FAMILY FOUNDATIONS TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 284006 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHILDREN WORLDWIDE, DALESDOWN

The Charity's main object is the promotion of the Christian Faith through Dalesdown & Children Worldwide. It runs Dalesdown Conference, Camping, Activity Centre used by children, young people and families. The main activities of Children Worldwide include camps work, training events and Spring Harvest.

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£327k
Latest spending
£323k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £3,737 for the year, with total income of £326,757 against expenditure of £323,020. Unrestricted reserves stood at £957,059, providing a strong financial position, while the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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

Reserves policy: cover the potential closure costs of redundancy and accrued holiday pay (held: £957k)
The Minimum Reserve was increased at 30 September 2020 to cover the potential closure costs of redundancy and accrued holiday pay. — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£327k£323k
30/09/2024£307k£341k
30/09/2023£334k£305k
30/09/2022£215k£278k
30/09/2021£231k£227k

Common questions

Is FAMILY FOUNDATIONS TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £3,737 for the year, with total income of £326,757 against expenditure of £323,020. Unrestricted reserves stood at £957,059, providing a strong financial position, while the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2005£5kDalesdown Centre development

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Family Trust.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FAMILY FOUNDATIONS TRUST LIMITED£327k0aboveno doubt
The Family Trust FY2023£4.8m0unclearno doubt
DOWNLANDS TRUST FY2024£1.1m0aboveno doubt
READING FAMILY CHURCH FY2024£1.5m£70,001 - £80,000aboveno doubt
DOWNRIGHT EXCELLENT FY2025£224k0belowno doubt
THE DOWNS SCHOOL TRUST FY2026£106k0unclearno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.