ACACIA FAMILY SUPPORT

Registered charity 1122831 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Acacia Family Support offers free post natal support services for mothers and their families affected by pre or post natal depression across Birmingham. We are a volunteer led organisation and our drop in centres offer a full range of support services for women and their families. Our mission is to :Improve the lives of mothers and families affected by pre- and post- natal depression

Objects

A)The prevention and relief of poor mental health by the support of mothers and their families affected by pre andpostnatal depression and anxiety or other associated perinatal mental health issuesB)The advancement of good mental health by raising awareness of the issues associated with perinatal mental health issues and anxiety among the wider-public

Area of benefit: WEST MIDLANDS

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £69,181 and unrestricted reserves of £403,010. However, the trustees note that the going concern basis is dependent on securing future funding, as multi-year grants are concluding and NHS contracts are becoming precarious. The charity faces a significant reduction in income over the next two years and has implemented a fundraising strategy to address these challenges.

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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Acacia Family Support (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Quilter Foundation — “The Quilter Foundation” (source page)
• Postcode Local Trust — “Postcode Local Trust” (source page)
• The Henry Smith Charity — “The Henry Smith Charity” (source page)
• Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust — “Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Eveson Charitable Trust — “The Eveson Charitable Trust” (source page)
• National Lottery Awards for All — “National Lottery Awards for All” (source page)
• Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council — “Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council” (source page)
• Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust — “Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust” (source page)
• Birmingham and Solihull CCG — “Birmingham and Solihull CCG” (source page)
• Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust — “Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (53% 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: 6.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hayley Bowenchair
• Charmaine Hunter
• DAVID SPOONER
• David Knott
• Lucy Helen Hawkins
• Marie Clare

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Solihull

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ASSOCIATION FOR POST-NATAL ILLNESS.

• THE ASSOCIATION FOR POST-NATAL ILLNESS income £74k
• BIRTH TRAUMA ASSOCIATION income £85k
• ACTION ON POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS income £768k
• PAM Foundation income £45k
• BECOMING FAMILIES income £77k
• PREGNANCY EXPECTATIONS TRAUMA AND LOSS SOCIETY income £919k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.