Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 7

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 4

FAMILY VOICE SURREY

To relieve the needs of children and young people aged 0-25 yrs in Surrey & surrounding areas with disabilities &/or additional needs, including their parents, families & carers & to assist in improving their quality of life & promoting their inclusion in their local communities & to help and support them to reach their full individuals & members of society for the public benefit.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
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 4 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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£216,166	£181,311	£34,855	2
31/03/22	£219,097	£164,649	£54,448	2
31/03/21	£140,343	£137,947	£2,396	12
31/03/20	£100,734	£110,904	£-10,170	3
31/03/19	£105,142	£122,332	£-17,190	15

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.familyvoicesurrey.org

contact@familyvoicesurrey.org

01372705708

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment

GiG Classification

General outpatient health-care services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Surrey,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£407,500
Community Foundation for Surrey	£64,950
Department for Education	£20,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - FVS participation project
£407,500	27/08/2021	The funding will contribute towards whole organisational costs to deliver core services and will help give Surrey Parent Carers (PC) a collective voice via a forum to share knowledge and empowerment ....more The funding will contribute towards whole organisational costs to deliver core services and will help give Surrey Parent Carers (PC) a collective voice via a forum to share knowledge and empowerment and improve opportunities for their children. FVA have just under 2000 Parent Carer members that help influence wider services and provision through sharing experiences responding to surveys participating in workshops events and focus groups. Previous members have become Volunteer Project Coordinators for boroughs in Surrey (these roles will now be paid as sessional workers) and help facilitate service offers driven by what matters to local members.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Family Voice Surrey Engagement Project
£10,000	23/07/2021 11	Funding toward an engagement project that supports and signposts parent carers of children with learning or physical disabilities throughout Surrey.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Family Voice Surrey Engagement Project
£49,950	28/06/2021 23	Funding toward the salary cost for a part time co-ordinator in each District and Borough within the Surrey Heartlands, by a charity that offers support to carers of young people throughout Surrey.
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - Supporting Carers
£5,000	21/05/2020	Funding for a charity supporting carers across Surrey during the COVID19 pandemic
Department for Education - Parent Carer Participation grant
£20,000	01/04/2020	To fund 152 Parent Carer Forums to represent and support their local area's SEND parents, carers and families.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

NICOLA BROWNJOHN Appointed: 2022

SALLY ALLEN (Chair) Appointed: 2019

SAMANTHA EDGINTON Appointed: 2021

SARAH CLARKE Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/10/2017, number: 1175460

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

FAMILY VOICE SURREY
CONNECT HOUSE
KINGSTON ROAD
LEATHERHEAD
KT22 7LT

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 0-25 YEARS IN SURREY AND SURROUNDING AREAS WITH DISABILITIES AND/OR ADDITIONAL NEEDS, INCLUDING THEIR PARENTS, FAMILIES AND CARERS AND TO ASSIST IN IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND PROMOTING THEIR INCLUSION IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND TO HELP AND SUPPORT THEM TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY; A) FACILITATING EFFECTIVE DIALOGUE AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR PARENTS, FAMILIES, AND CARERS AND HEALTH, EDUCATION, DISABILITY AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICE COMMISSIONERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS; B) WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP TO INFORM, SHAPE AND MONITOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL SERVICES SO THAT THEY CONTINUALLY IMPROVE AND ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE AND LIFE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THEIR PARENTS, FAMILIES AND CARERS;C) PROMOTING AND IMPLEMENTING CO-PRODUCTION IN DECISION MAKING AND PLANNING FOR FUTURE SERVICE PROVISION, SO THAT THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THEIR PARENTS, FAMILIES AND CARERS ARE AT THE CENTRE OF IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICES.

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