IMPACT FAMILY SERVICES

Registered charity 1071132 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUNDERLAND AND SOUTH TYNESIDE FAMILY MEDIATION SERVICE

Specialist domestic violence and abuse services, bespoke children, young people and family services and specialist services such as Mediation and Counselling.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £35,581 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a previous year's loss. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £220,124 are sufficient to meet the charity's reserves policy target of covering three to six months of running costs.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — IMPACT FAMILY SERVICES (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% 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: 8.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Marie Therese Liddlechair
• Andrew Preacher
• Ashleigh Louise Wright · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Harker
• Ian Farrar
• JOAN HECKELS
• Kevin Wilson
• Michael Lewis Christianson
• Ruth Brown
• STEVEN FREDERICK LINCOLN
• Sarah McKenna
• Zoe Claire Blakemore

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

Operates in: Gateshead · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

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Government & lottery funding

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