Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

FOUNDATION FOR ACTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Provision of a venue and service for youth work and award schemes, targeting based on age or mental or physical ability. Provision of a venue and service for community events, courses, social and/or employment skills. Work with other voluntary or educational organisations through the use of employees and volunteers of the organisation operating sessions and mentoring, for example at local schools.
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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
31/03/24£452£452£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£355£331£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£234£241£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£254£219£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£266£287£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£149£158£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£166£160£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£139£134£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£108£105£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.facecharity.org.uk

info@facecharity.org.uk

01179691938

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City, South Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
Quartet Community Foundation£17,940
National Lottery Community Fund£9,900
DCMS£9,820
Co-Operative Group£1,630
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to FACE (Foundation for Active Community Engagement)
£1,000 29/02/2024
8
A contribution toward celebration events that will improve community cohesion in the area and help to keep community volunteers engaged in the group's charitable work.
Quartet Community Foundation - Filton Pollinator Project
£1,500 05/06/2023
Towards the Filton Pollinator Project, working with students from UWE.
Quartet Community Foundation - Filton Pollinator Project
£1,500 12/12/2022
Towards the Filton Pollinator Project, working with students from UWE.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Foundation for Active Community Engagement (FACE)
£1,630 22/10/2022
We wish to bring isolated people back together for positive activities and social interaction, to rebuild confidence and reduce anxieties.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to FACE (Foundation for Active Community Engagement)
£2,440 19/10/2022
Toward staff costs for a monthly after-school support group for adopted young people.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to FACE (Foundation for Active Community Engagement)
£5,500 19/07/2022
To reach out and upskill the local community and provide facilities to improve the local environment by running a weekly community project and ensure specialist input and resources.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to FACE (Foundation for Active Community Engagement)
£1,500 04/07/2022
To reach out and upskill the local community and provide facilities to improve the local environment by running a weekly community project and ensure specialist input and resources.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,820 18/09/2020
"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
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to FACE (Foundation for Active Community Engagement)
£4,500 21/05/2020
To provide "5 Ways to Well-being" packs to some FACE members and many vulnerable residents in Filton to combat loneliness and depression and share goodness and hope.
National Lottery Community Fund - CommUnity (pilot)
£9,900 10/01/2020
11
The funding will be used to deliver a community scheme to improve and promote community spirit, with a particular focus on inter-generational activities. The project aims to help local people of all ages who are experiencing social isolation and a ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to FACE (Foundation of Active Community Engagement)
£3,468 19/11/2018
We want to fund trips, residentials, and holiday-time activities for children, teenagers and disabled adults to build confidence and skills.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to FACE - Foundation for Active Community Engagement
£110,707 02/03/2018
36
This project will run a weekly youth group with a quarterly weekend away for learning disabled young people. Through attending young people will have improved confidence and self esteem, increased independence and a reduction in isolation.
Quartet Community Foundation - Disability Youth Forum
£4,454 26/04/2016
12
To fund a disability youth forum for young people with learning difficulties and autism to meet up on a monthly basis and plan county wide events and activities.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

  • BILLY DAVIS Appointed: 2021
  • CLAIRE RUTH HAZELGROVE Appointed: 2022
  • DAVID WILLIAM MATTHEWS Appointed: 2022
  • REV DR SIMON CHRISTOPHER EDWARDS Appointed: 2018
  • REV HILARY COOKE Appointed: 2014
  • ROBERT HARMAN Appointed: 2023
  • ROBERT SHARP Appointed: 2016
  • ROSEMARY GREENWOOD (Chair) Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/05/2014, number: 1156904
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SAFE SPACE on 24/11/2020
Main office

ELM PARK
FILTON
BRISTOL
BS34 7PS

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN FILTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: (A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL);SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS);CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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