KENT FOSTER CARE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1164174 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KFCA

We provide support, education and social events for Kent County Council registered foster carers and their families. We support by providing a network of emotional support and we advocate for the carers. We provide education by distribution of information and the provision of training to current foster carers and for the recruitment of foster carers. We provide social activities for our members

Objects

TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE GOOD HEALTH OF FOSTER CARERS AND THE CHILDREN IN THEIR CARE IN KENT BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION, SERVICES, FACILITIES AND SUPPORT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE, THE TERM “FOSTER CARER” SHALL INCLUDE LAWFULLY REGISTERED FOSTER CARERS, LAWFULLY REGISTERED CHILD MINDERS AND ANY OTHER LAWFULLY REGISTERED OR RECOGNISED PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE CARE OF “LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN”.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is closing and transferring its assets and activities to a new Charitable Incorporated Organisation. The charity held unrestricted reserves of £39,532.27 at the end of the financial year, having received £10,000 in grants from Kent County Council and raised additional funds through raffles and events.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kent Foster Care Association (KFCA) (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ashley Hale-Brownchair
• Jane Baker-Davies
• Juliet Macfarlane
• LOUISA WRAY
• Sue Holmes

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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