CUMBRIA FAMILY SUPPORT LTD

Registered charity 1085861 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EAST CUMBRIA FAMILY SUPPORT ASSOCIATION

We provide support for disadvantaged families with children up to eighteen years old. Volunteers visit their allocated families in their own home on a regular basis providing friendship, support & practical assistance. Group activities for parents & children are run in different venues & often in conjunction with other agencies. We also run a Child Contact Centre for absent parents.

Objects

TO RELIEVE FAMILIES IN CUMBRIA WITH CHILDREN UP TO EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: CUMBRIA.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased to £182,677, with unrestricted funds at £131,653. The trustees report that free reserves of £88,742 represent just under three months of running costs, meeting their policy target, but note that without further successful funding bids, reserves would deplete below this policy.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cumbria Family Support (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).

• Buckland Charitable Trust — “We are so grateful to the following for their financial support, enthusiasm and friendship. Buckland Charitable Trust” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Renoufchair
• Andrew Dennis Spencer Hill
• Ashleigh Hall
• Dorothy Anne Metcalf · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Bryant
• KAREN MORLAND
• Michael Richard Guy Smith
• PETER TAYLOR HARRINGTON
• Walter McCulloch

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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