Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 11
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

FAMILY FRIENDS IN WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD

The objects of Family Friends as stated in our company Articles are:To preserve the good physical and mental health of the public, in particular those resident in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, with particular regard to families, through the provision of practical and emotional support to families in need.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • 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£50£102£-53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£89£96£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£98£104£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£97£123£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£117£166£-49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£174£299£-125n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£426£394£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£281£359£-78n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£257£233£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£211£205£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£190£186£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£197£176£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

www.family-friends.org.uk

info@family-friends.org.uk

03008001005

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Windsor And Maidenhead,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
Ministry of Defence£54,218
DCMS£43,340
National Lottery Community Fund£9,980
Crowdfunder£5,890
Co-Operative Group£2,846
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Ministry of Defence - ARMED FORCES FAMILY FUND (AF3)
£31,490 22/02/2023
To enable grants to be made in mitigating the adverse impact of mobility and deployment on Service childrens education. Providing one-off grants to schools and other educational bodies and mitigating the adverse impact that Service life can have on ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Family Friends in Windsor and Maidenhead
£2,846 22/10/2022
We would like to recruit and train volunteers who would provide support to children and families who are struggling with isolation, helping them to access community resources and connect with others.
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£5,890 05/05/2022
Covid response
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£12,728 12/11/2021
For existing charitable projects to help charities to sustain activities and services that people from Armed Forces communities use and value.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Happiness Project
£9,980 05/11/2021
The group will use the funding to provide support and wellbeing activities for families who are facing economic challenges. This will help vulnerable people by reducing social isolation and bringing the community together.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£10,000 18/06/2021
For local projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£43,340 09/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Ministry of Defence - ALB - Armed forces Covenant Fund Trust- Covenent Fund
£19,969 01/04/2018
Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants for local projects that support community integration or local delivery of services.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mind The Gap
£9,848 21/03/2018
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The organisation will provide support to children and families that have chaotic or challenging home situations - helping them to improve their prospects and wellbeing.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards therapeutic support for children
£3,000 09/02/2015
Towards therapeutic support for children who have witnessed domestic abuse.
The Blagrave Trust - Better Start project
£34,500 08/11/2014
Support to vulnerable children
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 63-66
  • JANICE MILLER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director
  • RICHARD GERMAIN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Self Employed
  • SIMON FOY (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/04/2011, number: 1141145
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/12/2010, number: 07462339
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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

c/o THE LAWNS NURSERY SCHOOL
IMPERIAL ROAD
WINDSOR
BERKSHIRE
SL4 3RU

Objectives

TO PRESERVE THE GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC,IN PARTICULAR THOSE RESIDENT IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD,WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO FAMILIES,THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO FAMILIES IN NEED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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