FAMILY FRIENDS (WREXHAM)
Registered charity 1160655 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAMILY FRIENDS, FAMILY FRIENDS FOR FIVES TO ELEVENS
To provide emotional or/and practical support to disadvantaged families with children from pre-natal to 14years old in Wrexham
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity has secured significant new multi-year grants from the Masonic Charitable Foundation, Steve Morgan Foundation, and Comic Relief, strengthening its financial base. The Treasurer reports that reserves are held in a charity investment account and a closure contingency of three months has been maintained in line with good practice. The filing indicates a stable financial position supported by increased interest income and successful funding bids.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: none
“We are especially thankful to our main funders — Steve Morgan Foundation, Masons, Garfield Weston, Henry Smith, Mother’s Union, Moondance Foundation, Comic Relief, HD Community Fund, Kelly Family Trust, Families First, People’s Postcode Lottery, and Awards for All.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure
“with our closure contingency reduced to three months in line with good practice.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (11/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- MARGARET PEETchair
- Andrea Watson
- BERYL BLACKMORE · trustee of 3 other charities
- BEULAH GRIFFITHS · trustee of 1 other charity
- Cass Jones
- Mary Roblin
- Melanie Williams
- RUTH WOODCOCK
- WENDY WILLIAMS
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Wrexham
Income and spending
Common questions
Is FAMILY FRIENDS (WREXHAM) financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has secured significant new multi-year grants from the Masonic Charitable Foundation, Steve Morgan Foundation, and Comic Relief, strengthening its financial base. The Treasurer reports that reserves are held in a charity investment account and a closure contingency of three months has been maintained in line with good practice. The filing indicates a stable financial position supported by increased interest income and successful funding bids. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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