Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +6
    Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

    BLOSSOM FOUNDATION 

    Empowerment seminars, Workshops, 1-2-1 mentorship programmes, Skills for life programmes.Services provided are to support the African BME teenage girls and young adult from ages 10-20
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • 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

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

    Financial Data ?

    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
    31/03/23£45£45£1n/an/an/an/an/a8
    31/03/22£35£31£4n/an/an/an/an/a8
    31/03/21£35£31£4n/an/an/an/an/a8
    31/03/20?£19£14£5n/an/an/an/an/a8
    30/11/18*£1£4£-3£0£0£0n/a04
    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 6 years

    www.blossomfoundation.org.uk

    info@blossomfoundation.org.uk

    0161 6373230

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • Education/Training
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Services for families & carers
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Manchester City,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 8 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£30,000
    BBC Children in Need£29,363
    DCMS£18,924
    The Clothworkers Foundation£3,400
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - INTERGENERATION CONVERSATIONS
    £10,000 21/07/2023
    The funding will be used to workshops and events; whilst also producing information and resources for young BME African girls and young adults to address the issues that cause intergenerational ....more
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Blossom Foundation
    £3,400 08/12/2022
    Purchase of IT equipment for a charity which works with Young Black African women in Manchester
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Blossom Foundation
    £29,363 12/10/2022
    This project will empower Black children and young people from Manchester to deliver Social Action in their community.
    National Lottery Community Fund - SHE'S GOT IT
    £10,000 08/10/2021
    The funding will be used to support BME African girls aged 10-20. The project aims to help with the transitional stages of becoming an adult with culturally appropriate life skills covering positive ....more
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £18,924 09/09/2020
    "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
    National Lottery Community Fund - SHE'S GOT IT
    £10,000 16/10/2019
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    SHE'S GOT IT
    DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
    £3,500 25/02/2018
    In line with our objectives to raise awareness on the issues that affect the young girls health such as mental health issues, and building skills to improve her confidence, our expected outcomes are: ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (4)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/03/2018, number: 1177641
    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
    • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • 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
    5 returns made; AR18: 24 days late,
    Main office

    Unit 81
    Cariocca Business Park
    Sawley Road
    Miles Platting
    MANCHESTER
    M40 8BB

    Objectives

    1. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO YOUNG PEOPLE, MIGRANTS, BME AND DEPRIVED COMMUNITIES, IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;2. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 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 YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, VULNERABILITY, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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