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DURHAM DIOCESAN FAMILY WELFARE COUNCIL

Registered charity 1067958 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DFW ADOPTION

Independent Adoption Agency and registered to provide Intermediary Serrvices

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE AND UPHOLD THE VALUE OF FAMILY LIFE AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SUPPORT AND HELP OF THE PEOPLE OF THE DIOCESE OF DURHAM B) TO ENGAGE IN EDUCATION MATTERS OF THE ADOPTION OF CHILDREN, AND CHILDREN IN NEED C) TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE FAMILY D) TO PROMOTE AND ARRANGE THE ADOPTION OF CHILDREN WITH SUITABLE PERSONS AND FAMILIES E) TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN THE WELFARE OF ADOPTED PERSONS, BIRTH PARENTS AND PARENTS OF ADOPTION

Area of benefit: DIOCESE OF DURHAM

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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Merged into ADOPTION MATTERS (charity 512892) — merger registered 08/02/2020.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£211k
Latest spending
£312k
Registered
1998

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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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2018

  • Volunteers: 9
  • Government income: £24,893 — contracts £24,893; 12% of the £210,963 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2017

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £50,630 — contracts £45,230, grants £5,400; 17% of the £303,737 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2016

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £137,378 — contracts £23,712, grants £113,666; 37% of the £375,596 total gross income on the same return

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2014)

Total income
£671k
Total spending
£472k
Reserves (reported)
£346k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~8.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2020——
31/03/2019——
31/03/2018£211k£312k
31/03/2017£304k£345k
31/03/2016£376k£522k