Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

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

Large volunteers +3
Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 7

GIRLS FRIENDLY SOCIETY IN ENGLAND AND WALES

Girls as young as six are telling us they are not able to be themselves. So we support girls build their confidence up by offering a safe place where they can learn to be themselves and proud of who they are. We aim to achieve this through early intervention and work with girls in the most deprived areas of England and Wales, where we know girls futures are disadvantaged.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
30/09/23		£313	£1,056	£-743	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/22		£229	£952	£-723	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/21		£274	£761	£-487	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/20		£518	£737	£-219	£69	£9,296	£4,135	67.3	15	200
30/09/19		£550	£790	£-240	£39	£10,324	£720	10.9	14	170
30/09/18	*	£603	£985	£-382	£17	£10,702	£884	10.8	21	0
30/09/17		£611	£912	£-300	£51	£10,926	£1,121	14.8	17	0
30/09/16		£616	£1,066	£-450	£26	£11,125	£1,308	14.7	22	0
30/09/15		£723	£1,112	£-390	£100	£11,402	£2,105	22.7	16	0
30/09/14		£730	£1,173	£-443	£90	£11,741	£2,518	25.8	19	0
30/09/13		£749	£1,373	£-624	£84	£11,792	£2,826	24.7	26	0
30/09/12		£1,012	£1,572	£-560	£84	£11,677	£3,256	24.9	38	0
30/09/11		£1,014	£1,502	£-488	£82	£11,452	£3,631	29	39	0
30/09/10		£1,083	£1,590	£-507	£85	£12,332	£4,189	31.6	45	0
30/09/09		£1,180	£1,583	£-403	£66	£12,166	£3,625	27.5	45	0
30/09/08		£1,434	£1,661	£-227	£55	£12,815	£4,183	30.2	44	0
30/09/07		£1,366	£1,502	£-136	£73	£15,913	£5,382	43	46	0
30/09/06		£1,381	£1,396	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/05		£1,475	£1,376	£99	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/04		£9,098	£3,222	£5,876	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 29 years

www.girlsfriendlysociety.org.uk

info@girlsfriendlysociety.org.uk

02078379669

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation

GiG Classification

Practical support, advice & companionship

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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

DCMS	£10,000
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd	£8,180
Co-Operative Group	£5,493
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside	£2,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Transforming the lives of girls in Anfield
£2,500	26/09/2023	To continue GFS in Anfield which provides educational activities to disadvantaged girls and provides them with a community to develop their confidence.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Girls Friendly Society, Chester-le-Street
£1,862	22/10/2022	We would like to enhance the content and delivery of activities at GFS Chester-le-Street; empowering girls and young women to feel free to be themselves, and feel proud of who they are.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	29/06/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - running costs for the Girls Friendly Project in Blyth, Northumberland
£8,180	30/04/2020	running costs for the Girls Friendly Project in Blyth, Northumberland
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Girls Friendly Society Swinton
£3,632	15/11/2019	We want to buy resources to run activities that build self-esteem at our girls-only youth group in Swinton.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 28-52

ACUSHLA YOUNG Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Operations Manager

CHANDNI RADIA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Fundraising Director

FRANCES ELIZABETH PAYNE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Teacher

GEORGIA WHITFIELD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Lawyer

MARGAUX YOUNG Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Finance Director

OLIVIA LEWIS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Banker

OLUWAREMILEKUN TURTON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Project Manager

PARV SANGERA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Managing Director

RITA SEBESTYEN (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Consultant

TASILA BANDA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Legal Counsel

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/04/1996, number: 1054310
Registered at Companies House on 14/03/1996, number: 03172713

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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR18: 20 days late,

Main office

3RD FLOOR
86-90 PAUL STREET
LONDON
EC2A 4NE

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF WOMEN AND GIRLS. THE CHARITY WORKS WITH WOMEN AND GIRLS OF ALL RELIGIOUS FAITHS AND OF NONE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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