Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker 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

Established: 10 years

www.facecharity.org.uk

info@facecharity.org.uk

01179691938

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£355	£331	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/22	£234	£241	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
31/03/21	£254	£219	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/03/20	£266	£287	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19	£175	£165	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28
31/03/18	£149	£158	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£166	£160	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£139	£134	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£108	£105	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

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

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 works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 volunteers

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

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 ....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."
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 ....more 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 lack of community connection.
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 ....more 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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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, Other trusteeships: ST ANDREW'S METHODIST EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, HORFIELD METHODIST CHURCH,

REV HILARY COOKE Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeship: BRISTOL AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH,

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).

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