Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

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
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
30/06/24£74£71£3n/a
30/06/23£83£87£-5n/a
30/06/22£23£15£7n/a
30/06/21£17£17£0n/a
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
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support 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 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£32,500
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust£16,230
Sport England£8,600
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Forever Manchester£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Project Funding
£16,230 31/07/2023
Funding will facilitate a monthly workshop for families suffering from cancer and impacted by the cost of living crisis
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 to support 300 vulnerable families. The project ....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 mental and physical health by teaching them about ....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 most in need within the community.
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. The project aims to bring together different ....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 with physical and emotional health finances and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ADAOBI YVONNE OMOBOGIE (Chair) Appointed: 2021
  • AYOMIDE SUCCESS ODUOLA Appointed: 2021
  • MARGARET FAITH EDET Appointed: 2023
  • MUIBAT OLUWAKEMI BABABAJIDE Appointed: 2023
  • OLUFEMI OLANREWAJU ADEYEYE Appointed: 2023
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
  • Investing charity funds 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
4 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

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