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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

FAMILY COMPASS 

Family Compass provides therapeutic mental health support to children, young people and families.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers including the Government recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

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

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/05/23£366,024£338,116£27,9080
31/05/22£267,417£204,915£62,5020
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 2 years

www.familycompass.co.uk

hello@familycompass.co.uk

07873759364

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

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
The Fore£21,800
Devon Community Foundation£11,915
National Lottery Community Fund£9,980
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Inhale/Exhale
£9,980 12/05/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a series of therapeutic sessions including drama and art for children who are significantly impacted by their mental health where participants will receive support ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Inhale/Exhale
£9,975 30/01/2023
addressing the request of young people in the Ivybridge area for appropriate volunteering opportunities by setting up and developing a youth action group, helping young people to develop personal and ....more
The Fore - Grant to Family Compass
£21,800 01/08/2022
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Family Compass delivers creative and family-focused therapies, high-quality mentoring and therapeutic group sessions to children and their families in Barnstaple, North Devon. The organisation ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Inhale/Exhale
£1,940 07/07/2021
Match funding to allow extension of Inhale/Exhale 1:1 mental health programme with secondary-aged children to Ilfracombe and Braunton area.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/02/2022, number: 1197742
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

Old Town Station
North Walk
Barnstaple
Devon
EX31 1DF

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF GOOD MENTAL HEALTH IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 0-25, AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED, ARE AT RISK OF, OR ARE RECOVERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES; AND,THE PROMOTION OF GOOD MENTAL HEALTH AS A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE TO PROTECT CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 0-25, AND THEIR FAMILIES, FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIESTHROUGH THE PROVISION OF: O CREATIVE THERAPIES (INCLUDING PLAY THERAPY, ART THERAPY AND DRAMATHERAPY)O THERAPEUTIC RESILIENCE-BUILDING SUPPORT (INCLUDING GROUP SUPPORT) AND THERAPEUTIC FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES O SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY O WELLBEING BOXES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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