Overall GiG Score: 20 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 14
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Award winner
  • Grant maker support: +14

CHILDREN HEARD AND SEEN 

Children Heard and Seen support children, young people and their families who are impacted by parental imprisonment. We strive to support their needs, listen to their concerns and ensure that their voices are heard. All support is offered at no cost to the family and without need for agency referral.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity is a recent Award Winner
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 10 years

www.childrenheardandseen.co.uk

contact@childrenheardandseen.co.uk

07557339258

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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
31/03/23£575£361£213£15£464£712.41060
31/03/22£371£263£108n/an/an/an/an/a36
31/03/21£199£192£7n/an/an/an/an/a46
31/03/20£135£163£-28n/an/an/an/an/a36
31/03/19£159£91£68n/an/an/an/an/a36
31/03/18£122£97£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£86£34£52£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£28£25£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£22£8£14£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 15%
Reserves/Spending: 2.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 15 months
Quick Ratio: 232.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 10 employees
  • 60 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Awards received
  • CSJ Awards 2023 Family
  • Stephen Lloyd Awards 2023
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
Esmee Fairbairn£128,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£100,000
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£57,184
Dulverton Trust£39,973
Rothschild Foundation£31,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Masonic Trust£15,000
Oxfordshire Community Foundation£14,240
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Dulverton Trust - Big Give Christmas Challenge 2023 - Online Support: Children with a parent in prison
£5,323 07/02/2024
Big Give Christmas Challenge 2023 - Online Support: Children with a parent in prison
The EQ Foundation - Grant to Children Heard and Seen
£5,000 03/10/2023
Via CSJ Foundation
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 25/04/2023
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Children Heard and Seen
£1,500 01/03/2023
Cost of living supplementary grant
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Children Heard and Seen
£8,000 06/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Funding and Research Coordinator
£6,000 18/01/2023
Children Heard and Seen (CHAS) support children and families impacted by parental imprisonment, with a focus on raising aspirations, improving emotional wellbeing and breaking the cycle of ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Children Heard and Seen
£100,000 13/12/2022
Main Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - Children Heard and Seen
£3,715 07/12/2022
to fully fund a Young Person's Zoom programme for an entire year, every school week. Activities are focused on the children (age 12+) working together to overcome the disadvantage and stigma of ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Children Heard and Seen
£13,500 27/10/2022
towards online group sessions for children across Essex who have a parent in prison
Dulverton Trust - Online Support Worker
£34,650 19/10/2022
Online Support Worker
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Children Heard and Seen
£30,000 14/10/2022
This project is a partnership with Thames Valley VRU and Thames Valley Police to rapidly identify children of a parent sent to prison, and offer a tailored package of support.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Children Heard and Seen
£4,000 30/03/2022
Case Worker supporting children with a parent in prison
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 04/02/2022
Specialised Case Worker for Children with a Mother in Prison
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£2,000 11/11/2021
Core costs
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Children Heard and Seen
£57,184 21/10/2021
50% of salaries and running costs over 3-years to support children and families impacted by parental imprisonment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Specialised Case Worker for children with a parent in prison for sexual offences
£10,000 06/08/2021
The funding will be used to cover the salary of a specialised Intensive Case Worker to offer support to children whose parent has been imprisoned for sexual offences. The project aims to improve ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Children Heard and Seen
£120,000 21/07/2021
36
Towards unrestricted core costs of an organisation working to support children with a parent in prison, including specialist support for children whose parent is in prison for sexual offences.
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£2,440 23/06/2021
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - COVID-19 Virtual Support Groups
£5,000 28/01/2021
3
Providing one weekly activity group for children impacted by parental imprisonment living in the Oxfordshire area over the next 3 months.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Children Heard and Seen south Merseyside
£4,720 04/11/2020
Children Heard and Seen is an Oxfordshire based charity established in 2014 to support children and families impacted by parental imprisonment. This project wiil allow them to support families in the ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Children Heard and Seen
£3,450 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additional staff hours and online activities to children and young people with a parent in prison, isolated as a result of Covid-19. Young people will feel less ....more
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Covid19 Virtual Support Groups
£9,240 12/06/2020
4
Advice & support - providing support to children with imprisoned parents.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Children Heard and Seen
£4,620 11/05/2020
Children Heard and Seen supports children and families who are impacted by parental imprisonment. Offering 1:1 support, mentors, group activities and arts and music-based therapy to children who are ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Children Heard and Seen
£4,620 06/05/2020
To provide virtual support groups and 1:1 support to children with a parent in prison during Covid-19.
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£2,775 28/02/2020
Group work for children impacted by parental imprisonment
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - BANBURY GROUP
£5,000 26/11/2018
23
We will set up a group for children with a parent in prison. The group will run for 12 monthly sessions. It will be important for the group to also have volunteers who could potentially work with ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Children Heard and Seen
£25,550 10/08/2017
36
This project will provide music sessions for children and young people separated through parental imprisonment. Children and young people will become more confident, have better family relationships ....more
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - HMP Bullingdon/HMP Huntercombe Family Days
£4,324 04/07/2017
12
Ensuring we have adequate resources to provide positive family activities, this includes arts and crafts for all ages, soft activities for primary age children, and family friendly games
Sport England - Football and Anti social behaviour
£2,667 24/02/2017
11
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Football and Anti social behaviour. This project is a Association Football project, with a focus on younger ....more
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Children Heard and Seen
£4,880 01/12/2016
The project will provide weekly groups for children and young people with a parent in prison We will use a range of community resources to provide activities and encourage peer support in order to ....more
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Children Heard And Seen
£5,000 07/12/2015
Promote reduction of isolation and disadvantage and access to local services
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a project which helps children of offenders keep in touch
£1,500 06/08/2015
Towards a project which helps children of offenders keep in touch with the family member in prison without having the trauma of visiting a prison.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/07/2014, number: 1157879
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

HILL END CAMP
EYNSHAM ROAD
FARMOOR
OXFORD
OX2 9NJ

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF PRISONERS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION INCLUDING:MENTORING SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES ADVOCACY PARTNERSHIP WORKING

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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