We Are Family Foundation UK

Registered charity 1163026 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WAFF, WE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION

Promoting education and training, human rights, religious and racial harmony, equality and diversity for the benefit of children and young people and mankind.

Objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO PROMOTING EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND PEACE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE VISION OF A GLOBAL FAMILY BY:(A) CREATING AND SUPPORTING PROGRAMMES THAT INSPIRE AND EDUCATE THE NEXT GENERATION ABOUT PEACE, RESPECT, UNDERSTANDING AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY;(B) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS;(C) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF RESPECT, UNDERSTANDING AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY THROUGH THE VISION OF A GLOBAL FAMILY; AND(D) WORKING TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity's financial position strengthened significantly in the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income rising to £860,285 from £75,143 in the prior year. Unrestricted funds reached £592,072, substantially exceeding the trustees' target of £150,000, driven largely by a major fundraising event. The charity holds £661,452 in cash and reports no employees, relying instead on trustees and external support for operations.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 28.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Barondesschair
• DENZYL FEIGELSON
• David Giampaolo
• David Robert Saddington · trustee of 1 other charity
• Irene Cervellera Micheli
• Nancy Hunt
• Nile Rodgers

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WE ARE FAMILY.

• WE ARE FAMILY income £171k
• FAMILIES RELIEF income £458k
• UNITED FAMILY INTERNATIONAL CHURCH (UK) income £823k
• The Family Trust income £4.8m
• THE FAMILY FOUNDATION income £86k
• THE MACFARLANE FAMILY FOUNDATION income £386k

Side by side with its peers

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