THE FOSTERING NETWORK

Registered charity 280852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOSTERING NETWORK, NATIONAL FOSTER CARE ASSOCIATION, THE FOSTERING NETWORK TFN · also registered in Scotland as SC039338 (OSCR)

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a healthy surplus of £1,391k for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £4,334k. However, the trustees note that free reserves of £277k remain below the stated policy target of £1,631k, which represents three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity maintains a healthy cash balance of £1,858k and asserts there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Fostering Network (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £400k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Pope
• Frank Harasiwka
• Ishara Tewary
• Jonathan Walsh · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kate Brash
• Lyssa Elster
• Marianne Cwynarski CBE
• Matthew Michael Page
• Paul Seath
• Rhys David Pearce
• Sarah Louise Allkins
• Stuart Lewis

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with National Centre For Universities and Business.

• National Centre For Universities and Business income £2.9m
• Funders Together income £1.2m
• THE JEWISH VOLUNTEERING NETWORK income £426k
• THE NURTURE GROUP NETWORK LIMITED income £2.1m
• NEW PRODUCERS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY income £275k
• FULL FACT income £2.9m

Side by side with its peers

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