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2022-06-30-accounts

Charity registration number: 1162281

The Family Foundation

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2022

The Family Foundation

Contents

Reference and Administrative Details 1
Trustees' Report 2 to 5
Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities 6
Independent Examiner's Report 7
Statement of Financial Activities 8
Balance Sheet 9
Notes to the Financial Statements 10 to 14

The Family Foundation

Reference and Administrative Details

Chairman C Matera-Rogers Trustees C Matera-Rogers J Littler P Atkinson E Jones S Rees Principal Office Family Foundation The Old Telephone Exchange Pier Street Swansea SA1 1RY Charity Registration Number 1162281 Independent Examiner Unity Accountancy The Corners Maudlam Bridgend CF33 4PH

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The Family Foundation

Trustees' Report

The trustees present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 June 2022.

TRUSTEES’ REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 30th June 2022

The Trustees present their annual report together with the financial statements of The Family Foundation (the charity) for the period ended 30th June 2022. The Trustees confirm that the Annual Report and Financial Statements of the charity comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the charity’s governing document and the provisions of the statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (Effective 1st January 2015).

Objectives & Activities

The principal objectives of the charity are to relieve the needs of children, young people and families who are in need by reason of age, youth, disability, ill health, financial hardship, or social economic circumstances in such ways as the trustees shall think fit, including the provision of advice, information, education and training, mediation, counselling and support services as well as helping people meet their own needs in society.

Achievements & Performance

The charity has concluded its seventh year of activity as a charity and has adhered to its objectives closely of supporting & working with families, individuals, children, young people and veterans to provide relief in times of need, assistance and support to help them move out of poverty. We are pleased to report that during this reporting period, we were formally awarded our TRUSTED CHARITY Level 1 status, a significant benchmark for the hard work, systems and processes that are embedded into the charity at all levels. This award along with the charity becoming a LIVING WAGE employer has been an important moment in time as we strive to ensure everyone thrives.

The Family Foundation has worked to develop focused partnerships and working relationships with a range of organisations from voluntary sector organisations, armed forces charities, schools, community, statutory and other sectors during this period.

The Family Foundation has received in the past year referrals and requests for support from Armed Forces organisations, food banks, family centres, job centres, social workers, health visitors, schools, youth officers, voluntary organisations and self-referrals from individuals. The charity continues to monitor and evaluate its work and services to try to plot the effectiveness and impact of the work it delivers to all those it engages within the community.

During the period the charity has supported 6563 beneficiaries the breakdown consists of working directly with 2563 individuals across the regions of South and West Wales including areas such as Swansea, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Merthyr Tydfil, and Ceredigion. A further 2000 Wales-based families were supported via the charity as we packed Toiletry and Welfare packs to support people during the Winter to reduce financial pressures and additional 2000 Crisis Toiletry & Family Welfare packs were sent to UKRAINE due to the efforts of staff and volunteers. The trustees have paid due regard to the Charities Commission’s guidance on public benefit.

The pandemic after-effects in Wales were still having a significant impact on the entire charity sector in terms of service disruption and delivery of services. This meant that the charity had to refocus and pivot its delivery mechanisms to ensure we still met the needs of the communities we work with. The Family Foundation continued to use a blended delivery model of face-to-face and digital delivery services thanks to the funded support for the digital academy platform from WCVA Third Sector Resilience funding. The Family Foundation continued to engage more volunteers and provide necessary health & safety and other vital training so we could respond to the challenging needs people were facing on the ground. The Third sector funding enabled us to train 540 individuals using our Digital Academy along with many others engaged via face-to-face group training sessions.

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The Family Foundation

Trustees' Report

A total of 36 individuals volunteered with The Family Foundation during 2021-2022 period. A total of 21 Volunteers engaged with our WCVA Volunteering in Wales Project during this period. A further regular 15 Volunteers supported various projects that the charity ran during the period with a total of 2200 hours of volunteering time delivered to support communities across Wales. The charity continues to be a TEMP TIME CREDIT member to support our volunteers for all their incredible efforts in helping The Family Foundation.

The charity secured 2 years of funding via the Brechfa Community Windfarm and recruited a project officer who would also deliver targeted training in a designated area of the Windfarm location in Carmarthenshire. The project officer started September 2021 and the project continues with many individuals, families, businesses, and community groups being supported to date via this outreach and highly impactful project with 75 project beneficiaries being reported during the reporting period.

The charity secured funding to deliver the STEP UP project from Carmarthenshire County Council community bureau to support individuals with training, CV and job searching support. A designated project officer was recruited by the board of trustees and the project re-started in January 2022 due for completing on December 2022. A total of 40 beneficiaries were reported to date with accredited and essential compliance training.

As the pandemic left many people struggling with poor mental health the charity ran face-to-face and outdoor engagement sessions aimed at improving well-being and mental health. We were supported by a small grant from ALPKIT to fund materials and tools to run environmental/gardening sessions that were well supported. Further environmental sessions offering hands-on opportunities for individuals who had been shielding and have complex health or additional learning needs, were run in Swansea thanks to funding from West Glamorgan Health Partnership.

Wales was still facing Covid-19 restrictions during this period and the charity ran a WINTER PRESSURES support project to help individuals and families who were struggling or relying on Food Bank support to access our free Welfare/Toiletry packs. A total of 2000 went out to 15 Foodbanks and local community groups along with 2000 going to UKRAINE to support the families stuck in bunkers in Kyiv.

The charity continued to support Armed Forces veterans despite no actual funds in place to offer this service. We supported 40 Armed Forces families during this period with referrals for essential well-being or mental health support, 1-to-1 sessions, training and signposting to other services. We continue to work closely with the Armed Forces Liaison officers in the regions and attend the Local Covenant Partnership boards along with maintaining our Bronze Armed Forces Employer Recognition Award and allowing us to move to silver award status in the future.

The charity delivered a range of Community Support Services via delivering focused projects providing skills sessions, accredited training, community workshops and mentoring sessions. These have all been with the aim of improving confidence, employment chances, reduction in skills gaps, and improving emotional and physical wellbeing and social skills. The charity has used the arts, environment, and other avenues to achieve these outcomes.

Activities to support the communities we serve have included:

• Brechfa Community Windfarm Funded Carmarthenshire Specific AOB Project – Training and support offered to individuals, families, businesses, and community groups.

• Winter Pressures Project – Funding via Welsh Government/SCVS to support individuals and families during the cold weather and winter months to reduce poverty.

• Digital Poverty Support via our Vodafone Everyone Connected & Community Calling Support projects providing SIMS/Mobile phones and Tech lending pan-Wales support.

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The Family Foundation

Trustees' Report

The charity delivered a range of Family Support Services by working in partnership with armed forces organisations, community groups and other voluntary sector organisations aimed at supporting families to overcome difficulties whether they are social, economic, emotional or learning barriers. Helping families who feel isolated and vulnerable has been a priority and will continue to be a focus for the charity through the coming years.

The charity continues to run the Community Skills Giving initiative offering small-scale resourcing for volunteers to access funded training, placement opportunities, PPE and project resources or materials where possible to enable community volunteering.

Activities to support families which have included:

The charity has a long history of supporting families with focused support from referrals to outdoor learning sessions to access to skills and qualifications to help families to reduce barriers to learning, social isolation and to support people to move out of poverty and improve the lives for themselves and their families.

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The Family Foundation

Trustees' Report

Financial Review

Going Concern

After making appropriate enquiries, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity has received income from bodies such as WCVA, Welsh Government, SCVS, Brechfa Windfarm Grant, West Glamorgan Health Board, and Carmarthenshire County Council localised community bureau funding. Additional income came from schools and community groups or organisations buying in our volunteer and community training packages during the past year in return for services rendered using their own funding or external funding such as community renewal, PDG or lottery small grants schemes.

Reserves Policy

Any reserves are put back into the charity to use on community-focused initiatives in line with the Charity’s aims & Objectives.

Structure, Governance & Management

Constitution

The charity was established as a foundation model Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). It was incorporated and registered with the Charity Commission on the 1st of July 2015 and the registered charity number is 1162281.

Method of Appointment or Election of Trustees

The management of the charity is the responsibility of the Trustees who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the constitution. There must be at least 3 Trustees and a maximum of 12 Trustees.

The charity trustees until June 30th, 2022, were as follows:

Carwyn Matera-Rogers - Chairman

Every trustee must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a convened meeting of the charity trustees. Selection of trustees will be made on the basis of skills, knowledge, experience and regards for the charities core objectives to ensure its effective administration and running.

The members of the CIO shall be the trustees. The only persons eligible to be members of the CIO are its charity trustees. Membership of the CIO cannot be transferred to anyone else. Any member and charity trustee who ceases to be a charity trustee automatically ceases to be a member of the CIO.

Mr Matera-Rogers will step down at the next meeting as a trustee due to retirement and we take this opportunity to thank him for his time in supporting the charity through the pandemic and his tireless support. This will mean the charity had a reduction in a trustee, the board of trustees resolved to recruit new trustees in line with current guidelines and this process is underway with upcoming recruitment and selection of new trustees.

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The Family Foundation

Trustees' Report

POLICIES ADOPTED FOR THE INDUCTION & TRAINING OF TRUSTEES

The charity has made available to each new charity trustee, on or before his or her first appointment:

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE & DECISION MAKING

Any decision may be trustees either:

The charity trustees may delegate any of their powers or functions to a committee or sub-committees, and, if they do, they shall determine the terms and conditions on which the delegation is made. The charity trustees may at any time alter those terms and conditions or revoke the delegation.

Plans for Future Periods

Future Developments

In the forthcoming year, the charity will actively deliver on all the agreed project outcomes for our funders. The charity will seek to apply for additional funding for response initiatives due to the rise in mental health and the rise in cost-of-living struggles for families and communities. The charity will develop ways to build upon some of the excellent work on the ground we have carried out over the past few years so that the charity can continue providing support and assistance to the most vulnerable people in society. The charity will continue to deliver using innovative methods to meet local needs as a values-led charity operating for public benefit.

The charity wants to further promote and develop the work with Armed Forces Veterans and their Families in Wales and develop a range of support services for veterans and family members to engage with across key locations in Wales during 2022-23.

The charity wants to further develop support services for the most vulnerable groups in society such as carers, children & young people, and families across existing and new locations across South and West Wales to tackle emerging mental health issues that are on the rise.

Along with supporting individuals and families throughout Wales to access new work, re-train and enter new or better employment opportunities. The charity resolves to provide high-calibre service to all in the community and will do its utmost to support the most vulnerable groups in society.

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The Family Foundation

Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities

The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with the United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and applicable law and regulations.

The law applicable to charities requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations, and the provisions of the constitution. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Approved by the trustees of the charity on 28[th] April 2023 and signed on its behalf by:

Signed by:

The Family Foundation Patrick Atkinson SECRETARY

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The Family Foundation

Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of The Family Foundation

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 30 June 2022 which are set out on pages 9 to 15.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

As the charity’s trustees of The Family Foundation, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of The Family Foundation's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of The Family Foundation as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

......................................

Unity Accountancy The Corners Maudlam Bridgend CF33 4PH

28[th] April 2023

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The Family Foundation

Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 June 2022

Note
Income and Endowments from:
Donations and legacies
Other trading activities
Total income
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
Total expenditure
Net (expenditure)/income
Gross transfers between funds
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
12		 Unrestricted
funds
£
-
30,528
30,528
(11,207)
(11,207)
19,321
-
19,321
(19,172)
149		 Restricted
funds
£
44,153
-
44,153
(119,775)
(119,775)
(75,622)
-
(75,622)
78,920
3,298		 Total
2022
£
44,153
30,528
74,681
(130,982)
(130,982)
(56,299)
-
(56,299)
59,748
3,447		 Total
2021
£
156,643
7,338
163,981
(143,539)
(143,539)
20,442
(5,827)
14,615
45,133
59,748

All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods. The funds breakdown for 2021 is shown in note 12.

The notes on pages 11 to 15 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 9

The Family Foundation

(Registration number: 1162281) Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2022

Note
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand
Debtors
10
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
11
Net assets
Funds of the charity:
Restricted income funds
Restricted funds
Unrestricted income funds
Unrestricted funds
Total funds
12		 2022
£
16,821
13,250
(26,623)
3,447
3,298
149
3,447		 2021
£
72,785
-
(13,038)
59,747
78,920
(19,172)
59,748

The financial statements on pages 9 to 15 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on 29 April 2023 and signed on their behalf by:

Signed by:

The Family Foundation Patrick Atkinson SECRETARY

The notes on pages 11 to 15 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 10

The Family Foundation

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2022

1 Accounting policies

Statement of compliance

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.

Basis of preparation

The Family Foundation meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes.

Exemption from preparing a cash flow statement

The charity opted to early adopt Bulletin 1 published on 2 February 2016 and have therefore not included a cash flow statement in these financial statements.

Going concern

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Income and endowments

Voluntary income including donations, gifts, legacies and grants that provide core funding or are of a general nature is recognised when the charity has an entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Grants receivable

Grants are recognised when the charity has an entitlement to the funds and any conditions linked to the grants have been met. Where performance conditions are attached to the grant and are yet to be met, the income is recognised as a liability and included on the balance sheet as deferred income to be released.

Expenditure

All expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable settlement is required and the amount can be measured reliably. All costs are allocated to the applicable expenditure heading that aggregates similar costs to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings, they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of resources, with central staff costs allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use. Other support costs are allocated based on the spread of staff costs.

Charitable activities

Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.

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The Family Foundation

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2022

Support costs

Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, for example, allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.

Governance costs

These include the costs attributable to the charity’s compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements, including audit, strategic management and trustees’ meetings and reimbursed expenses.

Taxation

The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade creditors

are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the Statement of Financial Activities over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the charity has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

Fund structure

Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees’ discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.

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The Family Foundation

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2022

Restricted income funds are those donated for use in a particular area or for specific purposes, the use of which is restricted to that area or purpose.

2 Income from donations and legacies

Grants, including capital grants;
Grants from companies
Total for 2022
Total for 2021		 Restricted
funds
£
44,153
44,153
156,643		 Total
funds
£
30,903
30,903
156,643

3 Income from other trading activities

Trading income;
Other trading income
Total for 2022
Total for 2021		 Unrestricted
Funds
General
£
28,994
28,994
7,338		 Restricted
funds
£
7,338
1,535
-		 Total
funds
£
30,529
30,529
7,338

4 Expenditure on charitable activities

Note
Cost of sales
Staff costs
Allocated support costs
Governance costs
Total for 2022
Total for 2021		 Unrestricted
funds
General
£
2,604
5,622
1,457
-
11,207
18,691		 Restricted
funds
£
47,386
58,907
12,599
2,396
119,775
114,848		 Total
funds
£
49,990
64,529
14,056
2,396
130,971
143,539

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The Family Foundation

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2022

5 Analysis of governance and support costs

Governance costs


Independent examiner fees
Examination of the financial statements
Legal fees
Total for 2022
Total for 2021		 Restricted
funds
£
600
1,796
2,396
1,722		 Total
funds
£
600
1,796
2,396
1,722

6 Trustees remuneration and expenses

No trustees, nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year.

No trustees have received any other benefits from the charity during the year.

7 Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:

Staff costs during the year were:
Wages and salaries		 2022
£
64,529		 2021
£
81,689

No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year.

8 Independent examiner's remuneration

Examination of the financial statements 2022
£
600

9 Taxation

The charity is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from taxation.

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The Family Foundation

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2022

10 Cash and cash equivalents

Cash at bank
11 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Bank loans
Trade creditors
Grant loan		 2022
£
16,821
2022
£
11,578
1,046
14,000
26,624		 2021
£
72,785
2021
£
12,000
1,038
-
13,038

12 Funds

12 Funds
Unrestricted funds
General
Restricted funds
Total funds
Unrestricted funds
General
Restricted funds
Total funds		 Balance at 1
July 2021
£
(19,172)
78,920
59,748
Balance at 1
July 2020
£
8,008
37,125
45,133		 Incoming
resources
£
30,528
44,153
74,681
Incoming
resources
£
7,338
156,643
163,981		 Resources
expended
£
(11,207)
(119,775)
(130,982)
Resources
expended
£
(28,691)
(114,848)
(143,539)		 Transfers
£
-
-
Transfers
£
(5,827)
-
(5,827)		 Balance at
30 June
2022
£
149
3,298
3,447
Balance at
30 June
2021
£
(19,172)
78,920
59,748

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