Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 2

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 3

ST. DAVID'S CHILDREN SOCIETY

Adoption agency.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 gender

Financial issues to consider:

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
31/03/23	£1,259	£1,666	£-408	£0	£970	£970	7	28	8
31/03/22	£1,693	£1,693	£0	£0	£1,377	£1,377	9.8	30	6
31/03/21	£2,016	£1,709	£307	£0	£1,378	£1,378	9.7	26	6
31/03/20	£1,699	£1,572	£127	£0	£1,071	£1,071	8.2	27	6
31/03/19	£1,303	£1,417	£-114	£0	£944	£944	8	26	6
31/03/18	£1,135	£1,185	£-50	£0	£1,058	£1,058	10.7	22	0
31/03/17	£1,284	£1,169	£115	£0	£1,108	£1,108	11.4	21	0
31/03/16	£1,363	£1,256	£107	£0	£992	£992	9.5	25	0
31/03/15	£1,110	£1,038	£72	£4	£885	£885	10.2	20	0
31/03/14	£1,231	£905	£326	£4	£813	£813	10.8	16	0
31/03/13	£823	£705	£118	£2	£487	£487	8.3	14	0
31/03/12	£650	£520	£130	£3	£369	£369	8.5	8	0
31/03/11	£427	£482	£-55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10	£527	£446	£81	£7	£315	£315	8.5	7	0
31/03/09	£467	£411	£56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08	£352	£411	£-59	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	£377	£372	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06	£371	£346	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	£445	£418	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	£400	£431	£-31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 34%
Liabilities/Income: 40%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 44 years

www.adoptionwales.org

info@stdavidscs.org

02920667007

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Adoption & fostering services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - St David's Adoption Support Groups
£3,325	17/01/2023	St Davids Children Society in Cardiff will provide monthly peer support groups for adoptive families assisted by qualified in-house social workers. Their £3325 grant will be spent on venue ....more St Davids Children Society in Cardiff will provide monthly peer support groups for adoptive families assisted by qualified in-house social workers. Their £3325 grant will be spent on venue entertainment refreshments speakers and sundry expenses. Bydd St Davids Children Society yng Nghaerdydd yn darparu grwpiau cymorth cymheiriaid misol i deuluoedd sydd wedi mabwysiadu gyda chymorth gweithwyr cymdeithasol. Bydd eu grant £3325 yn talu am leoliad adloniant lluniaeth seinyddion a mân gostau.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 47-77

AMANDA MCGOWAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Foster Carer

ANDREW SCOTT LUSK Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Semi Retired

DELYTH ANN EVANS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

DR KERRY-ANN HOLDER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant Clinical Psychologist

FRANK MOLONEY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Optometrist

KATHERINE SHELTON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Senior Lecturer

MATTHEW DAVID CLARK Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director

PHILLIP CHICK (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Nhs Manager

REV ARFON JONES Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Field Offier/Bible Translator

TERENCE CHAMPKEN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

TERENCE CONNOR Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/03/1981, number: 509163
Registered at Companies House on 23/02/1981, number: 01546688

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)

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
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; all on time

Main office

28 PARK PLACE
CARDIFF
CF10 3BA

Objectives

3.1. The Company shall operate for the public benefit in pursuance of the following charitable purposes or objects:3.1.1 to offer relief to those in need by reason of youth, age, ill health, disability, financial disadvantage or other disadvantage primarily by working as an agency to make arrangements for the adoption and fostering of children in Wales and delivering support services to children and their families in accordance with the Adoption and Children Act 2002 and the Adoption Support Services (Wales) Regulations 2005 (as amended in 2020) and the Regulated Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2019 and 3.1.2 to promote the needs of children and their families through advancing education.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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