SHEPHERDS BUSH FAMILIES PROJECT & CHILDRENS CENTRE

Registered charity 1080495 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHEPHERDS BUSH FAMILIES PROJECT

Deliver services to families living in temporary unsuitable acommodation. We run a drop-in for parents & children, respite playgroup, after school club. Families have access to one to one advice, social work & counselling support, adult groups and classes, cooking & laundry facilities. During school holidays activities are provided for school age children and annual summer programme for families.

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS OF HOMELESS FAMILIES IN THE SHEPHERDS BUSH AREA

Area of benefit: SHEPHERDS BUSH AREA

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£216k
Latest spending
£238k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £21,814 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £115,072 to £93,259. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £93,258, while restricted funds were fully expended during the period. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants and donations (28% of income)
“Grants and donations 2 74,478 80,000 154,478” — page 1
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 9
  • Government income: £121,158 — contracts £60,579 (2), grants £60,579 (2); 56% of the £216,411 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Government income: £90,447 — grants £90,447 (3); 27% of the £336,681 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 7
  • Government income: £75,225 — grants £75,225 (4); 25% of the £295,382 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Shepherds Bush Families Project (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).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hammersmith And Fulham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£216k£238k
31/03/2024£337k£339k
31/03/2023£295k£346k
31/03/2022£305k£308k
31/03/2021£365k£304k

Common questions

Is SHEPHERDS BUSH FAMILIES PROJECT & CHILDRENS CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £21,814 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £115,072 to £93,259. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £93,258, while restricted funds were fully expended during the period. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SHEPHERDS BUSH FAMILIES PROJECT & CHILDRENS CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SHEPHERDS BUSH FAMILIES PROJECT & CHILDRENS CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY, HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES, THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY, THE GROCERS' CHARITY, DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2023Unverified read£50k
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITYFY2022£12kcosts of a family centre in Shepherds Bush, London
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIESFY2024£10kThe grant will fund the project's core services: Immediate Crisis Intervention, Parent & Child Drop In, After School Club & Holiday provision, 1:1 Advice and Ad
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIESFY2025£10kContribution to costs of early intervention work with families making first contact with the project and often at risk of homelessness or otherwise vulnerable.
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITYFY2023£5k
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2023£5kYouth
DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITYFY2025£5kGrants to organisations
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2024£5kMount Fund
DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITYFY2023£5kGrants
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2025£3kMount Fund - Homelessness
DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITYFY2026£3kGrant to organisation
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2022£3k
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIESFY2024£500Volunteer Expenses
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITYFY2024amount not stated

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

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The Mercers' Company03/07/2025£92kGrant to Shepherds Bush Families Project & Children's Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund27/06/2024£19kINCLUSION AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
The National Lottery Community Fund22/11/2018£202kMoving Forward Together
The National Lottery Community Fund18/01/2017£9kCook, Eat and 'Learn Together' - First Aid
City Bridge Foundation12/03/2015£96kGrant to Shepherds Bush Families Project & Children's Centre (SBFP&CC)
The National Lottery Community Fund06/01/2014£10kChild and Parent Accident Prevent Safety Project
The National Lottery Community Fund29/06/2005£5kAfter School Arts Club

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MARCHES FAMILY NETWORK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SHEPHERDS BUSH FAMILIES PROJECT & CHILDRENS CENTRE£216k—0unclear—no doubt
MARCHES FAMILY NETWORK FY2025£285k—0unclear—no doubt
SEFTON CHILDRENS TRUST FY2026£71k—0unclear—no doubt
SHEPHERDS BUSH CRICKET CLUB FY2024£126k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTON HALL CHILDREN AND FAMILY CENTRE FY2025£997k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST FY2025£9.7m——unclear—no doubt

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