BERKSHIRE FAMILY MEDIATION

Registered charity 1142334 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE THROUGH MEDIATION FOR PARENTS OR COUPLES WHOSE RELATIONSHIPS APPEAR TO BE BREAKING DOWN AND WHERE SUCH RELATIONSHIPS HAVE ALREADY BROKEN DOWN. TO ADVISE AND HELP IN THE SETTLEMENT OF DIFFERENCES OR POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES OVER ASSOCIATED AREAS INCLUDING RESIDENCE, CONTACT TO CHILDREN AND FINANCIAL MATTERS.

Objects

TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR PARENTS OR COUPLES WHOSE RELATIONSHIPS APPEAR TO BE BREAKING DOWN AND WHERE SUCH RELATIONSHIPS HAVE ALREADY BROKEN DOWN, AND TO ADVISE AND HELP IN THE SETTLEMENT OF DIFFERENCES OR POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES OVER 0001ASSOCIATED AREAS INCLUDING RESIDENCE AND CONTACT TO CHILDREN AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

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

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Latest income

£72k

Latest spending

£66k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £48,962, exceeding the trustees' policy target of six to nine months' normal expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £5,689 and maintains sufficient resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six and nine months’ normal charity expenditure (held: £49k)

“It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested held by the charity should be between six and nine months’ normal charity expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
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

Funders the charity credits

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

Ministry of Justice — “All our mediators are signed up to the Family Mediation Voucher Scheme funded by the Ministry of Justice and administered by the Family Medi…” (source page)

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (25/04/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (09/11/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Aideen Mattimore
Alan Meechan
Luke Cheshire
Raza Rehman
Richard Palmer
Sally Wood
Sarah Bridget Benfield

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£72k	£66k
31/03/2024	£67k	£63k
31/03/2023	£57k	£60k
31/03/2022	£52k	£53k
31/03/2021	£63k	£55k

Common questions

Is BERKSHIRE FAMILY MEDIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £48,962, exceeding the trustees' policy target of six to nine months' normal expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £5,689 and maintains sufficient resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.