GRANDPARENTS PLUS
Registered charity 1093975 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KINSHIP
Grandparents Plus is the national charity which champions the vital role of grandparents and the wider family in children's lives - especially when they take on the caring role in difficult family circumstances. We do this by:campaigning for changeproviding evidence, policy solutions and trainingbuilding alliances and networks.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £144,111 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing to £2,540,852. The trustees maintain that unrestricted reserves of £1,799,236 provide sufficient resilience to continue operations. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: A Business Support Officer was employed at the Charity's standard salary level for the post, who is also a direct relation of the Charity's Treasurer.
“There has been one transaction involving related parties during the year. A Business Support Officer was employed at the Charity's standard salary level for the post, who is also a direct relation of the Charity's Treasurer. There are no outstanding balances owing between related parties and the Charity at 31 March 2025.” — page 49
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by James Cowper Kreston Audit. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Lucy Peake — Chief Executive (source)
- Caroline Abrahams — Chair (source)
- Joshua Marks — Chief Operating Officer (source)
- Emma Wrafter — Director of Services and Digital (source)
- Lisa Watch — Director of Policy and Communications (source)
- Aabida Mohmed — Fractional Chief Finance Officer (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.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- WONG, Stephanie Christina Leonard — director, appointed 26/03/2025on trustee list
- ABRAHAMS, Caroline Susan — director, appointed 11/06/2024not on trustee list
- BARNETT-JONES, Beverley Rose — director, appointed 07/07/2023on trustee list
- KAY, Janet — director, appointed 06/07/2022on trustee list
- STANLEY, Yvette — director, appointed 17/02/2020on trustee list
- BAKER, James Christopher Oliver — director, appointed 26/09/2019on trustee list
- YOUNG, Julian Arthur — director, appointed 02/05/2018on trustee list
- PEAKE, Alison Lucy, Dr — secretary, appointed 28/09/2015
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£159k
Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 3.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Caroline Susan Abrahams CBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Beverley Rose Barnett-Jones
- James Baker
- Janet Kay
- Julian Arthur Young
- Stephanie Christina Leonard Wong
- Yvette Stanley
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is GRANDPARENTS PLUS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £144,111 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing to £2,540,852. The trustees maintain that unrestricted reserves of £1,799,236 provide sufficient resilience to continue operations. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by James Cowper Kreston Audit.
Who funds GRANDPARENTS PLUS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name GRANDPARENTS PLUS as a grant recipient include THE HAREBELL CENTENARY FUND, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST, LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION, THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ARDWICK TRUST.
Known funders
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