Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 12
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

SPRINGS FAMILY CENTRE 

Youth Work. Drop in for all ages. Jobsclub.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • There are only 4 trustees
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/07/23£84,513£87,395£-2,88215
31/07/22£96,580£87,153£9,42715
31/07/21£112,262£83,770£28,49212
31/07/20£91,467£68,223£23,2446
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.springsfamily.org.uk

clive@springsfc.co.uk

07703185740

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 15 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
Tudor Trust£102,000
National Lottery Community Fund£64,991
BBC Children in Need£43,679
Youth Music£29,992
Northamptonshire Community Foundation£29,725
DCMS£14,264
Sport England£8,308
The Foyle Foundation£8,300
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to Springs Family Centre
£1,000 15/02/2024
This match funding would be used for an additional 60 intervention hours to support the prevention of knife crime work.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to Springs Family Centre
£4,286 07/12/2023
Ongoing wraparound support service to continue the delivery of HSF vouchers.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Springs Family Centre
£43,679 28/11/2023
This grant will provide a variety of youth groups for children and young people experiencing deprivation in Castle Ward, Northampton. The intended outcome is increasing participation and ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£8,300 18/09/2023
towards core costs over the next 12 months
Sport England - Enabling Sport for Less Active
£8,308 28/07/2023
This project will provide family sessions focusing on girls on Saturday mornings providing sport taster sessions including table tennis, football, netball and basketball. Cycling sessions will take ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - MH-Spring Boroughs Youth Hub
£1,567 28/07/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a range of sports and music activities for young people during the summer holidays. The project aims to provide a safe space for young people from diverse ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Helping each other.
£49,941 27/07/2023
This funding will be used to recruit and employ a part time Volunteer Coordinator. The project aims to enable them to extend their local services and their capacity to work with volunteers who need ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Coronation Celebration for all Ages!
£395 14/04/2023
The funding will be used to host three events marking the King's Coronation: a youth football tournament a regeneration planning event and a fun day with bingo a tabletop sale and a cake sale. The ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to Springs Family Centre
£1,000 15/03/2023
Grant to Springs Family Centre
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - HSF3 - capacity support
£5,444 30/01/2023
Delivery of phase 3 of the Household Support vouchers and providing support to beneficiaries
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Supporting those in need.
£1,500 17/01/2023
Grant to Springs Family Centre
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to Springs Family Centre
£5,000 21/11/2022
Springs Family Hub afternoons at Springs Family Centre a mixture of new and ongoing activity.
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Celebrating Platinum Jubilee
£3,504 08/04/2022
The funding will deliver writing and recording workshops for young people that will allow them to create a musical work which they can perform while celebrating the Commonwealth and Jubilee. The ....more
Youth Music - Fulfilling Ambitions.
£29,992 02/03/2022
Fulfilling Ambitions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Let's keep the show on the road.
£9,584 28/10/2021
The funding will be used to cover the costs to run the family centre which provides services including a foodbank jobs club social and youth activities. The project aims to continue supporting the ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Getting Active Again
£4,216 06/10/2021
We would like to support our service users to improve their well-being. We would like to enable them to take small steps that would improve their mental health and their physical health and economic ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Youth work
£3,000 25/08/2021
Youth work
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Continuation
£2,000 16/02/2021
Support young people
Tudor Trust - Grant to Springs Family Centres
£2,000 03/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to Springs Family Centre
£1,279 27/01/2021
Units of technology
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£8,375 30/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£5,889 30/09/2020
"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
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Springs Family Contact
£1,000 02/04/2020
To purchase food for food bags and cover increased telephone costs from ringing clients.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Springs Family Centres
£100,000 05/09/2019
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over three years towards the salaries of a development manager and project manager at a youth and community charity in the Spring Boroughs area of Northampton
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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 19/07/2019, number: 1184510
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls 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
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

Springs Family Centre
9 TOWER STREET
NORTHAMPTON
NN1 2SN

Objectives

1. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF SPRING BOROUGHS , CASTLE WARD AND NORTHAMPTON, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BYASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR COOPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FORACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.2. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT,INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.3. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN SPRING BOROUGHS, CASTLE WARD AND NORTHAMPTON 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 PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.THE ABOVE OBJECTS WILL BE CARRIED OUT WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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