FAMILY SUPPORT LINK

Registered charity 1196808 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve sickness and preserve and protect the good mental and emotional health of families of persons who are suffering from addiction to drugs and other substances. In particular by the provision of a telephone help line and centre providing information, advice and support. To advance the education of the public in the issues faced by the families of persons who are suffering from addiction.

Objects

1) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PRESSURE AND PROTECT THE GOOD MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF FAMILIES OF PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A HELPLINE AND CENTRE PROVIDING INFORMATION ADVICE AND SUPPORT2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ISSUES FACED BY THE FAMILIES OF PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES.

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds stood at £128,809, with £90,149 in free unrestricted funds, resulting in a small surplus of £8,603 for the year. The trustees report that finances remain stable with sufficient reserves to meet expenditure commitments, although they note ongoing uncertainty regarding future funding contracts.

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
• 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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Family Support Link (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Julia Feazeychair
• Lindsay Perry
• Rebecca Hanratty
• Samantha Gipson

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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