GAMFAM

Registered charity 1191139 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC051622 (OSCR)

Raising public awareness and understanding of the early warning signs commonly associated with the development of a gambling disorder to promote early intervention and minimise and related potential harms Providing advice and support in particular but not exclusively to the parents, family and friends of teenagers and young people at risk of a gambling disorder

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD MENTAL HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF NEED AMONG PEOPLE WHO HAVE DEVELOPED OR WHO ARE AT RISK OF DEVELOPING A GAMBLING ADDICTION, THEIR PARENTS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS BY:•RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE EARLY WARNING SIGNS COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GAMBLING ADDICTION TO PROMOTE EARLY INTERVENTION AND MINIMISE ANY RELATED POTENTIAL HARMS•PROVIDING ADVICE AND SUPPORT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO THE PARENTS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF TEENAGERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK OF A GAMBLING ADDICTION•ASSISTING AND SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE OR MAY BE AT RISK OF A GAMBLING ADDICTION•RAISING GENERAL AWARENESS AMONGST THE PUBLIC OF THE ISSUE OF GAMBLING ADDICTION

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 reported a deficit of £43,972 for the year ended 31 October 2025, which was met from reserves. Per the trustees' report, the charity retains sufficient free reserves to support the sustainability of its activities and considers there to be no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as 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 3 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 policy and procedures
• 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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 12255967 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — GamFam (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• JOSEPH, Marie-France — director, appointed 01/07/2025on trustee list
• GRANT, Barry Patrick — director, appointed 16/08/2022on trustee list
• DYSON, Erica Jane — director, appointed 03/11/2020on trustee list
• ROWE, Jeanne Martina — director, appointed 03/11/2020on trustee list
• DAVIES, Thomas Glyn — director, appointed 11/10/2019on trustee list
• ASTON, Ian — secretary, appointed 05/08/2021

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Thomas Glyn Davieschair
• Barry Patrick Grant
• Erica Dyson
• Jeanne Rowe
• Marie-France Joseph

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GAMBLEAWARE.

• GAMBLEAWARE income £29.7m
• GAMBLING WITH LIVES income £630k
• GORDON MOODY ASSOCIATION income £7.9m
• GAMCARE income £19.9m
• Addiction Family Support income £298k
• Gambling Harm UK income £186k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.