BISHOP'S STORTFORD CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

Registered charity 1198383 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PORTLAND CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

To promote the care and upbringing of children of separated families for the public benefit by providing a safe, friendly and neutral environment for children to spend time with family members they are separated from, and the provision of other ancillary and associated services.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE CARE AND UPBRINGING OF CHILDREN OF SEPARATED FAMILIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING A SAFE, FRIENDLY AND NEUTRAL ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN TO SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY MEMBERS THEY ARE SEPARATED FROM, AND THE PROVISION OF OTHER ANCILLARY AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES.

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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Registered contact address: East Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£14k
Latest spending
£18k
Registered
2022

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Policies the charity declares

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £9,964 — grants £9,964 (5); 70% of the £14,181 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £7,386 — grants £7,386 (5); 59% of the £12,623 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £4,300 — grants £4,300 (3); 46% of the £9,418 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£14k£18k
31/03/2024£13k£10k
31/03/2023£9k£10k

Common questions

Who funds BISHOP'S STORTFORD CHILD CONTACT CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BISHOP'S STORTFORD CHILD CONTACT CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BISHOP'S STORTFORD (ST MICHAEL).

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).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund10/07/2025£20kSupervised Family Contact Service
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2024£17kExpanding child contact services in E Herts and W Essex