FAMILY CARE

Registered charity 512984 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTHWELL DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR FAMILY CARE

Adoption services including family finding and post adoption support, supporting children and young people who need emotional support following family change, including bereavement (Spiral), domestic abuse, parental separation, safeguarding consultancy and training.

Objects

THE PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF THE MENTAL, SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY:(A) ARRANGING AND SUPPORTING THE ADOPTION OF CHILDREN WITH SUITABLE PERSONS AND FAMILIES;(B) PROMOTING AND ASSISTING IN THE WELFARE OF ADOPTED PERSONS, BIRTH PARENTS AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS;(C) PROVIDING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES;(D) PROVIDING TRAINING AND ADVICE AND SUPPORT IN THE SAFEGUARDING OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND VULNERABLE ADULTS FROM ABUSE.

Area of benefit: DIOCESE OF SOUTHWELL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Nottingham, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1982

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In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2017

  • Volunteers: 18
  • Government income: £154,937 — grants £154,937; 11% of the £1,431,222 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2016

  • Volunteers: 28
  • Government income: £45,208 — contracts £17,000, grants £28,208; 4% of the £1,274,675 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2015

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Government income: £131,436 — contracts £17,000, grants £114,436; 11% of the £1,242,654 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

5 annual returns are past their due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2017)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£28k
Reserves (reported)
£628k
Employees
39

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire · Leicester City · Leicestershire · Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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Common questions

Who funds FAMILY CARE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FAMILY CARE as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY SOUTHWELL NOTTS.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY SOUTHWELL NOTTSFY2022£3kMission Giving and donations

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/11/2015£378kSphere Domestic Abuse Service
The National Lottery Community Fund11/10/2010£485kSPIRAL : Children's Bereavement Service
The National Lottery Community Fund08/11/2005£67kService to support children affected by crime, bereavement and domestic vio