MARCHES FAMILY NETWORK

Registered charity 1047075 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We offer care and support to children with a disability or special needs, and their families, to enhance quality of life and a sense of belonging. We provide play and social opportunities and respite to families through our play days and summer play schemes, as well as giving advice, advocacy and signposting through our family support service.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 19 YEARS, WHO HAVE ANY DISABILITY, MENTAL, PHYSICAL OR SENSORY OR A COMBINATION OF SUCH DISABILITIES OR WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, BY ANY MEANS CONSIDERED CHARITABLE AT LAW.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE, THE COUNTIES OF HEREFORD, WORCESTER, SHROPSHIRE AND POWYS

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit of £29,626 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets decreasing to £166,777. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves fell to £10,989, while designated reserves of £138,788 were maintained to cover three months of operating costs and a new premises fund. The charity confirmed it is a going concern with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Children in Need — “Watch the video to find out how funding from Children in Need helped us support Ruby and her family.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clare Valerie Bonetree
• Derran Martyn Stokes
• Fiona Ann Ironside
• Ronald Wilson

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPACE.

• SPACE income £256k
• THE FAMILY CENTRE (DEAF CHILDREN) income £140k
• REACHING FAMILIES LIMITED income £216k
• CHILDREN FIRST DERBY income £506k
• CONTACT A FAMILY income £8.8m
• ACTIVATE RAWMARSH income £83k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.