FIVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TRUST LTD
Registered charity 1112796 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SURE START SPEKE LIMITED
Our objectives support achievement of the five outcomes for children. We are passionate about delivering high quality services to children and families: offering extensive outreach family support project, a range of centre based activities supporting healthier lifestyles, childcare and parent child interventions. Parents/young people are supported to access employment and training opportunities.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reported a total surplus of £484,878 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £439,496. The trustees state that the current level of unrestricted reserves is 'realistically unobtainable' against their policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure, yet they confirm that resources are sufficient to continue as a going concern.
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: £439k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“At present this level of reserves is realistically unobtainable but the trustees are looking at ways of increasing its incoming resources that would enable unrestricted reserves to be built up over a period of time.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
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.
- FREEMAN, Patricia Marion — director, appointed 26/08/2015on trustee list
- BOSTOCK, Paul Robert — director, appointed 19/04/2007on trustee list
- ORD, Mark William — director, appointed 07/07/2005on trustee list
- ROBERTS, Susan — secretary, appointed 27/06/2002
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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).
- PAUL ROBERT BOSTOCKchair
- Mark William Ord · trustee of 5 other charities
- Patricia Marion Freeman
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Liverpool City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is FIVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TRUST LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a total surplus of £484,878 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £439,496. The trustees state that the current level of unrestricted reserves is 'realistically unobtainable' against their policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure, yet they confirm that resources are sufficient to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited.
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