Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 8

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
Future income +5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Static board: -3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 3

KINFEST

Kinfest aims to alleviate isoloation within Kinship families. It does so by organising holidays, events, day trips and fundraising activities for people, and their families, who look after another family or friends child(ren).

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

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
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently

Established: 7 years

www.kinfest.co.uk

info@kinfest.co.uk

07762317947

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		£7	£7	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/22		£11	£9	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/21	*	£4	£4	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/20		£10	£11	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19		£34	£26	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18	*	£41	£39	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Kinfest Blackpool
£4,840	07/07/2023	The funding will be used to bring kinship carers and children together for socialising and day trips. The project aims to give families a chance to meet up and discuss the challenges faced with ....more The funding will be used to bring kinship carers and children together for socialising and day trips. The project aims to give families a chance to meet up and discuss the challenges faced with caring for young vulnerable family members and to also reduce isolation amongst carers.
National Lottery Community Fund - Kinfest (Yorkshire) 2022
£1,845	11/02/2022	The funding will be used to provide summer holiday activities for kinship carers. The project aims to bring carers together and provide positive activities to reduce isolation and improve wellbeing.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kinfest
£10,717	19/11/2018	We would like to buy a van to transport items on holidays, days out etc.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

ANNA CLOUGH Appointed: 2019

JANELLEN REDINGTON BA MCMI Appointed: 2017

MATHEW KEITH BUSHELL Appointed: 2018

NEIL WARREN STOW MA MCMI Appointed: 2018

ROBERT IAN PITMAN Appointed: 2019

V O'LEARY (Chair) Appointed: 2017

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/02/2017, number: 1171491

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR18: 37 days late,

Main office

30 Castle Street
Upnor
ROCHESTER
Kent
ME2 4XR

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT LIVING WITH THEIR NATURAL PARENTS, THEIR CARERS AND THE NATURAL CHILDREN OF THE CARERS WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, DUE TO THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION BY THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL EVENTS, DAYS OUT AND GROUP HOLIDAYS AND EVENTS TO RAISE AWARENESS TO ENABLE THEM TO INTEGRATE WITH OTHERS IN A SIMILAR POSITION AND TO ASSIST WITH BONDING WITHIN THE FAMILY UNIT AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSESWHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT(SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008],

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