Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 2

No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -3

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:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
The Board is 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
05/04/23	*	£356	£359	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
05/04/22		£305	£326	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
05/04/21		£204	£221	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
05/04/20		£343	£342	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
05/04/19		£338	£320	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
05/04/18		£280	£287	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/17		£302	£292	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/16		£289	£289	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/15		£279	£258	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/14		£241	£287	£-46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/13		£278	£299	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/12		£256	£338	£-82	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/11		£433	£353	£80	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/10		£317	£271	£47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/09		£230	£233	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/08		£211	£216	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/07		£189	£182	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/06		£180	£178	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/05		£156	£160	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/04		£154	£163	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 43 years

familyinformationgroup.co.uk

office@familyinformationgroup.co.uk

01708378141

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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 works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
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 ....more 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 outside of their home and build their confidence to take part in activities.
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 ....more 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 in need. The funding will go towards establishing a local network, bringing together parents and staff from key statutory services and other stakeholders.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Family Information Group
£58,169	11/10/2016 36	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, ....more 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.

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

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