting parents and children for starting their educational journey
£5,000 22/10/2019
15
To support "Birth and Beyond - supporting parents and children for starting their educational journey".
Suffolk Community Foundation - Healthy Parents Healthy Children West Suffolk
£24,808 11/10/2019
13
To continue and expand their work in West Suffolk.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Keeping Safe 2
£19,930 20/09/2019
11
Towards the Keeping Safe 2 project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Healthy Parents, Healthy Children
£256,654 01/08/2019
36
The organisation will use funding to deliver a Healthy Parents, Healthy Children project within West Suffolk. The project will target perinatal mothers and their young babies up to one year old, and ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Supporting families who care for an autistic person
£5,000 19/11/2018
11
Towards a project which specifically supports carers looking after a person with Autism.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Keeping Safe
£19,986 11/09/2018
11
Towards funding 2 family co-ordinators and mileage of staff and volunteers.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Mid & West Suffolk
£30,000 30/07/2018
36
The project will deliver family group sessions for children affected by poverty and isolation. The project will support children to have fun, reduce isolation and build confidence.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting families around Autism
£9,982 12/07/2018
12
The project will run, manage and run support groups for parents of children with autism.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£4,929 23/05/2018
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Suffolk Community Foundation - West Suffolk Home visiting to support low mental health
£4,955 30/04/2018
11
Towards the support costs for volunteers to be able to support families in their own homes.
Ministry of Defence - ALB - Armed forces Covenant Fund Trust- Covenent Fund
£17,842 01/04/2018
Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants for local projects that support community integration or local delivery of services.
Suffolk Community Foundation - L.I.F.E -Lakenheath Inclusive Families Engagement- working in partnership with Homestart and E.P.I.C Dads
£3,996 28/03/2018
11
Towards a weekly parent and child group in partnership with E.P.I.C. dads and three local Lakenheath churches.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Journey to Nursery/ School from Birth and Beyond
£3,000 06/12/2017
11
To run Treasure Baskets and Story Sack sessions with families in their homes.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Mid & West Suffolk
£79,075 17/10/2017
36
This project will provide group sessions in rural Suffolk to improve emotional wellbeing, increase confidence and help build better parent relationships.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Keeping Safe
£9,996 18/09/2017
11
Towards the cost of their 'Keeping Safe' project - to support families in Mid and West Suffolk that are experiencing issues of domestic abuse and/or substance abuse.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Mid Suffolk
£8,000 16/03/2015
towards one year's running costs of a Home-Start in a deprived area of Suffolk
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Mid Suffolk
£7,500 12/09/2013
towards one year's running costs of a Home-Start in a disadvantaged area of Suffolk
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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-78
  • COLIN LAY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Community Engagement Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/01/2009, number: 1127760
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/08/2008, number: 06674059
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
14 returns made; AR16: 3 days late,
Main office

Families Together Suffolk
20 Broad Street
EYE
IP23 7AF

Objectives

The objects of the Charity are:A) to safeguard, protect and preserve the good health, both mental and physical of children and parents of children;B) to prevent cruelty to or maltreatment of children;C) to relieve sickness, poverty and need amongst children and parents of children;D) to promote the education of the public in child development and care;within the area of Suffolk and its environs ('the Objects').

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

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