THE FOUNDATION FOR RIBBLE VALLEY FAMILIES

Registered charity 1161015 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation will provide packages of therapeutic support to families identified in need of support. The intervention will consist of a joined up approach of ?Mindfulness? with ?Fusion Therapeutic Life Coaching? to promote mental wellbeing and the prevention of mental ill health. It will also deliver universal group sessions to the community.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF LANCASHIRE AND NORTH YORKSHIRE WITH A FOCUS ON RIBBLE VALLEY FAMILIES BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ?SOCIALLY EXCLUDED? MEANS ? BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY), OR? BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £10,589 for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in a net deficit for the financial year of £9,975. Free reserves (unrestricted income and expenditure account) decreased from £52,019 to £42,044, while cash at bank stood at £43,628. The trustees confirmed the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Foundation for Ribble Valley Families and The Family Thrive Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Susannah Owen
• Gillian Harding
• Helen Evans
• IAN FRANK BROWN
• Mark Sutcliffe
• Ruchika Kiran

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

Operates in: Lancashire · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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