Finance Score: -10

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 8

Accounts overdue -5
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: -2

FAMILY FIRST

Based in Ipswich, Suffolk, Family First is a local Christian Charity which has a vision to see families flourish and children who are valued and cared for within positive constructive environments. Trained volunteers are matched and visit families regularly, enabling them to develop their capacity in supporting themselves and find solutions to the challenges that impact their lives.

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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 8 years

www.familyfirst-uk.org

info@familyfirst-uk.org

07936008199

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/22	£21	£38	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/21	£21	£38	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/20	£45	£33	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	23
31/03/19	£36	£26	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	17
31/03/18	£36	£19	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	10
21/03/17	£27	£17	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Suffolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
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

Henry Smith Charity	£25,000
Suffolk Community Foundation	£14,640
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Family First
£10,000	24/09/2021	The funding will be used to deliver and expand the provision of mental health and self-esteem workshops for parents and carers in Ipswich. The project aims to increase their confidence social support ....more The funding will be used to deliver and expand the provision of mental health and self-esteem workshops for parents and carers in Ipswich. The project aims to increase their confidence social support networks and mental wellbeing.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Family First
£20,000	23/09/2021 24	towards two years' running costs of an organisation providing support for families including parent mentoring in Ipswich, Suffolk.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Family First
£1,000	15/06/2021	Supporting core running costs for Family First.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Family First
£2,000	15/06/2021	To enable them to continue to support vulnerable families in Ipswich.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Sustaining and supporting parents in Ipswich
£3,936	18/02/2021 9	Towards additional hours for the organisations 2 Family Coordinators so they can meet the increase in demand for services during the Covid pandemic.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Family First
£2,704	15/12/2020 6	For additional hours for the organisation's Family Coordinators who assess parents' needs.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Family First
£5,000	19/06/2019	Towards core running costs enabling them to support vulnerable families.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Family First
£5,000	31/05/2019 12	towards one year's running costs of a charity providing family support and mentoring to vulnerable families in Ipswich
Joseph Rank Trust - Family First, Ipswich
£30,000	01/02/2019 36	To fund the running costs of the charity
Suffolk Community Foundation - Developing Family First
£5,000	15/06/2018 12	Towards staffing costs so enabling them to support vulnerable families.
National Lottery Community Fund - Developing Family First
£9,960	21/02/2018 12	This project will build and develop the charity's service, in particular its links to referral agencies, to better help families in need of support.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

DAVID SANSOM Appointed: 2017

DOROTHY CORDLE (Chair) Appointed: 2017

DANIEL SOMERS Appointed: 2019

JANET VIVIENNE BAKER RGN,DN Appointed: 2017

MARK JEREMY CRAWLEY Appointed: 2018

SAJANI GEORGE Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/03/2016, number: 1166175

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

Family First
The Hope Centre
10 St. Margarets Street
IPSWICH
IP4 2AT

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT [AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES], THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, UNEMPLOYMENT, ILL-HEALTH AND SUCH OTHER ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE.

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