Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 4

SPOONS

The objectives of the charity are to relieve the needs of parents and families of babies who experience neonatal care in Greater Manchester by the provision of support and information, and to advance awareness and education of neonatal care, and its implications for families, to health professionals and the general public.

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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

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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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
30/04/23		£103	£202	£-99	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
30/04/22		£282	£252	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
30/04/21	*	£171	£136	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	21
30/04/20		£122	£56	£66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
30/04/19		£58	£36	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/04/18		£24	£17	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/17		£12	£4	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

http://www.spoons.org.uk/

care@spoons.org.uk

03003650363

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides other finance
Provides services

Where it operates

Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
14 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£236,845
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
True Colours Trust	£5,000
Forever Manchester	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
True Colours Trust - Towards the recruitment and training of volunteers to support parents of babies who are cared for on
£5,000	13/09/2023	Towards the recruitment and training of volunteers to support parents of babies who are cared for on a neonatal unit.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sensory play for neonatal parents
£9,960	24/02/2023	The funding will be used to deliver sensory play sessions for babies and parents who have experienced neonatal care where participants will be provided with the opportunity to spend quality and ....more The funding will be used to deliver sensory play sessions for babies and parents who have experienced neonatal care where participants will be provided with the opportunity to spend quality and productive time with their children and socialise with others in similar circumstances with the aim of reducing stress anxiety and isolation and promoting family wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sustaining Spoons
£157,015	22/09/2022	This funding will support Spoons to sustain its services of providing support to families experiencing neonatal intensive care (NICU) in Greater Manchester. Their service is available throughout a ....more This funding will support Spoons to sustain its services of providing support to families experiencing neonatal intensive care (NICU) in Greater Manchester. Their service is available throughout a family’s journey – from the initial admission to neonatal care transition from hospital to home and community support with what lies beyond through peer support community classes trauma therapy and workshops. This funding would cover a portion of their core costs to enable them to support their future strategy and development.
National Lottery Community Fund - Healing Minds
£9,920	30/09/2021	The funding will be used to provide trauma therapy to parents of neonatal babies. The project aims to offer a holistic approach of treatments to help with feelings of anxiety over baby’s future ....more The funding will be used to provide trauma therapy to parents of neonatal babies. The project aims to offer a holistic approach of treatments to help with feelings of anxiety over baby’s future isolation and any longer-term mental health issues.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	24/09/2021	Neonatal care and beyond
Forever Manchester - Vital Connections
£5,000	29/05/2020	Online and telephone support for families with new-borns/premature babies
National Lottery Community Fund - Spoons: Strong Foundations - Development Grant
£50,000	20/03/2020 11	The organisation aims to alleviate stress and reduce the isolation of families experiencing neonatal intensive care in Greater Manchester. Funding will go towards expanding the number of staff and ....more The organisation aims to alleviate stress and reduce the isolation of families experiencing neonatal intensive care in Greater Manchester. Funding will go towards expanding the number of staff and volunteers.
National Lottery Community Fund - Spoons PTPS
£9,950	07/02/2020 11	The project will train volunteers expand their peer to peer support (PTPS) service for parents of babies in neonatal care. This will enable more parents to have access to services and support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Diary of a Super Sibling
£5,000	06/12/2018 12	The charity is designing a special book which will be given to siblings of a baby in neonatal care who are of reading age. The aim of the book is to help children understand and come to terms with a ....more The charity is designing a special book which will be given to siblings of a baby in neonatal care who are of reading age. The aim of the book is to help children understand and come to terms with a baby brother or sister that they cannot touch or hold. Funding will go towards design, artwork and printing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Spoons Neonatal Family Support Website
£4,104	26/03/2018 12	The charity will provide a website for a peer support group for families who are experiencing neonatal intensive care in the community. This will provide emotional support and practical knowledge for ....more The charity will provide a website for a peer support group for families who are experiencing neonatal intensive care in the community. This will provide emotional support and practical knowledge for families starting out on their neonatal journeys to reduce loneliness, promote community involvement and wellbeing.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

KHADIJAH SALIM Appointed: 2020

TRACEY RAWLINSON Appointed: 2019

CAROLINE LOOBY Appointed: 2017

LEANNE ROYLE Appointed: 2023

PAMELA ASHSCROFT Appointed: 2020

REBECCA LOWE Appointed: 2023

SARAH MOXON (Chair) Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/05/2016, number: 1167043

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
Paying staff
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

7 returns made; AR21: 3 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from SHORT BOWEL SURVIVOR AND FRIENDS on 05/07/2023

Main office

Spoons
Albany Mill
Old Hall Street
Middleton
MANCHESTER
M24 1AG

Objectives

TO PROVIDE EMOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND ACTIVITIES TO PARENTS AND FAMILIES OF BABIES WHO EXPERIENCE NEONATAL CARE IN GREATER MANCHESTER.TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AND CHALLENGES PARENTS AND FAMILIES OF BABIES IN NEONATAL CARE FACE.TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO IMPROVE FAMILY EXPERIENCES OF NEONATAL CARE AND BEYOND IN GREATER MANCHESTER.

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