Overall GiG Score: 9 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

FORWARD FACING 

Forward Facing is a charity that provides activities and events for families whose children are living with long-term illness and bereavement in the Sussex area. We support families by putting on free events where the families can forget their daily struggles, have fun and make lasting memories.We also support their parents, carers, siblings and extended family.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be 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
Established: 13 years

www.forwardfacing.co.uk

hello@forwardfacing.co.uk

07824 325716

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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£59£58£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£50£44£6n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21*£26£32£-6n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20*£63£46£17n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£42£33£9n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/18£34£41£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£24£21£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£4£15£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£8£3£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£29£14£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£17£17£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£6£7£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, Throughout London,

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£29,730
Sussex Community Foundation£19,900
Co-Operative Group£10,023
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Forward Facing
£10,000 08/09/2023
The funding will be used to help the families of children facing illness and disability access fun activities. The project aims to create long lasting memories while building networks of people with ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Forward Facing
£7,000 11/11/2022
Funding was provided towards play therapy for children.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Forward Facing
£2,624 23/10/2021
We would like to organise events that make lasting memories for children and families living with serious illnesses and disabilities, as well as those who have suffered bereavement.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Forward Facing
£4,100 16/07/2021
8
Funding was provided towards adapted activities for clinically vulnerable families.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Response
£19,730 04/03/2021
6
The funding will provide support for children and their families across Sussex who are living with long-term or life limiting illnesses disabilities bereavement hardship or have an ongoing hidden ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Forward Facing
£4,000 18/05/2020
Forward Facing provide support for families who have children with life limiting or long-term conditions or those who have suffered a bereavement. Providing special events to forget their daily ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Forward Facing
£4,800 18/11/2019
9
Funding was provided for six workshops with Albion in the Community, providing sports sessions tailored to people with disabilities.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Forward Facing
£7,399 15/11/2019
We want funding to pay for our Annual Memory Making Day, supporting children who live with cancer or other disabilities.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Forward Facing
£5,000 16/11/2018
11
Funding was provided for some special days for the children and families they work with, in this case photo-shoots in a professional studio based in Brighton.
National Lottery Community Fund - Memory Making Day
£9,520 28/09/2018
12
The organisation will hold a memory fun day to support families and children who are seriously ill or have been impacted through bereavement, with a view to building peer relationships, networking ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Forward Facing
£4,550 14/07/2017
11
Forward Facing supports children and young people with long term or life threatening conditions. Funding was provided to support a number of events for poorly children and their siblings, parents and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/06/2011, number: 1142193
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR21: 4 days late, AR20: 5 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 47 days late,
Main office

1-7 STATION ROAD
CRAWLEY
RH10 1HT

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ART OF THEATRICAL AND CREATIVE MAKE UP. 2. TO SUPPORT PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL DISFIGUREMENT AND /OR THOSE LIVING WITH LONG TERM ILLNESSES THROUGH THE USE OF CAMOUFLAGE MAKE UP AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES. 3. TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH LIFE LIMITED HEALTH CONDITIONS OR HIDDEN DISABILITIES AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BEREAVED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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