FAMILY SOCIETY

Registered charity 1129095 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ADOPTION FOCUS, Triangle Project

The Family Society is an adoption agency which prepares and approves potential adoptive parents and supports families with adopted children.

Objects

1 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH GRANTS, GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE2 THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH3 THE SUPPORT, RELIEF AND CARE AND, THE PROMOTION THEREOF, OF* CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITHOUT FAMILIES TO CARE FOR THEM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ADOPTION AND FOSTERING SERVICES* INDIVIDUALS AND COUPLES SEEKING TO ADOPT AND/OR FOSTER CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE* FAMILIES COMPRISING ADOPTED AND FOSTER CHILDREN* CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE* THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE* THE CARERS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPHS 3.1.3.1, 3.1.3.2 AND 3.1.3.5* INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS WHO ARE IN NEED; AND* THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP4 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATIONAL OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND5 ANY ACTIVITY WHICH IS CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND, SAVE THAT IF ANY ACTIVITY IS UNDERTAKEN IN SCOTLAND OR NORTHERN IRELAND, SUCH ACTIVITY SHALL ALSO BE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH ACTIVITY IS UNDERTAKEN

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, ENGLAND.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £111,334 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £2,826,500 and expenditure of £2,703,498. The trustees report that careful financial management and adherence to a reserves policy have enabled the charity to maintain a strong financial basis and sufficient reserves to manage fluctuations in service income. The charity is confident in its financial viability for the coming year, supported by steady performance and collaborative working arrangements.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Humphrey & Co Audit Services Ltd. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 29/04/2022, 88 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Reported reserves equal ~9.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/05/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony George Lawton OBE · trustee of 2 other charities
• BENJAMIN DAVID JAMES · trustee of 5 other charities
• Dr GRAHAM HARWOOD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helen Ruth Child
• Mark Gregory Tobin
• Sanjeev Kumar

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WE ARE FAMILY.

• WE ARE FAMILY income £171k
• CCS Adoption Ltd income £851k
• FAMILY PASSEL income £32k
• NEW FAMILY SOCIAL income £311k
• FAMILY FOR EVERY CHILD income £3.1m
• Addiction Family Support income £298k

Side by side with its peers

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