THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY NETWORK

Registered charity 1138304 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

WORKING WITH FAMILIES IN TIMES OF DISTRESS OR NEED, BEFRIENDING SUPPORTING AND CARING FOR THEM. MAINLY IN THE SUDBURY AND SOUTH SUFFOLK AREA.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, SEX, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, AND ARE RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INCLUDING BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE SKILLS, RESOLVING OF CONFLICT AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF CHILD CARE AND FAMILY LIFE;(B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVEGOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND,INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF SUDBURY, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TOTIME MAY THINK FIT;(C) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SUDBURY AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(D) TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Babergh, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is satisfactory and assets are adequate to fulfill obligations. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, reducing total funds from £36,005 to £15,808. The trustees confirmed there are no significant matters of concern regarding major risks.

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.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £160k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Arabella MCKESSAR
• JAMES PATRICK STEWART · trustee of 2 other charities
• Louise Bunton
• Miriam Jelfs
• Robert Fish

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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• FAMILY COMMUNITY CHURCH income £73k
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• SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES income £176k
• COUNTY IN THE COMMUNITY income £499k

Side by side with its peers

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