Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +3
    • Grant maker support: +4
    Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

    FAMILY UNIT TRUST 

    Undertaking activities and events to provide information and raise awareness of the nature, causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of all forms of cancer with the aim of promoting early diagnosis and cure;Providing practical assistance, support, services and items of equipment, both directly and through the provision of grants of financial assistance, to people affected by cancer;
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • 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 Spending Surplus/
    Deficit
    Volun-
    teers
    30/06/23£82,659£87,305£-4,64635
    30/06/22£22,670£15,309£7,36122
    30/06/21£17,310£16,962£34815
    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 4 years

    www.familyunittrust.org.uk

    info@familyunittrust.org.uk

    01618798398

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Other specialist outpatient services
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England And Wales,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Defined Groups
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 35 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£32,500
    Sport England£8,600
    The Foyle Foundation£5,000
    Forever Manchester£4,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Cost of living Crisis help
    £10,000 14/07/2023
    The funding will be used to support families living with cancel tackle the cost-of-living crisis. The project will provide food parcels and essential items during a difficult time. The projects aims ....more
    Forever Manchester - Hope Project 2
    £1,000 05/06/2023
    Promote awareness of cancer and support those with cancer in the community.
    The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
    £5,000 07/02/2023
    towards core costs (volunteer training and office equipment costs)
    Sport England - Jubilee Fund - BE ACTIVE
    £8,600 08/12/2022
    This project will deliver a weekly exercise routine with the help of a gym instructor and nutritionist. The project will work directly with women impacted by cancer and poverty to improve their ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - SUNRISE PROJECT 2
    £10,000 13/05/2022
    The funding will be used to fund a family unit trust cancer charity working with children young people and families with cancer. The project aims to deliver food parcels to 230 vulnerable families ....more
    Forever Manchester - Hope Project
    £1,000 26/04/2022
    Food parcels for families and volunteer fuel expenses
    Forever Manchester - women matter
    £1,000 15/09/2021
    New forum and talks to support members.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Women Connect
    £2,500 28/07/2021
    The funding will be used to bring younger and older women together for a one day event to discuss and educate on cancer awareness families mental health & wellbeing career & opportunities. ....more
    Forever Manchester - sunshine project
    £1,000 30/03/2021
    Food parcels
    National Lottery Community Fund - SUNRISE PROJECT
    £10,000 12/01/2021
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    The funding will be used to support people with cancer and their families with an emergency food service. The project aims to support people during the current Covid-19 pandemic who are struggling ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/07/2020, number: 1190524
    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
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • 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
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    3 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Unit 63
    Cariocca Business Park
    Sawley Road
    Miles Platting
    MANCHESTER
    M40 8BB

    Objectives

    THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE BAME COMMUNITY, BY:A) UNDERTAKING ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE NATURE, CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ALL FORMS OF CANCER WITH THE AIM OF PROMOTING EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND CURE;B) PROVIDING PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, SERVICES AND ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT, BOTH DIRECTLY AND THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER;C) PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO ALL FORMS OF CANCER, THE USEFUL RESULTS OF WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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