Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

THE FOUNDATION YEARS TRUST 

Early Explorers groups for families 0-3yr olds delivering Peep Learning Together programme, Early readers for schools promoting early literacy, Grandparents groups, Transition groups in schools, Little Talkers for families on speech & language waiting list, Active play sessions, Story Explorers volunteer-led home sessions, Training for schools/nurseries, Volunteering opportunities & training.
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 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 11 years

www.foundationyearstrust.org.uk

info@foundationyearstrust.org.uk

01516474830

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£356£349£7n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/12/21£295£256£40n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/20£205£250£-46n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/19£206£250£-43n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/18£168£259£-91£0£0£0n/a017
31/12/17£334£298£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£252£298£-46£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£397£271£127£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14?£136£360£-224£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£436£34£402£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 9 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Wirral,

Who's supporting 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£312,863
Tudor Trust£62,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£20,000
Masonic Trust£5,000
John Moores Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£5,000 16/06/2022
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 06/05/2022
Parent make the difference - supporting parents and their children in the early years
Tudor Trust - Grant to Foundation Years Trust
£60,000 30/03/2022
24
over two years as continuation funding on an unrestricted basis for a charity in Birkenhead that support families with young children to improve their home learning environment
National Lottery Community Fund - Wirral Partnership for thriving families
£305,000 18/02/2022
Funding will enable the group to expand their support for children and families on the Wirral by developing their partnership working with 3 other local organisations. The organisation provide a ....more
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Foundation Years Trust
£5,000 23/09/2021
Towards salary contributions for 2 Parent Partnership Workers
Tudor Trust - Grant to Foundation Years Trust
£2,000 05/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
National Lottery Community Fund - Adventures at home: support to parents of children in the early years
£7,863 13/11/2020
6
The organisation will use the funding to deliver pre-school reading activities by engaging local families through a library support project with the aim of ensuring they can access development ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 02/07/2020
12
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Foundation Years Trust
£40,000 07/03/2019
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£75,000 25/01/2019
Parents Make the Difference: Closing the attainment gap in the early years.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Foundation Years Trust
£90,000 07/12/2018
36
over three years as continuation funding towards the running costs, including salaries, of a charity working to improve life chances for children in Birkenhead by supporting parental involvement in ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards parent training courses
£1,500 14/11/2018
Towards parent training courses.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£5,000 20/06/2018
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Dulverton Trust - Early Explorers
£36,568 24/10/2017
Early Explorers
Dulverton Trust - Bump Start and Family Fun Programmes
£28,000 08/06/2016
Bump Start and Family Fun Programmes
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Read it Together
£97,894 15/03/2016
36
This grant will support the Foundation’s holistic approach to strengthening parenting skills in the most vulnerable families in Birkenhead. It will carry out a large-scale academic evaluation of ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Foundation Years Trust
£100,000 10/12/2015
36
over three years as continuation funding towards the running costs, including the director's salary, of an organisation working to improve life chances for children in Birkenhead
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-61
  • MARCUS BELL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Senior Civil Servant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/11/2012, number: 1149609
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/08/2012, number: 08194371
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

c/o Seacombe Children's Centre
St. Pauls Road
Wallasey
Wirral
Merseyside
CH44 7AN

Objectives

3.1. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE ?OBJECTS?) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:- 3.1.1. TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE; 3.1.2. TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND ALL NECESSARY SUPPORT INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; 3.1.3 TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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