THE FAMILY HAVEN
Registered charity 1088622 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FAMILY HAVEN LIMITED
We run a Gloucester-based day centre for vulnerable families with young children. We provide a nursery for pre-school children and practical help and guidance for their parents.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £30,419 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £386,187 to £355,768. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £135,000, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain activities and meet their policy target of six months' unfunded expenditure. The charity relies significantly on grant funding and has noted difficulties in recruiting qualified nursery staff and obtaining long-term grants.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £135k; policy: six months’ otherwise unfunded expenditure)
“The current level of the Free Reserves is over Five Months. The Trustees are aware of this.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Family Haven (matched by registered charity number).
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £156k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (28/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (28/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Alistair George Holyhead
- GERALD ROGER HOLYHEAD
- JENNIFER BODEN
- JOHN MICHAEL ORCHARD
- Lorraine Joy Barrett
- Louise Williams
- Mandy Bowden
- Susan Isabel Andersson
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Gloucestershire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE FAMILY HAVEN financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £30,419 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £386,187 to £355,768. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £135,000, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain activities and meet their policy target of six months' unfunded expenditure. The charity relies significantly on grant funding and has noted difficulties in recruiting qualified nursery staff and obtaining long-term grants. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds THE FAMILY HAVEN?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FAMILY HAVEN as a grant recipient include THE NOTGROVE TRUST, BARNWOOD TRUST, THE TRUEMARK TRUST, THE CLOVER TRUST, NEWBY TRUST LIMITED.
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