Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 9

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 12

NEW FAMILY SOCIAL

Promoting the care and upbringing of children by LGBT adopters and foster carers. Helping to create a wide pool of adopters and foster carers by raising awareness, and by promoting their utilisation and fair treatment. Advancing public awareness and acceptance of these families.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£172	£242	£-71	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£229	£205	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£219	£190	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	£211	£191	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19	£189	£175	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£210	£198	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	£143	£162	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	£161	£153	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15	£148	£136	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14	£104	£99	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13?	£108	£97	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/12	£57	£43	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 14 years

www.newfamilysocial.org.uk

info@newfamilysocial.org.uk

07867595554

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Adoption & fostering services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
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
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£238,879
Esmee Fairbairn	£20,000
DCMS	£19,843
LGBT Consortium	£5,250

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting LGBT+ Adopters and Foster Carers
£238,879	29/09/2021	The group is using funding to increase reach for LGBT+ adopters and foster carers across England to build a supportive community through launch of a new peer mentor scheme and grow sustainable income streams to develop financial resilience. ....more The group is using funding to increase reach for LGBT+ adopters and foster carers across England to build a supportive community through launch of a new peer mentor scheme and grow sustainable income streams to develop financial resilience. Activities help to provide a wider pool of available adopters and foster carers by raising awareness promoting their utilisation and fair treatment and advancing public awareness and acceptance of LGBT+ families.
LGBT Consortium - Grant to New Family Social
£5,250	28/10/2020	Funding will be used to help with the associated costs of delivering a series of courses (moved online due to covid-19) focused around adoption and fostering, in relation to LGBT+ issues.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£19,843	19/08/2020	"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....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."
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to New Family Social
£20,000	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
LGBT Consortium - Grant to New Family Social
£9,788	31/05/2019	Organisational Sustainability
The Funding Network - Events for children, including Summer Camp
£4,947	21/05/2019	New Family Social provides peer support, improves the treatment of disadvantaged LGBT+ adopters and foster carers, encourages inclusion, and actively works with agencies to find families for children in care. We create over 160 events each year for ....more New Family Social provides peer support, improves the treatment of disadvantaged LGBT+ adopters and foster carers, encourages inclusion, and actively works with agencies to find families for children in care. We create over 160 events each year for adopted and fostered children and their LGBT+ families. Each summer we turn a campsite into a place where they can feel safe and happy.
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Connections
£10,000	29/11/2018 12	The organisation will use the funding to set up peer support groups on social media for LGBTQ+ adopters and foster carers.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to New Family Social
£150,000	16/05/2018 48	Towards core costs to raise the profile of LGBT adopters/fosterers and enable the development and dissemination of best practice to reduce prejudice within the adoption/fostering systems and society.
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs, towards salary of a Volunteer Coordinator
£49,307	21/07/2016 36	Towards the salary costs of a Volunteer Coordinator to support its volunteers who provide personal and social networks for LGBT adopters and foster carers and their children.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to New Family Social
£84,625	19/11/2014	Towards a new post to raise the profile of LGBT adopters/fosterers and enable the development and dissemination of best practice to reduce prejudice within the adoption and fostering systems and society more widely.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/14 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-59

ADAM BARNES (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Sales Manager

BARNABY WALKER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Operations - Mental Health

DAVID BRADLEY-SHAW Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

DR ALEX THOMPSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Doctor

ELLIOTT WESTHOFF Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Health And Social Care Manager

FIONA BLEE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Pending

JACKIE FERNANDEZ Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Adoption Panel Chair

MATTHEW DAVIES Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Manager

MELANIE PITTS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Carer

NIGEL MACKAY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Lawyer

RICHARD LAWSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Insurance Manager

SIMON PAUL MANSFIELD-STURGESS Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Paediatric Nurse

TARA LOUVIERE-COWEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Speech And Language Therapist

YONI EJO Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Practice Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/10/2010, number: 1138340
Registered at Companies House on 29/01/2010, number: 07140510

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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; all on time

Main office

7 Bell Yard
London
WC2A 2JR

Objectives

1) THE PROMOTING IF THE CARE AND UPBRINGING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY;A) SUPPORTING LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS-SEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ADOPTERS, FOSTER CARERS AND FAMILIES; ANDB) FACILITATING A WIDER POOL OF ADOPTERS AND FOSTER CARERS; AND2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY ADVANCING EDUCATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE LEGAL ADOPTION AND LONG-TERM FOSTER CARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS BY LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS-SEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ADOPTERS AND FOSTER CARERS.S.S.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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