FAMILIES UNITED NETWORK

Registered charity 1091474 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FUN

F.U.N. provides services and support to disabled children, young adults and their families living in Luton and Bedfordshire. We run a variety of respite and family services and activities across the year for young people living with any type of disability or additional need, and their family carers.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE:- THE RELIEF OF NEED OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES IN THE AREA OF LUTON AND SOUTH BEDFORDSHIRE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND ADVICE FOR THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS.

Area of benefit: BEDFORDSHIRE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Luton, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £18,777, resulting in a decrease in net assets from £238,777 to £220,000. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to cover three to nine months of expenditure, with unrestricted general reserves standing at £212,410. Principal risks identified include financial sustainability due to rising costs and dependence on restricted grants.

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 5 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Families United Network (FUN) (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sidhartha Chakrabartychair
• Heidi Dunn
• Mary-Anne Caldbeck

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Family Fund Trust.

• Family Fund Trust income £44.9m
• MARCHES FAMILY NETWORK income £285k
• FAMILIES UNITED (WARRINGTON) income £99k
• FAMILY UNIT TRUST income £202k
• THE FOUNDATION TRUST NETWORK income £9.0m
• THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY NETWORK income £61k

Side by side with its peers

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