BOTH PARENTS MATTER

Registered charity 276899 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as F N F, FAMILIES NEED FATHERS LIMITED

Families Need Fathers is a self help charity which provides information and support on children's issues for separated and divorced parents (including unmarried parents), as well as grandparents, partners, friends, and the extended family. Our main concern is to maintain a child's relationship with both parents during and after family breakdown.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating loss of £106,768 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant increase from the previous year's loss of £39,328. Total net assets decreased from £202,765 to £133,877, driven by a sharp drop in turnover from £53,201 to £2,997. The document does not disclose any reserves policy or specific unrestricted reserve figures, only total members' funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01396139

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Both Parents Matter (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SANDERS, Jacqueline — director, appointed 30/10/2025not on trustee list
• PARIKH, Mihir Shishir — director, appointed 25/01/2025on trustee list
• DAVIS, William James — director, appointed 26/02/2024on trustee list
• CARR, Frances Mary — director, appointed 02/11/2023on trustee list
• CAVADINO, Greg — director, appointed 19/02/2022on trustee list
• O'CALLAGHAN, Paul Jeremy — director, appointed 05/12/2020on trustee list
• O'CALLAGHAN, Paul Jeremy — secretary, appointed 16/09/2021

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/07/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Jeremy O'Callaghanchair
• Frances Carr
• Greg Cavadino
• Jackie Sanders
• LEE GRICE
• Mihir Parikh
• WILLIAM JAMES DAVIS
• Wayne Martin

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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