FRIENDS FAMILIES AND TRAVELLERS
Registered charity 1112326 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FFT
We work at national, regional and local level on behalf of all Gypsies and Travellers regardless of ethnicity, culture or background. Our work is built on three main pillars - Casework, Capacity Building and Campaigning and we work in our own right and with partner organisations towards seeking to eliminate racism and discrimination against Gypsies and Travellers.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net incoming resource surplus of £271,712 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its total unrestricted reserves to £598,695. Per the trustees' report, these unrestricted reserves are roughly on target against a policy to hold a minimum of three months' operating costs. The charity holds a significant contingency fund of £260,000 within its designated funds and has secured new funding from the Garfield Weston Foundation, Dulverton Foundation, and the Access to Justice Foundation.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months operating costs (held: £599k)
“The Trustee Board will seek to build the organisation's reserves to a level where they represent a minimum of three months operating costs.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by West & Berry Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 March 2026)
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Sarah Mann — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Baroness Janet Whitaker — Honorary President (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.
- WILLETT, Sian — director, appointed 22/07/2024on trustee list
- MCDONAGH, Martin — director, appointed 22/07/2024on trustee list
- STUBBS, Esther Genty — director, appointed 22/07/2024on trustee list
- TABA, Marius — director, appointed 15/02/2021on trustee list
- DIGHTON, Darren David Martin — director, appointed 15/02/2021on trustee list
- IRELAND, Heidi-Victoria — director, appointed 21/09/2019on trustee list
- CORBETT, Dominique Anne — director, appointed 22/03/2014on trustee list
- WILLERS, Marc — director, appointed 08/03/2003not on trustee list
- MANN, Sarah Juliet — secretary, appointed 27/03/2017
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (91% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Darren David Martin Dightonchair
- Dominique Corbett
- Esther Genty Stubbs
- Heidi-Victoria Ireland
- JUDY POINTING
- MARC LAWRENCE WILLERS KC
- Marius Taba
- Martin McDonagh
- ROBIN TIMOTHY TORKINGTON
- Sian Willett
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is FRIENDS FAMILIES AND TRAVELLERS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net incoming resource surplus of £271,712 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its total unrestricted reserves to £598,695. Per the trustees' report, these unrestricted reserves are roughly on target against a policy to hold a minimum of three months' operating costs. The charity holds a significant contingency fund of £260,000 within its designated funds and has secured new funding from the Garfield Weston Foundation, Dulverton Foundation, and the Access to Justice Foundation. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by West & Berry Limited.
Who funds FRIENDS FAMILIES AND TRAVELLERS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name FRIENDS FAMILIES AND TRAVELLERS as a grant recipient include THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION, JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION, THE RODDICK FOUNDATION.
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