FAMILY FRIENDS

Registered charity 1028214 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Family Friends' objectives are the relief of children and parents in despair and distress and the prevention of emotional and physical abuse of such children. The aims of the charity are to give long-term practical and emotional support to parents and children in need through trained volunteers.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN OR PARENTS IN DESPAIR AND DISTRESS AND THE PREVENTION OF EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE OF SUCH CHILDREN.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £178,056, which complies with the charity's policy of maintaining five months of annual gross expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus for the year, with total income of £347,506 against total expenditure of £318,035.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bullimores LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Investing charity funds 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Family Friends (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angelique Wong-Stoute
• Catherine Sandler
• Dana Achour
• Kelly Lynn Hearn
• Nina Rebecka Hersson

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).