Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

FAMILY HOLIDAY CHARITY 

Provision of holidays for disadvantaged families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

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
31/12/23£2,096£1,659£437£459£1,329£1,2629.1130
31/12/22£1,775£2,261£-486£540£893£6113.2130
31/12/21£720£1,305£-586£377£1,394£1,17810.8120
31/12/20?£1,935£1,202£732£563£1,973£1,73917.4120
31/08/19£1,907£1,498£408£303£1,240£1,1108.9130
31/08/18£1,448£1,508£-60£323£827£7015.6140
31/08/17£1,336£1,499£-163£333£892£7616.1120
31/08/16£1,564£1,496£68£375£1,053£9247.490
31/08/15£1,363£1,436£-73£486£974£8597.2100
31/08/14£1,541£1,267£274£301£1,047£9328.8110
31/08/13£1,238£1,202£36£337£860£7487.5110
31/08/12*£1,356£1,308£48£309£818£7126.5110
31/08/11*£1,260£1,305£-46£315£677£5735.3100
31/08/10*£1,260£1,378£-118£381£720£6195.4120
31/08/09*£1,098£1,112£-14£330£877£7858.5120
31/08/08£1,336£1,049£288£394£892£7959.1120
31/08/07*£1,043£954£90£352£577£4625.890
31/08/06£893£774£119£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£773£842£-69£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£853£904£-51£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 22.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 27.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 15%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 9.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 18.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 36 years

www.familyholidaycharity.org.uk

hello@familyholidaycharity.org.uk

02031170650

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
DCMS - Family Holiday Charity - Award No. 2, 2022-24
£426,875 01/12/2022
The purpose of this un-competed grant is to subsidise up to 417 short break holidays of up to between 3 and 4 nights in duration for eligible families, living in England and referred to Family ....more
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-Family Holiday Charity
£625 22/06/2022
Towards a life time trip for children
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Family Holiday Association
£1,240 30/09/2020
Providing front line support for disabled people

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-68
  • DAVINIA BATLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Fundraising And Communications
  • MARK SAXON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retail Banking Balance Sheet Risk Management Consu
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/10/1988, number: 800262
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/09/1988, number: 02301337
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR12: 81 days late, AR11: 4 days late, AR10: 30 days late, AR09: 20 days late, AR07: 121 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from OLIVER '68 on 22/02/2024
Main office

FAMILY HOLIDAY CHARITY
7-14 Great Dover Street
LONDON
SE1 4YR

Objectives

“The objects of the Charity are to promote and provide access to holidays and day trips for families or members of families which or who have need of such holidays or day trips for rest and recreation by reason of their youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.”

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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