CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACROSS BORDERS (CFAB)

Registered charity 1085541 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACROSS BORDERS, INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, ISS UK

Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB - formerly International Social Service UK) is the UK arm of the international ISS network. CFAB works to ensure the identification, care and protection of all children separated across borders - including children in care, unaccompanied children and the victims of trafficking - where possible reuniting them with their families in the UK and overseas.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £60,595 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit of £88,515 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves are equivalent to 4.9 months of operating costs, which is below the stated policy target of three to six months' planned expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by SCB (Accountants) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB) (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% 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: 10.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angie Garvich
• Anita Kara
• Christopher Hames QC
• Cornelia Andrecut
• Dalvinder Nagra
• Douglas Lewis CBE
• Hilka Hollmann
• Karina Kim Peen
• Marija Martinovic
• Mark William Arthur Tate
• Michael Phair
• Richard Morris MBE
• Robert Henderson
• Victoria Mellor

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IHSAN FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION.

• IHSAN FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION income £641k
• FAMILIES AND BABIES (FAB) income £497k
• Child's i Foundation income £890k
• SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES UK income £6.8m
• FAB (FAMILIES' ACTIVITY BREAKS) income £135k
• CHILD MIGRANTS TRUST income £994k

Side by side with its peers

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