FAMILIES FIRST (NORTH EAST)

Registered charity 1183964 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DURHAM FAMILIES FIRST, HARTLEPOOL FAMILIES FIRST, STOCKTON FAMILIES FIRST

Provision of services for children, young people and their families, of those with additional needs, disabilities and autism

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Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £58,735 for the year ended 31 March 2023, resulting in total unrestricted free reserves of £306,000. The trustees confirmed that these free reserves meet their stated policy target of holding between three and six months of unrestricted budgeted expenditure. The charity also disclosed a contingent liability of £8,382 related to a grant repayment clause.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Waltons Business Advisers. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Families First North East (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Lorne House: Good (03/11/2022) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/11/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• PAMELA HARGREAVESchair
• Claire Hubbert
• Martin Scarborough
• Sian Lamplough
• Sue Harrison
• Tracy Liveras

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

Operates in: Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

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