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

Objects

THE CHARITYS OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:-3.1 TO PROMOTE THE CARE AND WELFARE OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FOSTER CARE PLACEMENTS AND OTHER RELEVANT CHILDCARE SERVICES AND YOUNG PEOPLE?S SERVICES; AND 3.2 TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS IN FOSTER CARE, THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT THE CARE SYSTEM AND THEIR CARERS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, SUPPORT AND ADDITIONAL 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,704,311, an increase from the previous year's £4,625,166. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern with adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. Total incoming resources decreased significantly to £4,215,480 from £7,303,034 in the prior year, largely due to the elimination of a donation from a subsidiary.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education); Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

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.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Sam Ram — CEO (source)
• Barbara Allies — Deputy CEO (source)
• Steve Field — Director of Childcare (source)
• Brian O'Connell — Chairman (source)

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)

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian O'Connellchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Donna Jackman
• JEREMY JAMES TUDGE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kenneth Monk
• Patricia Chinneck
• Simon Egerton

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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