Family Based Solutions

Registered charity 1149383 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PAARS, PARENT ABUSE AND RECONCILIATION SEVICE

Family Based Solutions supports parent/carers who are abused by their children in Enfield, Haringey and Barnet. We aim to raise awareness of this mainly hidden form of abuse. We support the whole family to end the abuse in the home and improve family relationships. We support families who are survivors of domestic abuse with the aim of ending the inter-generational cycle of abuse.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PARENTS AND CARERS WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY OR OTHERWISE BY THEIR ADOLESCENT CHILD BY ASSISTING TO REBUILD FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £154,079, which the trustees designate as meeting a policy target of at least six months' expenditure. The filing confirms the charity is a going concern with secured funding for the next three to four years, although it notes that financial sustainability remains a risk requiring continued grant applications.

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 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
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Family Based Solutions (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• National Lottery Community Fund — “OUR FUNDERS National Lottery Community Fund Reaching Communities make grants of over £10,000 in England, supporting organisations with great…” (source page)
• City Bridge Trust — “City Bridge Trust City Bridge Trust is the funding arm of Bridge House Estates. It was established to make use of funds surplus to bridge re…” (source page)
• The Henry Smith Charity — “The Henry Smith Charity The Henry Smith Charity aims to bring about lasting change to people’s lives, helping them to benefit from and contr…” (source page)
• The Garfield Weston Foundation — “The Garfield Weston Foundation The Garfield Weston Foundation is a family-founded grant making Trust that supports great charities of all si…” (source page)
• Santander Foundation — “Santander Foundation The Santander Foundation is committed to supported charities to help them make a difference for disadvantaged people i…” (source page)
• CO-OP Foundation — “CO-OP Foundation We’re a funder with a co-operative difference. We care deeply about how our funding can empower people and we trust our par…” (source page)
• The Charles Hayward Foundation — “The Charles Hayward Foundation Charles Hayward Foundation is a grant making charitable trust making awards to charities that are registered …” (source page)
• The Beacon Lodge Charitable Trust — “The Beacon Lodge Charitable Trust The Beacon Lodge Charitable Trust is an independent grant-making charity that wants to make a real differe…” (source page)
• Lloyds Bank Foundation of England & Wales — “Lloyds Bank Foundation of England & Wales The foundation works in partnership with small and local charities, people and communities, changi…” (source page)
• The Vintners Company — “The Vintners Company The Company’s principal charitable vehicle is the Vintners’ Foundation, which provides assistance to charities concerne…” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aytac Mustafa
• Filiz Elvan Hassan
• Garry Andrew Kousoulou
• Katherine Elaine Waldock
• Loraine Hunte
• PANAYIOTA RICHARDS
• Tara Gretton · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Barnet · Enfield · Haringey

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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 FOUNDATIONS: SUPPORTING FAMILIES.

• FOUNDATIONS: SUPPORTING FAMILIES income £336k
• SOUTHSIDE FAMILY PROJECT income £904k
• THE FAMILY PLACE FOUNDATION income £224k
• Addiction Family Support income £298k
• CONTACT A FAMILY income £8.8m
• Springfield Domestic Abuse Support income £505k

Side by side with its peers

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