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.

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

Latest income
£2.8m
Latest spending
£2.7m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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

Total income
£2.8m
Total spending
£2.7m
Cost of raising funds
£49k
Reserves (reported)
£2.2m
Employees
46

Reported reserves equal ~9.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.8m£2.7m
31/03/2024£2.6m£2.6m
31/03/2023£3.3m£2.6m
31/03/2022£2.4m£2.1m
31/03/2021£2.3m£1.8m

Common questions

Is FAMILY SOCIETY financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Humphrey & Co Audit Services Ltd.

Who funds FAMILY SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FAMILY SOCIETY as a grant recipient include ALEX TIMPSON TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NOTTINGHAM SAINT PETER AND ALL SAINTS.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ALEX TIMPSON TRUSTFY2025£95kGrant awarded for research
ALEX TIMPSON TRUSTFY2024£15kGrant awarded for research
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NOTTINGHAM SAINT PETER AND ALL SAINTSFY2022£3kSecular Charities
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NOTTINGHAM SAINT PETER AND ALL SAINTSFY2023£311Secular Charities

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/02/2012£10kThe Renewal and upgrading of ICT Project

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 CCS Adoption Ltd.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FAMILY SOCIETY£2.8m——unclear—no doubt
CCS Adoption Ltd FY2025£1.2m——above—no doubt
WE ARE FAMILY FY2025£171k—0above—no doubt
FRG LTD FY2025£2.3m£60,001 - £70,0004below—no doubt
THE FAMILY PLACE FOUNDATION FY2025£224k—0below—no doubt
FAMILY FOR EVERY CHILD FY2025£3.1m£100,000 - £110,000—above—no doubt

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