ST JOSEPH'S FAMILY CENTRE

Registered charity 1180172 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To alleviate hardship and distress caused by the break-up of marriage and family, and to preserve and protect the health, both physical and mental, of adults and children by the provision of a family centre that encompasses mediation and counselling services within the Warrington area.

Objects

A) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ALLEVIATE THE DISTRESS CAUSED BY THE BREAK-UP OF FAMILIES BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF CHILD CONTACT SERVICES, FAMILY MEDIATION AND FAMILY COUNSELING TO PERSONS LIVING OR WORKING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. B) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO SUPPORT ADULTS AND CHILDREN EXPERIENCING, OR AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING, EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY SUCH MEANS AS TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, PSYCHOTHERAPIES AND PROGRAMMES FOR CHILDREN SUFFERING LOSS.C) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP EXPERIENCED BY DEPRIVED FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS LIVING OR WORKING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY SUCH MEANS AS TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF ESSENTIAL HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT, FURNITURE AND EMERGENCY FOOD PARCELS.D) TO STRIVE TO REFLECT, IN CARRYING OUT ITS MISSION, THE CHRISTIAN SOCIAL TEACHING THAT INSPIRES ITS WORK.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Warrington, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £41,898 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources of £461,775. Free reserves stood at £372,137, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated minimum policy target of £100,000. The accounts were examined by Voisey & Co LLP, who reported no material matters requiring attention, and the trustees confirmed the charity remains a going concern.

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
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lydia Hugheschair
• Alison Cotter
• Dr Eileen Mary Diakun
• Dr JUSTIN PETER MCCARTHY DR
• Kathryn Helen Jackson
• Leanne Hall
• Lyndsey Evelyn Connor
• Robert William Hetherington

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Denbighshire · Flintshire · Lancashire · Liverpool City · Manchester City · Warrington

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MICHAEL'S FAMILY CENTRE.

• ST MICHAEL'S FAMILY CENTRE income £597k
• WEST YORKSHIRE FAMILY MEDIATION COUNCIL LIMITED income £205k
• JEWISH FAMILY CENTRE LTD income £611k
• MILNTHORPE FAMILY CENTRE income £486k
• ST JOSEPH'S CHILD CARE GROUP income £748k
• SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN income £7.2m

Side by side with its peers

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