Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 5

THE FENNER FROST FOUNDATION

The aim of The Fenner Frost Foundation is to support people with a learning disability to develop the skills required to access paid employment opportunities.They will be supported to set up a retail business. Here they will be involved in all aspects of running a shop.They will be assisted to identify and source stock, serve customers,handle money and undertake general shop duties.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

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: 8 years

www.fennerfrostfoundation.org.uk

fenner.frost@yahoo.co.uk

07551843177

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/07/23	£68	£69	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/22	£54	£72	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/07/21	£82	£56	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/07/20	£78	£49	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/07/19	£40	£41	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/18	£43	£30	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/17	£23	£20	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Kent,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

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	£28,000
Henry Smith Charity	£20,000
Co-Operative Group	£2,063

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - The Fenner Frost Foundation
£10,000	03/02/2023	The funding will be used towards salaries to maintain the level of staffing in supporting adults with learning disabilities. The project aims to give the students the skills to gain paid or voluntary ....more The funding will be used towards salaries to maintain the level of staffing in supporting adults with learning disabilities. The project aims to give the students the skills to gain paid or voluntary employment.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Fenner Frost Foundation
£1,220	22/10/2022	We would like to take a group of adults with a learning disability away for a break to foster a greater sense of wellbeing within them, as they have suffered disproportionately during the pandemic.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Fenner Frost Foundation
£843	23/10/2021	We would like to expand our stock to attract more customers to our shop. We have relied on sporadic donations up to now but our service can't continue without a wider variety of music.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to The Fenner Frost Foundation
£10,000	09/06/2021 12	towards one year's running costs of a project supporting adults with learning disabilities to develop skills to access employment in Sittingbourne, Kent.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Fenner Frost Foundation
£9,600	21/05/2021	The funding will be used to fund an outreach support worker to promote the charity. The project aims to help those with learning disabilities access employment skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - RPM (Reaching People through Music)
£8,400	31/01/2020 12	The project will allow the group to continue working with adults with learning disabilities to help them gain confidence and skills, thus leading to employment.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to The Fenner Frost Foundation
£10,000	11/09/2019 12	towards one year's running costs project supporting adults with learning disabilities to develop skills to access employment in Sittingbourne, Kent

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

A ROBINS Appointed: 2016

C LOFTUS Appointed: 2016

CHARLOTTE SQUIRE Appointed: 2016

ELIZABETH HYMUS Appointed: 2019

GRACE ALICE DOWNS Appointed: 2021

JONATHAN HYMUS (Chair) Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/05/2016, number: 1167049

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

R P M Record Shop Ltd
30 West Street
SITTINGBOURNE
ME10 1AP

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE POSITIVELY IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE ADULTS.TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED BY PROVIDING THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD CAPACITY BY ESTABLISHING AND GROWING A BUSINESS TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

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