CCS Adoption Ltd
Registered charity 286814 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CATHOLIC CHILDREN'S SOCIETY (DIOCESE OF CLIFTON), CCS Adoption, CLIFTON CATHOLIC CHILDREN'S SOCIETY, CLIFTON CHILDREN'S SOCIETY
The Society offers a comprehensive adoption service that includes recruiting, assessing and preparing adoptive families for some of the most vulnerable children in the UK, supporting child and family throughout the adoption process and beyond; working with birth parents who may be considering adoption for their child and providing counselling services to adopted people and their relatives.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £29,137 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,154,908 against expenditure of £1,125,807. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £758,145, which is above the stated policy target of £579,959, and the trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: Trustees, key management and related parties made donations to the charity.
“The Trustees, key management and related parties (six individuals) made donations to the charity during the year of £248. (2024 - £174 by two individuals). No other related party transactions occurred in the year or in the prior year other than those reported in this note and elsewhere in the accounts.” — page 51
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Randall & Payne LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
What the charity says about itself (2024/25)
From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.
The report states 'Achievement Report 2025' and covers '120 years of CCS Adoption'. The specific operational year mentioned for staff/volunteers and specific metrics is '2024/2025'.
“In 2024/2025 CCS had 33 team members and 44 volunteers including Trustees, panel members and event volunteers.”
Recruitment metrics for the period.
“208 households made their first enquiry about adoption. We held 12 information events with 100 households attending. We approved 13 new families to adopt.”
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CCS Adoption (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Sally Lockwood — Chair of Trustees (source)
- Emma Simpson — CEO (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)
Cost of raising funds
£28k
Reported reserves equal ~8.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (22/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Ross Newmanchair
- Andrew Stephen Lord
- Dr Emma Bradley
- Lavern Amete Mason
- Maria Connolly
- RICHARD TIDSWELL · trustee of 1 other charity
- Ryan Relf-Jones
- Tessa Chan
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · Gloucestershire · North Somerset · Somerset · South Gloucestershire · Swindon · Wiltshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CCS Adoption Ltd financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £29,137 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,154,908 against expenditure of £1,125,807. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £758,145, which is above the stated policy target of £579,959, and the trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Randall & Payne LLP.
Who funds CCS Adoption Ltd?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CCS Adoption Ltd as a grant recipient include THE NISBET TRUST, DANDIA CHARITABLE TRUST, G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUST, BRISTOL PRIDE.
Known funders
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