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.

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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.

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).

London Borough Hammersmith & Fulham — “Local authority funding London Borough Hammersmith & Fulham 3rd Sector Investment Fund” (source page)
Let Me Play — “Let Me Play via LBHF” (source page)

Register events

Received assets from another charity (02/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Fred Morgan
John George Lucius Oliver
Natalie Covino
Saliha Belarbaoui Djebbar

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

Operates in: Hammersmith And Fulham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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 CHILDHOOD TRUST, THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY, HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES, DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITY, THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	FY2023	£50k
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY	FY2022	£12k	costs of a family centre in Shepherds Bush, London
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES	FY2025	£10k	Contribution to costs of early intervention work with families making first contact with the project and often at risk of homelessness or otherwise vulnerable.
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES	FY2024	£10k	The 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
DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITY	FY2023	£5k	Grants
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2023	£5k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	FY2023	£5k	Youth
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST	FY2024	£5k	Mount Fund
DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITY	FY2025	£5k	Grants to organisations
DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITY	FY2026	£3k	Grant to organisation
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST	FY2025	£3k	Mount Fund - Homelessness
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	FY2022	£3k
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES	FY2024	£500	Volunteer Expenses
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2024	£0

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The Mercers' Company	03/07/2025	£92k	Grant to Shepherds Bush Families Project & Children's Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/06/2024	£19k	INCLUSION AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/11/2018	£202k	Moving Forward Together
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/01/2017	£9k	Cook, Eat and 'Learn Together' - First Aid
City Bridge Foundation	12/03/2015	£96k	Grant to Shepherds Bush Families Project & Children's Centre (SBFP&CC)
The National Lottery Community Fund	29/06/2005	£5k	After School Arts Club