Gingerbread Family Support Limited
Registered charity 1088344 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Gingerbread Family Support, STOKE ON TRENT AND DISTRICT GINGERBREAD CENTRE LIMITED, THE GINGERBREAD CENTRE, The Stoke on Trent and District Gingerbread Centre Limited
The provision of supported accommodation for homeless vulnerable families, lone parent families, including lone mothers, fathers and teenage mothers 16 & 17 years of age, and pregnant women.Floating support in the community for vulnerable families working towards prevention, early-intervention and longer-term Tier 2 support. Floating housing support to vulnerable families.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £533,711, which the trustees consider an adequate buffer against risks. The auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: two months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £534k)
“To maintain a sufficient level of reserves to allow the charity to continue to operate for a period of up to 2 months, should a shortfall in income occur.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Geens Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Gingerbread Family Support (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Trevor Cottam — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Fiona Miller — Chair (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Haywoods — “organising our Padel event was something completely new for both me and Gingerbread. It was brilliant working alongside the sponsor – Haywoo…” (source page)
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (68% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Fiona Louise MILLERchair
- Anthony McGovern
- Caine Black
- Henry James Mervyn Davies
- Jack Brereton
- Malcolm Jolliffe
- Paul Shenton
- Salima Begum Shariff
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cheshire East · Shropshire · Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City · Telford & Wrekin
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Gingerbread Family Support Limited financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £533,711, which the trustees consider an adequate buffer against risks. The auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Geens Limited.
Who funds Gingerbread Family Support Limited?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Gingerbread Family Support Limited as a grant recipient include THE NOEL SWEENEY FOUNDATION, THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION, LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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