THE FAMILY PLACE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1192836 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of services throughout England and Wales to adopted and looked-after children where statutory or other funding is unavailable. The Foundation aims to support families through a range of activities and groups, designed to promote psychological and emotional wellbeing and to improve family relationships

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Latest income
£224k
Latest spending
£211k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £963, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of 3 to 9 months of normal expenditure. The charity reported a net income deficit for the year, though it remains supported by substantial grant funding and operational support from a related party, The Family Place Ltd.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £963; policy: 3 and 9 months of normal expenditure)
“At 31 March 2025, the charity's reserves stood at £963, which was equivalent to 0.8 months of normal expenditure. This is below the required level” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£224k£211k
31/03/2024£85k£73k
31/03/2023£65k£70k
31/03/2022£20k£19k

Common questions

Is THE FAMILY PLACE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £963, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of 3 to 9 months of normal expenditure. The charity reported a net income deficit for the year, though it remains supported by substantial grant funding and operational support from a related party, The Family Place Ltd. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE FAMILY PLACE FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FAMILY PLACE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include HEREFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION, THE OAKDALE TRUST, THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HEREFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£5kGeorge's Fund
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£750

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/06/2026£19kSpecialist Workshops and Consultations for Families Affected by Trauma
Postcode Lottery08/10/2025£45kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund02/02/2024£20kWorkshops and Consultations
The National Lottery Community Fund28/11/2023£20kWorkshops and Consultations
Postcode Lottery30/06/2023£20kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund13/05/2022£9kWorkshops & Consultations for Adoptive Parents
Postcode Lottery26/03/2022£9kWorkshops & Consultations for Adoptive Parents

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FAMILY INFORMATION GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FAMILY PLACE FOUNDATION£224k—0below—no doubt
THE FAMILY INFORMATION GROUP FY2025£400k—0below—noted
FRG LTD FY2025£2.3m£60,001 - £70,0004below—no doubt
1ST PLACE CHILDREN AND PARENTS' CENTRE LTD FY2025£3.5m£60,001 - £70,0001below0.0%no doubt
The Places Foundation FY2025£996k—0above—no doubt
FAMILY FOUNDATIONS TRUST LIMITED FY2025£327k—0above—no doubt

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