FAMILY FOR EVERY CHILD

Registered charity 1149212 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Family for Every Child is an international alliance of local civil society organisations which work together (under the Charity's guidance) to mobilise knowledge, skills and resources dedicated to ensuring that more children can grow up in safe and caring families or in appropriate alternative care.

Objects

1.TO PROMOTE THE CARE,PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE WITHOUT PARENTAL CARE OR WHO ARE AT RISK OF LOSING PARENTAL CARE;AND 2.TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCIDENTAL TO THE ABOVE PURPOSE AS THE CHARITY MAY DETERMINE.

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

Causes: Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£3.1m
Latest spending
£2.8m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £302,180 for the year, with total income of £3.12m and total expenditure of £2.80m. Free reserves stood at £1.58m, which is above the Board-approved minimum policy target of £950k. The trustees confirmed there is no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £100,000 - £110,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“£100,000 - £110,000 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Individual supporters (68% of income)
“Of this total income, £1.79m (2024: £1.91) was contributed by our individual supporters in the UK, including legacies and gift aid. Supporters in New Zealand provided £0.87m (2024: £1.05m).” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £950,000 (reserves figure: £1.6m)
“Our Board recently approved an increase in the minimum balance that we require to address the risks we face from £860k to £950k to reflect changes in risk and cost inflation.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: EveryChild Trading Limited
“Family owns the whole of the ordinary share capital of EveryChild Trading Limited.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 5 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £80,001–£90,000: 2; £100,001–£110,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 6 (£60,001–£70,000: 3; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Family for Every Child (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£3.1m
Total spending
£2.8m
Cost of raising funds
£1.0m
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
33

Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 32.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Brazil · Cambodia · Chile · Colombia · Egypt · Ethiopia · Germany · Ghana · Greece · Guatemala · Guyana

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.1m£2.8m
31/03/2024£3.5m£3.6m
31/03/2023£3.4m£3.6m
31/03/2022£3.3m£3.6m
31/03/2021£3.1m£3.2m

Common questions

Is FAMILY FOR EVERY CHILD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £302,180 for the year, with total income of £3.12m and total expenditure of £2.80m. Free reserves stood at £1.58m, which is above the Board-approved minimum policy target of £950k. The trustees confirmed there is no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of FAMILY FOR EVERY CHILD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £100,000 - £110,000 band.

Who funds FAMILY FOR EVERY CHILD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FAMILY FOR EVERY CHILD as a grant recipient include FOREST HILL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS WARWICK, THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
FOREST HILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2kGeneral
FOREST HILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£2kCategory Header
FOREST HILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
FOREST HILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS WARWICKFY2025£236Charitable Donations from Woodloes Community Café
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025amount not stated

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 ACTION FOR CHILDREN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FAMILY FOR EVERY CHILD£3.1m£100,000 - £110,000—above—no doubt
ACTION FOR CHILDREN FY2025£163.4m——unclear—no doubt
SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN FY2025£7.2m——unclear—no doubt
Family Fund Trust FY2025£44.9m——above—no doubt
THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST FY2025£9.7m——unclear—no doubt
FAMILY FRIENDS FY2025£348k——above—no doubt

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