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THE FOSTER CARE CHARITY

Registered charity 1201143 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of foster care for children in the United Kingdom

Causes: Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.2m
Latest spending
£4.1m
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £4,625,166 as of 31 March 2024, which exceeds its stated policy target of £1.8m. The trustees and auditor confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and grants (47% of income)
“Donations and grants 3 3,460,443” — page 12
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: The Foster Care Property Company Limited
“The Foster Care Property Company Limited Penny Hall Property management” — page 27
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Ormerod Rutter Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

What the charity says about itself

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

The report states the agency was supporting 65 households and 100 children at the time of inspection.
“At the time of the inspection, the agency was supporting 65 fostering households and 100 children.”
The report notes that over a quarter of children live with siblings.
“Over a quarter of the children live with their brothers and sisters.”
The report mentions specific permanency outcomes achieved with agency support.
“With the agency’s support, one fostering family has adopted three siblings, and another fostering family has become special guardians for children.”

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

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

Total income
£4.2m
Total spending
£4.1m
Cost of raising funds
£12k
Reserves (reported)
£4.7m
Employees
33

Reported reserves equal ~13.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

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£4.2m£4.1m
31/03/2024£7.3m£2.7m

Common questions

Is THE FOSTER CARE CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £4,625,166 as of 31 March 2024, which exceeds its stated policy target of £1.8m. The trustees and auditor confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Ormerod Rutter Limited.