THE FAMILY WORKS

Registered charity 1205368 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Family Works is a trauma-informed, early intervention service, supporting families in challenging circumstances for up to one year. We offer our families a Link Worker and a Family Mentor, and we walk with our families, supporting them to make long-term transformational change.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£197k
Latest spending
£172k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £25,345 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £196,869 and total expenditure of £171,524. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £23,787, which is below the stated policy target of approximately three months' operating costs. The trustees consider the financial position to be stable with appropriate systems in place to manage financial risk.

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: £24k; policy: approximately three months’ operating costs)
“reserves remain below the target level of approximately three months’ operating costs” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£197k£172k
31/12/2024£187k£168k

Common questions

Is THE FAMILY WORKS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £25,345 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £196,869 and total expenditure of £171,524. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £23,787, which is below the stated policy target of approximately three months' operating costs. The trustees consider the financial position to be stable with appropriate systems in place to manage financial risk. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE FAMILY WORKS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FAMILY WORKS as a grant recipient include SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO, THE HARRY BOTTOM CHARITABLE TRUST, SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2023£10ktowards core costs
THE HARRY BOTTOM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4kEducational/Sundry Grants
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUSTFY2025£2k