Family Fund Trust

Registered charity 1053866 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FAMILY FUND, THE FAMILY FUND TRUST FOR FAMILIES WITH SEVERELY DISABLED CHILDREN · also registered in Scotland as SC040810 (OSCR)

THE FAMILY FUND HELPS FAMILIES WITH SEVERELY DISABLED OR SERIOUSLY ILL CHILDREN TO HAVE CHOICES AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY ORDINARY LIFE. WE SUPPORT FAMILIES WITH SIGNPOSTING AND INFORMATION AND GIVE GRANTS FOR THINGS THAT MAKE LIFE EASIER AND MORE ENJOYABLE FOR THE DISABLED CHILD AND THEIR FAMILY, SUCH AS WASHING MACHINES, HOSPITAL VISITING COSTS, COMPUTERS AND FAMILY BREAKS.

Objects

The Charity’s objects (“the Objects”) are (1) primarily to assist families, parents and others with parental responsibility in the United Kingdom caring for a disabled or seriously ill child or person, and (2) the relief of those in need by reason of disability, serious illness, financial hardship or other disadvantage by: (i) providing support by way of financial grants, goods, services and information; (ii) furthering knowledge about disability and its impact on the disabled child or person, their siblings, parents or carers; and (iii) working with other charitable organisations to deliver financial grants, goods, services and information to those in need by reason of disability, serious illness, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

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

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Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £422,000 for the year, with total group funds decreasing to £12.6 million. However, free reserves of £6.3 million remain above the trustees' policy target of £3.0 million, and the auditors confirmed the going concern basis is appropriate despite reliance on government funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03166627
• Trading subsidiary: FAMILY FUND TRADING LIMITED Companies House 06293129

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• JOOF, Pa Buray — director, appointed 25/09/2026on trustee list
• BROWN, Catharine Denise — director, appointed 25/09/2026on trustee list
• MASHEDER, Laura Elizabeth — director, appointed 12/12/2025on trustee list
• WHITELOCK, Carmen Mary — director, appointed 07/03/2025on trustee list
• COOK, David Bruce — director, appointed 07/03/2025on trustee list
• ROBERTS, Katherine Charlotte — director, appointed 28/06/2024on trustee list
• MCDOWELL, Aileen Joanne, Dr — director, appointed 29/09/2023on trustee list
• O'SHAUGHNESSY, Roy Langley — director, appointed 29/09/2023on trustee list
• THOMAS, Ian — director, appointed 24/03/2023on trustee list
• BASS, Paul — director, appointed 24/03/2023on trustee list
• NOE, Michal Brenda — director, appointed 24/03/2023on trustee list
• ELLIOTT, Shona Elizabeth — director, appointed 20/09/2021on trustee list
• PINNOCK, Emma Louise — director, appointed 20/09/2021on trustee list
• LAMBERT, Gareth Peter — director, appointed 22/03/2019on trustee list
• LOCKER, Claire — secretary, appointed 01/04/2021

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustpilot: Familyfund scores 3.4/5 from 8 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (132,153 followers) · instagram (13K followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Roy Langley O'Shaughnessychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carmen Whitelock
• Catharine Brown
• David Bruce Cook
• Dr Aileen Joanne McDowell
• Emma Louise Pinnock
• Gareth Peter Lambert
• Ian Thomas
• Katherine Roberts
• Laura Elizabeth Masheder
• MICHAL NOE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pa Buray Joof
• Paul Andrew Bass
• Shona Elizabeth Elliott

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FAMILY CENTRE (DEAF CHILDREN).

• THE FAMILY CENTRE (DEAF CHILDREN) income £140k
• THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST income £9.7m
• CONTACT A FAMILY income £8.8m
• THE FAMILY FOUNDATION income £86k
• The Family Trust income £4.8m
• FAMILIES RELIEF income £458k

Side by side with its peers

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