THE ANNA FREUD CENTRE

Registered charity 1077106 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q3617709 · Wikipedia

The Anna Freud Centre improves the lives of thousands of children and young people with mental health problems every year. It provides a vital lifeline for families under pressure and is the UK's only children's mental health organisation to combine practice, training and world-class research, with a focus on family well-being.

Objects

The objects of the Charity are: 3.1 the promotion for the public benefit of the awareness, prevention and relief of mental illness or disorder and the protection and preservation of mental wellbeing and emotional health, in particular but without prejudice to the generality, by the means of:3.1.1 the practice of and research into psychological and other appropriate methods of therapy and support for infants, children, young people, and adults;3.1.2 training infant, child, adolescent and adult psychological therapists and those directly working to support children and families; and 3.1.3 supporting communities to facilitate diverse approaches to support the mental health and wellbeing of infants, children, young people and parents and carers; 3.2 the advancement of education for the public benefit, in particular but without prejudice to the generality, by:3.2.1 providing training and education in the field of mental health;3.2.2 carrying out research in the field of mental health; and3.2.3 by establishing, maintaining and supporting educational institutions including free schools and academies. (“the Objects”).

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: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £2.0m for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven by the loss of large-scale programmes and increased costs. Per the trustees' report, free and unrestricted reserves fell to £5.3m, which is below the stated policy target of three months of operating expenditure, though the trustees maintain that sufficient resources exist to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2022 (received 06/07/2023, 6 days after the 30/06/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03819888

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Anna Freud Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• COWDRY, Antonia — director, appointed 19/09/2023on trustee list
• KAMDAR, Namrata Nayyar — director, appointed 09/03/2023on trustee list
• CADOGAN, Victoria-Rose — director, appointed 09/03/2023on trustee list
• EVANS, Andrew Raymond — director, appointed 09/03/2023on trustee list
• HUBY, Anne-Marie — director, appointed 09/03/2023on trustee list
• HUTCHINSON, Pamela Susan — director, appointed 08/12/2020on trustee list
• PILLING, Stephen, Professor — director, appointed 01/07/2020on trustee list
• BEDFORD, Catherine Anne — director, appointed 12/11/2019on trustee list
• PELTZ, Daniel — director, appointed 26/02/2013on trustee list
• OPPENHEIMER, Peter — director, appointed 30/10/2008on trustee list
• MAYES, Linda, Professor — director, appointed 21/07/2003not on trustee list
• SAMUEL, Michael John, The Honorable — director, appointed 04/11/1999on trustee list
• POSOCCO, Louise — secretary, appointed 20/04/2026

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)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The Anna Freud Centre — Registered, 3 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 10/04/2018.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (41,466 followers) · instagram (27K followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% 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: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Anna Freud Centre: Good (23/02/2026) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• THE HON MICHAEL SAMUELchair
• Andrew Evans
• Anne-Marie Huby
• Antonia Cowdry
• Catherine Anne Bedford
• Daniel Peltz · trustee of 6 other charities
• Namrata Kamdar
• PROFESSOR LINDA MAYES MD
• Pamela Susan Hutchinson
• Peter Oppenheimer · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Stephen Pilling
• Victoria-Rose Cadogan

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

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

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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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