FERRIES FAMILY GROUPS LIMITED

Registered charity 1124667 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Family Support. Weekly Peer Support Meetings. Mental Well-Being Groups (craft and singing), Regular Social Events and Celebrations, Training Courses, Parenting and Volunteer Courses, Young Mum's Group (17 to 25), Reading Group, Creche Support for some groups and all courses, Crisis Support, Billy Found Mates - young women's group. Making Music Group

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Latest income
£180k
Latest spending
£165k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £21,916 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant improvement from the prior year deficit of £30,732. Per the trustees' report, total funds increased to £49,420, supported by unrestricted reserves of £13,481 and restricted funds of £35,939. The trustees noted that despite limited resources and an increasingly competitive funding market, sound financial management allowed the charity to navigate the year successfully.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ferries Family Groups (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£180k£165k
31/03/2024£143k£174k
31/03/2023£160k£183k
31/03/2022£133k£109k
31/03/2021£90k£105k

Common questions

Is FERRIES FAMILY GROUPS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £21,916 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant improvement from the prior year deficit of £30,732. Per the trustees' report, total funds increased to £49,420, supported by unrestricted reserves of £13,481 and restricted funds of £35,939. The trustees noted that despite limited resources and an increasingly competitive funding market, sound financial management allowed the charity to navigate the year successfully. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FERRIES FAMILY GROUPS LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FERRIES FAMILY GROUPS LIMITED as a grant recipient include MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK NEW FERRY, WIRRAL MAYORS CHARITY.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK NEW FERRYFY2021£1kMission giving
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK NEW FERRYFY2022£1kMission giving
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1kMerseyside
WIRRAL MAYORS CHARITYFY2025—Funds donated at end of financial year

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/06/2024£20kCalm & Create
The National Lottery Community Fund06/12/2019£10kFerries Family Support Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund17/12/2014£10kEmpowering Through Technology
The National Lottery Community Fund17/01/2013£300kFamily Groups' 5 ways to Wellbeing Project
The National Lottery Community Fund25/11/2010£5kFerries Family Groups Development Course

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 Home-Start Berkshire East.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FERRIES FAMILY GROUPS LIMITED£180k—0unclear—no doubt
Home-Start Berkshire East FY2025£303k—0unclear—no doubt
WESLEY HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD FY2025£761k—0unclear—no doubt
FRG LTD FY2025£2.3m£60,001 - £70,0004below—no doubt
THE FAMILY INFORMATION GROUP FY2025£400k—0below—noted
ST. MICHAEL'S FELLOWSHIP FY2025£2.6m£70,001 - £80,0002unclear—no doubt

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