Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

FREE FAMILY REPRESENTATION & ADVOCACY PROJECT

Provide free representation and assistance (advice and support) to those who attend the family court without a lawyer.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Over half the Board have joined recently
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
05/04/23£21£10£11n/a
05/04/22£9£4£5n/a
05/04/21*£5£3£2n/a
05/04/20£5£2£3n/a
05/04/19*£2£2£0n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.ffrap.org

info@ffrap.org

020 7722 8772

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Access to Justice Foundation - Spring Grants Round 2022
£16,176 30/03/2022
The 2022 Spring Grants Round aims to support the provision pro bono provision throughout the UK, at a regional and/or local level.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

  • FARHANA BEGUM (Chair) Appointed: 2018
  • MARY ISLAM Appointed: 2022
  • SHIRIA KHANAM Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/08/2018, number: 1179710
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR21: 27 days late, AR19: 123 days late,
Main office

Northways
College Crescent
NW3 5DR

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO, THROUGH LACK OF MEANS AND THE REMOVAL OF LEGAL AID, WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH ADVICE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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