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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

THE FAMILY INFORMATION GROUP

FAMILY INFORMATION GROUP PROVIDES CHILDCARE & SUPPORT TO FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES & CHILDREN 'IN NEED' AS WELL AS LOCAL CHILDREN. WE OPERATE AN INCLUSIVE PROVISION WHERE CHILDREN WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED ARE CARED FOR ALONGSIDE OTHER CHILDREN WHO HAVE NO PARTICULAR DIFFICULTIES. THIS IS ACHIEVED BY WAY OF A TERM TIME PLAYGROUP FOR 2.5-5YR OLDS AND A SUMMER PLAYSCHEME FOR 5-18YR OLDS.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely 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
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
05/04/23*£356£359£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/22£305£326£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/21£204£221£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/20£343£342£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/19£338£320£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/18£280£287£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/17£302£292£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/16£289£289£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/15£279£258£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/14£241£287£-46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/13£278£299£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/12£256£338£-82n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/11£433£353£80n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/10£317£271£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/09£230£233£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/08£211£216£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/07£189£182£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/06£180£178£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/05£156£160£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/04£154£163£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 44 years

familyinformationgroup.co.uk

office@familyinformationgroup.co.uk

01708378141

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Child day-care services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Havering,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Greater London Authority£17,740
Essex Community Foundation£15,000
London Catalyst£3,000
National Lottery Community Fund£805
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - The Family Information Group (FIG)
£5,000 30/10/2023
to offer day trips during the summer holidays in 2024 to disabled children living in the Havering area
Essex Community Foundation - The Family Information Group (FIG)
£5,000 12/06/2023
to offer day trips during the summer holidays to disabled children living in the Havering area
London Catalyst - THE FAMILY INFORMATION GROUP - 1
£3,000 15/11/2022
Life Skills Learning Programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Panto Fun for Us Too
£805 28/10/2022
The funding will be used to take a group of 15 disabled children and young people to a Christmas pantomime being performed by a drama group who specialise in working with disabled children. The project aims to help children to learn to socialise ....more
Greater London Authority - Family Information Group
£17,740 29/07/2022
This is partnership Programme between City Bridge Trust, the National Lottery Community Fund and the GLA. The Family Information Group offer advice and information to parents as well as providing childcare for children with disabilities and children ....more
Essex Community Foundation - The Family Information Group (FIG)
£5,000 28/04/2022
to offer day trips during the summer holidays to disabled children living in the Havering area
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Family Information Group
£58,169 11/10/2016
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This playgroup with enhance speech and language therapy support for children with a range of needs including speech delay, enabling them to improve their confidence, communication and social skills, and have a smoother transition into primary school.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Gender Split

  • JOLENE HARROP
  • KATHIE WHITELOCK
  • LORRAINE SULLIVAN (Chair)
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/05/1981, number: 282399
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 4 days late,
Main office

The Family Information Group
Taunton Hall
90 Taunton Road
ROMFORD
RM3 7SU

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM ANY DISABILITY OR LEARNING DIFFICULTY (AS DEFINED BY THE EDUCATION ACT 1981) AND WHERE APPROPRIATE THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN (SUCH EXPRESSIONS SHALL MEAN OR INCLUDE THE PARENT(S) OR THE LEGAL GUARDIAN(S) THAT GIVE COMFORT TO A CHILD IN THEIR FAMILY HOME) OF SUCH CHILDREN AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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