Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

PROJECT BUZZ 

Buzz provides support for separated families where there are disagreements and issues to be resolved. Based in Sheffield, Buzz provides services across South Yorkshire. Services including Family Time (Supported, Supervised, Changeover, Virtual, Postal and Reconnections), Cooperative parenting support, Life Story, Words and Pictures and Healthy Holidays activities for local families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 13 years

https://buzzchildcontact.co.uk/

kath@buzzsheffield.co.uk

07905417228

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£135£158£-23n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/22£150£129£21n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/21£144£116£28n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/20£148£123£24n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/03/19£153£175£-22n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£145£141£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£145£141£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£133£126£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£124£130£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£126£126£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£133£123£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£117£117£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 4 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnsley, Derbyshire, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City,

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£296,909
BBC Children in Need£95,497
Ministry of Justice£5,416
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Buzz Co-parenting Hub
£268,967 19/05/2023
The project will use the funding over three years to run a separated family support service in Sheffield providing a variety of contact and co-parenting support for children aged one-19 years old. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Parenting Together
£8,879 24/06/2022
The funding will be used to enable Project Buzz deliver Positive Parenting training for staff and volunteers. The project aims to enhance support and coaching for parents during their contact ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Buzz Community Contact
£9,889 16/04/2021
The funding will aims to improve relationships between children and their parent/grandparent - whose relationship is limited to long term use of a child contact centre - by enabling them to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Project Buzz
£2,123 17/06/2020
COVID19 - This grant will fund 70 mini dens and fuel costs to support 70 children and young people who are currently isolated due to Covid-19, resulting in them having improved mental health and an ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Buzzing
£9,174 10/02/2020
12
The project will be co-produced with vulnerable members of the local community to grow an online social presence to expand community networks, information sessions and skill sharing events. The aim ....more
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,611 01/01/2020
To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Project Buzz
£93,374 26/06/2019
36
Buzz Child Contact Centre will provide a supported contact centre for young people and their estranged parent in Sheffield. Young people will experience improved family relationships, improved ....more
Ministry of Justice - ALB - Cafcass - Supported Child Contact Centres (SCCC) Grant 19-20
£2,805 01/04/2019
Provide support for contact centres
National Lottery Community Fund - Buzz Child Contact Centre
£9,693 23/08/2018
12
The group will deliver support sessions for children and parents, with the aim of improving and developing family relationships through mediation to reduce levels of anxiety and promote family ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Youthquake
£153,708 26/04/2018
36
The group will engage with BME youth as a diversionary tactic from anti-social behaviour. The project will support those at risk of turning to gangs by offering a mentoring programme that will ....more
Ministry of Justice - Supported contact centres
£4,075 01/04/2018
Provide support for contact centres
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Project Buzz
£29,953 10/08/2017
36
This project will deliver after school and holiday outreach activities in a pop-up Den at various locations in deprived areas of Sheffield to help disadvantaged children and young people manage their ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Buzz Hub
£350,576 08/04/2015
36
This project is expanding to develop their services supporting vulnerable families by promoting the benefits of positive parenting and the importance of playing with your child to form lasting bonds. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Project Buzz
£490,211 10/03/2010
60
This expansion of an existing project will work with the local community in Broomhall, Sheffield to reduce isolation, aid community cohesion and empower people to make positive decisions about their ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-77
  • ANDREW JONAS (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Zoo Director
  • MICHAEL MOORE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Local Government Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/04/2011, number: 1141034
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/10/2010, number: 07404833
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
12 returns made; AR13: 61 days late,
Main office

St. Andrews United Reformed Church
Upper Hanover Street
SHEFFIELD
S3 7RQ

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES RESIDENT OR BEING EDUCATED IN THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF BROOMHALL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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