MEDWAY PARENTS AND CARERS FORUM

Registered charity 1183372 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MPCF

MPCF is a parent led organisation working within Medway to give parents and carers a collective voice to shape and in the delivery of services for SEN. To be a meeting point so parents can gain mutual support

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING THEIR PARENTS, CARERS AND FAMILIES, WHO HAVE DISABILITIES AND/OR SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN MEDWAY IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, PROMOTE THEIR INCLUSION IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND TO HELP AND SUPPORT THEM TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

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 unrestricted cash funds decreased by £8,327 to £31,651 at year-end, while total cash stood at £74,566. The trustees note that funding for core costs has become harder to secure, resulting in missed funding streams and a drop in overall cash reserves compared to the previous year.

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
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anita Kay Oxenham
• Felicity Baker
• Joanne Howcroft-Scott · trustee of 2 other charities
• Keith Wiliam Clear
• Nicola Lambert
• Sharon Jackson
• Victoria Crone-Kontemeniotis

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

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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