Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 11

Future income +5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +5
Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 15

NEW FRIENDS FOR YOU

We help and support the lonely and bereaved by providing fully trained volunteers to befriend lonely people local to Chorley by visiting them for at least one hour each week. We host a weekly Grief Support Group for the bereaved to help them pick up the threads of a social life. We provide lunch and tea outings for the volunteers, the befriended and the Grief Support Group.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly 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
31/01/24	£39	£23	£16
31/01/23	£6	£23	£-17
31/01/22	£22	£7	£15
01/02/21	£16	£7	£9

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

friendsforyou2016@outlook.com

07506189128

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Other welfare services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Lancashire,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

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

National Lottery Community Fund	£72,044
Co-Operative Group	£4,527
McCarthy Stone Foundation	£4,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Getting together
£65,447	21/08/2023 36	The funding will support New Friends For You over 3 years to continue to support lonely isolated and bereaved people of Chorley and surrounding areas through their Befriending scheme Talking Tables ....more The funding will support New Friends For You over 3 years to continue to support lonely isolated and bereaved people of Chorley and surrounding areas through their Befriending scheme Talking Tables project and After Loss Clubs. Members will benefit from improved mental health as a result of the company of others increased confidence to leave home and improvements in their support network. NFFY will use the funding towards core costs of the organisation and a professional evaluation. It will alos contribute towards the salary of the staff member and recruiting training and supporting more volunteers to respond to the increasing demand for all three services.
McCarthy Stone Foundation - 2023 Spring Community Grants
£4,000	18/04/2023	Grants up to £7,500 to support programmes that connect and engage older people through befriending and social inclusion
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Friends for You
£4,527	23/10/2021	We will arrange lunches/afternoon teas for our volunteers, their befriended people, and our grief support group to enable them to get out of isolation and socialise with others after Covid-19.
National Lottery Community Fund - Talking makes new friends
£6,597	15/10/2021	The funding will be used to deliver befriending services to include telephone calls visits a club for those who are bereaved and talking tables where people are encouraged to get together and make ....more The funding will be used to deliver befriending services to include telephone calls visits a club for those who are bereaved and talking tables where people are encouraged to get together and make friends in local cafes.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CATHERINE CHARLOTTE MOULD Appointed: 2018

CAROLE ASH Appointed: 2024

DR NATALIE PECK Appointed: 2024

JAMES KEITH SINGLETON Appointed: 2023

MARJORIE EDITH HAYWARD MA BA RGN (Chair) Appointed: 2018

SALLY CALLEY Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/12/2019, number: 1186686

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

6 Cherryfields
Euxton
CHORLEY
Lancashire
PR7 6JS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE RESIDENT IN CHORLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: OLD AGE, ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL), DISABILITY OR BEREAVEMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL