Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 14

BEFRIEND A CHILD

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Established: 32 years

www.befriendachild.org.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Charitable activities	£130,920	£88,826	£79,992	£45,945		£76,725
Donations & Legacies	£663,041	£603,638	£530,057	£534,640
Other Income
Investment Income	£52	£305	£536	£125		£1,441
Total income	£794,013	£692,769	£610,585	£580,710	£486,711	£606,780
Charitable activities spending	£560,817	£541,130	£524,146	£474,926		£548,549
Fundraising costs	19%	14%	14%	6%	10%	13%
Other spending
Total spending	£710,031	£637,904	£610,168	£511,854	£516,774	£625,829
Surplus/deficit	£83,982	£54,865	£417	£68,856	-£30,063	-£19,049

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Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty
The advancement of education

Where it operates

Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Aberdeen

Who it helps

Children or young people

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

Foundation Scotland	£45,000
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust	£35,000
Scottish Government	£19,300

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Tackling Child Abuse Befriending Project
£45,000	15/03/2022	to contribute to the Befriending Coordinators salary.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Tackling Child Abuse Befriending Project
£35,000	27/05/2020	Tackling Child Abuse Befriending Project supports school aged children who are suffering the negative effects of abuse and neglect by matching them with a trained volunteer befriender who will be a ....more Tackling Child Abuse Befriending Project supports school aged children who are suffering the negative effects of abuse and neglect by matching them with a trained volunteer befriender who will be a positive adult role model for them and provide positive childhood experiences and support at a challenging time.
Scottish Government - Befriend A Child
£19,300	18/05/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Robertson Trust - Community Befriending Service
£52,500	12/03/2019	Community Befriending Service
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Community Befriending Project
£20,221	28/11/2018	The project matches trained volunteers with young people who are suffering abuse, neglect and other forms of disadvantage. Through on-going, 1:1 support they gain access to a range of benefits that ....more The project matches trained volunteers with young people who are suffering abuse, neglect and other forms of disadvantage. Through on-going, 1:1 support they gain access to a range of benefits that combine to transform their lives, and which provide a foundation on which they can build a positive future.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Befriend a Child
£3,492	19/11/2018	We want to befriend four children for a year and deliver 100 fun-filled outings to create 300 hours of smiling and countless happy memories.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Intensive Befriending and Mentoring Service
£45,387	30/11/2016	This post will continue to support children and young people, with complex and challenging behaviours which are the result of parental abuse and neglect, by offering them a volunteer befriender/mentor
Robertson Trust - Mentoring Service in Schools
£60,000	30/06/2016	Mentoring Service in Schools
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Befriend A Child
£75,300	10/03/2016 12	towards three years' salary of a Befriending Support Worker at a project supporting disadvantaged and vulnerable children in and around Aberdeen

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How is it governed?

Directors (7)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 40-74

ALEXANDER, Shona
Appointed: 2018
Occupation: Practice Manager

ANNANDALE, Philip Edward
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Health And Safety Manager

IRONSIDE, Leonard
Appointed: 2017
Occupation: Company Director

LOUGHREY, Frances
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Company Director

MCCREADY, David
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Company Director

RAE, Steven Victor
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Corporate Manager

REID, Colin John Watson
Appointed: 2018
Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 24/08/1992, number: SC005467
Registered at Companies House on 30/03/2006, number: SC299928

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

9 Bon-Accord Square, Aberdeen, AB11 6DJ

Objectives

The objects of the Company shall be to advance the education, promote the welfare and relieve the suffering and distress of children and young people resident in Aberdeen City and its environs by providing, managing and operating a befriending scheme for those among the aforementioned children and young people who would benefit from such scheme. and to do all other such things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of these objects.

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