ADOPTION MATTERS

Registered charity 512892 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ADOPTION MATTERS NORTH WEST, CHESTER DIOCESAN ADOPTION SERVICES, FORMERLY: THE CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Latest income

£4.3m

Latest spending

£4.8m

Registered

1983

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£4.3m

Total spending

£4.8m

Cost of raising funds

£67k

Reserves (reported)

£1.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

James Martin Robert Bennettchair
ANNESLEY WRIGHT · trustee of 4 other charities
Anne Elizabeth Fleming
Dr Yvonne Ball
Graham Alton
JOSEPH JAMES MCARDLE
Robert Wilkinson

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£4.3m	£4.8m
31/03/2024	£4.1m	£4.8m
31/03/2023	£4.5m	£4.8m
31/03/2022	£4.1m	£4.5m
31/03/2021	£4.9m	£4.2m

Common questions

Who funds ADOPTION MATTERS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ADOPTION MATTERS as a grant recipient include EARL OF CHESTER'S FUND, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY ON THE HILL, CHESTER, THE ICELAND FOODS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
EARL OF CHESTER'S FUND	FY2024	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY ON THE HILL, CHESTER	FY2025	£2k
THE ICELAND FOODS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£100
THE ICELAND FOODS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£0