FOUNDATIONS - WHAT WORKS CENTRE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES — grant history

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Latest income
£8.9m
Grants listed (FY2026)
49
Listed grants total
£7.7m
Accounts grants total
£3.2m

Write-backs & cancellations (all years shown): 1 entry, −£115k. These are listed separately below and are not netted off the grant totals or counted as grants.

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2026 accounts

FY2025: 1 grant totalling £4k is listed but excluded from totals: unverified read (the amount is not printed in the accounts text).

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (11 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (9 grantees)
  • Scotland (9 grantees)
  • Throughout England (6 grantees)
  • Ireland (3 grantees)
  • Jersey (1 grantee)
  • Guernsey (1 grantee)
  • Isle Of Man (1 grantee)
  • Cardiff (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2025 → FY2026

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings that have counted grants (unverified reads are left out, so a filing whose grants are all unverified is skipped). A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2025FY2026
newKantar—£576k
newVICTIM SUPPORT—£576k
newThe For Baby's Sake Trust—£576k
newBehavioural Insights Team—£576k
newStockport Metropolitan Borough Council—£572k
newGRANDPARENTS PLUS—£208k
newBradford Children & Families Trust—£105k
newWirral Borough Council—£93k
upCEI Global UK£135k£576k
upTHE FATHERHOOD INSTITUTE£25k£576k
upIFF Research£154k£576k
upOXFORD DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL WORK INCORPORATED£127k£576k
upCordis Bright£76k£576k
downCity of York Council£170k£84k
upAlma Economics£24k£45k
downCoram£67k£13k
not listedUniversity of Oxford£436k—
not listedLiverpool John Moore’s£133k—
not listedLB Merton£127k—
not listedStockport BC£127k—
not listedTHE ANNA FREUD CENTRE£120k—
not listedSAFELIVES£88k—
not listedWirral BC£88k—
not listedRAND EUROPE UK LIMITED£40k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
CEI Global UKFY2026£576kCross Cutting Work - Implementation Guidance for LAs
The Fatherhood InstituteFY2026£576kDomestic Abuse - Fathers for Change - delivery
IFF ResearchFY2026£576kDomestic Abuse - Bounce Back 4 Kids - evaluation
PACT / Parents and children togetherFY2026£576kDomestic Abuse - Bounce Back 4 Kids - delivery
KantarFY2026£576kDomestic Abuse - WeMatter - evaluation
Victim SupportFY2026£576kDomestic Abuse - WeMatter - delivery
The For Baby's Sake TrustFY2026£576kDomestic Abuse - For Baby's Sake
Behavioural Insights TeamFY2026£576kDomestic Abuse - Fathers for Change - evaluation
Cordis BrightFY2026£576kDomestic Abuse - Restart - evaluation
Stockport Metropolitan Borough CouncilFY2026£572kFamily Hub Accelerator Fund (2024/25)
Grandparents PlusFY2026£208kKinship Connected - delivery
Bradford Children & Families TrustFY2026£105kEvidence into Practice
Wirral Borough CouncilFY2026£93kChangemakers
London Borough of MertonFY2026£85kChangemakers
Stockport Metropolitan Borough CouncilFY2026£85kChangemakers
The Centre for Family Safeguarding PracticeFY2026£85kSupporting Parenting
City of York CouncilFY2026£84kChangemakers
University College LondonFY2026£81kSupporting Parenting
Liverpool John Moore's UniversityFY2026£81kRelationships for Care Experienced Young People - PG – Interventions for foster carers
University of Central LancashireFY2026£52kPG – Child Sexual Abuse – Prevention of Harmful Sexual Behaviour
Enfield London Borough CouncilFY2026£50kEvidence into Practice
Wokingham Borough CouncilFY2026£50kEvidence into Practice
Wiltshire CouncilFY2026£50kEvidence into Practice
Telford & Wrekin CouncilFY2026£50kEvidence into Practice
Stockport Metropolitan Borough CouncilFY2026£50kEvidence into Practice
Southend on Sea City CouncilFY2026£50kEvidence into Practice
Northumberland County CouncilFY2026£50kEvidence into Practice
Cardiff UniversityFY2026£46kKinship EDIE - Mixed Heritage Kinship Care Experiences
Alma EconomicsFY2026£45kSpecial Guardianship Orders reform
VerianFY2026£45kThe Just Right State
University of Central LancashireFY2026£44kPG – Child Sexual Abuse – Supporting victim survivors
North Tyneside CouncilFY2026£43kThe Just Right State
CEI Global LtdFY2026£40kKinship Connected - evaluation
University of Central LancashireFY2026£39kKinship EDIE - Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) Kinship Care
University of SussexFY2026£39kDeveloping DA outcome measures
Alma EconomicsFY2026£39kKinship Financial Allowances
CEI Global UKFY2026£35kCross Cutting Work - Foundations Guidebook
VerianFY2026£35kSupporting Parenting
Alma EconomicsFY2026£34kKinship Financial Allowances
CEI Global UK LtdFY2026£33kRelationships for Care Experienced Young People - PG – Interventions for foster carers
Oxford Measured LimitedFY2026£30kCross Cutting Work - Outcomes Framework
National Children's BureauFY2026£25kEvidence into Practice - Dissemination partner
Leicester City CouncilFY2026£25kEvidence into Practice
Cordis BrightFY2026£21kChangemakers – evaluation
Stockport Metropolitan Borough CouncilFY2026£15kConnected Carers
CoramFY2026£13kStrengthening Family Networks - FGC Service design
National Children’s BureauFY2026£10kPG - Reunification Intervention and Practice
Manchester Metropolitan UniversityFY2026£10kRapid Evidence Review
Manchester Metropolitan UniversityFY2026£10kRapid Evidence Review on Child Sexual Abuse
University of OxfordFY2025£436kHealth Assessment measure
University of OxfordFY2025£172kSocial Workers in Schools
City of York CouncilFY2025£170kChangemakers
IFF ResearchFY2025£154kBounce Back 4 Kids
University of OxfordFY2025£145kMulti Agency Safeguarding
CEI Global UKFY2025£135kFoster and Adoptive Carers
Liverpool John Moore’sFY2025£133kMentoring and Befriending
PACT: Parents and Children TogetherFY2025£127kBounce Back 4 Kids
LB MertonFY2025£127kChangemakers
Stockport BCFY2025£127kChangemakers
Liverpool John Moore’sFY2025£125kParenting 11-19
Anna Freud CentreFY2025£120kReducing Parental Conflict
Anna Freud CentreFY2025£107kParenting Interventions
SafelivesFY2025£88kRestart
Wirral BCFY2025£88kChangemakers
Cordis BrightFY2025£76kChangemakers Evaluation
CoramFY2025£67kFGC Service Design
University of SussexFY2025£48kCore Outcome Measures
RAND EuropeFY2025£40kFor Baby’s Sake
Behavioural InsightFY2025£35kFathers for Change
CEI Global UKFY2025£30kEvidence Review on Kinship Care
The Fatherhood InstituteFY2025£25kFathers 4 Change
Action for ChildrenFY2025£25kBreaking the Cycle
Alma EconomicsFY2025£24kEconomic Benefits
Alma EconomicsFY2025£23kKinship Financial Allowances
NIESRFY2025£22kSupervising DSLs
National Children’s BureauFY2025£21kReunification interventions
Oxford MeasuredFY2025£18kOutcomes Framework
CEI Global UKFY2025£15kParenting Systematic Review
Alma EconomicsFY2025£12kEvaluation Guidance Review
Behavioural InsightFY2025£11kBreaking the Cycle
Oxford BrookesFY2025£5kAudience Research Practice Guides
University College LondonFY2025Unverified read£4kFor Baby’s Sake
Tavistock InstituteFY2025amount not statedCost benefit analysis
Cardiff UniversityFY2025amount not statedAdvocacy Services
Cordis BrightFY2025amount not statedRestart
CEI Global UKFY2025amount not statedSeMore Evaluation
VerianFY2025amount not statedWeMatter
Anna Freud CentreFY2025amount not statedDisplaced Children
Victim SupportFY2025amount not statedWeMatter
Barnardo'sFY2023£347kCSA
Havant and South Downs CollegeFY2023£261kSign of Potential
CEI Global UKFY2023£244kSchool Based Project
KCLFY2023£219kPartnership for Change
NHS Cambs and PeterboroughFY2023£219kPartnership for Change
Wirral BCFY2023£219kSign of Potential
LB SuttonFY2023£208kSign of Potential
University of Central LancashireFY2023£208kEducation Project
College of PolicingFY2023£200kLet's Connect
Birkenhead Sixth Form CollegeFY2023£196kLGBTQ+
Hartlepool BCFY2023£183kSign of Potential
EcorysFY2023£180kSocial Workers in Schools
Newcastle CCFY2023£174kSign of Potential
KCLFY2023£174kSign of Potential
Wirral BCFY2023£174kKitbag
Centre for Homelessness ImpactFY2023£171kPine Progression
The RTK LtdFY2023£170kTalk About Domestic Abuse
LB MertonFY2023£170kSocial Workers in Schools
University of CambridgeFY2023£169kSign of Potential
LB SouthwarkFY2023£169kEducation Project
Wolverhampton BCFY2023£168kEducation Project
KCLFY2023£168kSpark Grant
NIESRFY2023£168kSpark Grant
LB LambethFY2023£148kKitbag
The Fatherhood InstituteFY2023£148kKitbag
CoramFY2023£143kEducation Project
LB MertonFY2023£143kKitbag
Together for ChildrenFY2023£143kSocial Workers in Schools
CoramFY2023£141kEducation Project
CEI Global UKFY2023£137kRapid Review
Cardiff UniversityFY2023£136kSign of Potential
CSA CentreFY2023£136kAdministrative Data project
Catch UpFY2023£134kPine Progression
Tavistock and Portman NHS TrustFY2023£123kSocial Workers in Schools
LB HillingdonFY2023£123kSocial Workers in Schools
Institute for Employment StudiesFY2023£86kFDAC
MeeTooFY2023£86kEducation Project
University of OxfordFY2023£86kSign of Potential
Oxford Brookes UniversityFY2023£85kSpark Grant
LB CroydonFY2023£85kSpark Grant
Blue CabinFY2023£76kEducation Project
University College LondonFY2023£75kKitbag
LB SouthwarkFY2023£75kSign of Potential
Anna Freud CentreFY2023£75kPrevent/Protect/Repair/Lighthouse
CoramFY2023£65kCreative Life Story
LB Tower HamletsFY2023£60kSocial Workers in Schools
University of DurhamFY2023£60kSign of Potential
Brighton & Hove CCFY2023£60kSocial Workers in Schools
Hertfordshire CCFY2023£60kMy View
University of GlasgowFY2023£60kSocial Workers in Schools
Leeds Beckett UniversityFY2023£60kTalk About Domestic Abuse
Economic and Social Research CouncilFY2023£56kEducation Project
Ipsos MORIFY2023£55kSocial Workers in Schools
National Centre for Social ResearchFY2023£55kSocial Workers in Schools
University of SussexFY2023£55kSign of Potential
Anna Freud CentreFY2023£55kLighthouse
Cordis BrightFY2023£51kSocial Workers in Schools
LB EalingFY2023£47kSign of Potential
Salford CCFY2023£47kSign of Potential
CEI Global UKFY2023£40kStaying Close
Whole Education LtdFY2023£38kSocial Workers in Schools
Newcastle CCFY2023£38kEducation Project
KCLFY2023£38kEducation Project
KinshipFY2023£37kDomestic Abuse Rapid Review
Youth in MindFY2023£37kSocial Workers in Schools
Nottinghamshire CCFY2023£37kDomestic Abuse Rapid Review
CEI Global UKFY2023£36kStaying Close
Hull City CCFY2023£35kEvaluation of ISAFE
University of GreeenwichFY2023£35kTalk About Domestic Abuse
Manchester CCFY2023£35kSocial Workers in Schools
Gateshead CCFY2023£31kEducation Project
Essex CCFY2023£28kEducation Project
LB CroydonFY2023£27kKitbag
QA ResearchFY2023£27kKitbag
LB HaringeyFY2023£26kSocial Workers in Schools
Swindon BCFY2023£26kSocial Workers in Schools
National Centre for Social ResearchFY2023£23kSocial Workers in Schools
Ipsos MORIFY2023£23kSocial Workers in Schools
Virtual Class LtdFY2023£23kSocial Workers in Schools
CoramFY2023£23kSocial Workers in Schools
Cumbria CCFY2023£22kEducation Project
GMCAFY2023£21kMy View
Birmingham UniversityFY2023£21kEducation Project
CoramFY2023£21kRapid Review
TamesideFY2023£20kTalk About Domestic Abuse
LB HarrowFY2023£20kTalk About Domestic Abuse
LB HackneyFY2023£20kEducation Project
Somerset CCFY2023£20kEducation Project
Cumbria CCFY2023£20kKinship Care
Anna Freud CentreFY2023£19kPine Progression
Bath & NE Somerset CCFY2023£19kLighthouse
Wolverhampton UniversityFY2023£18kSign of Potential
NIESRFY2023£18kHigher Education
Kingston UniversityFY2023£18kHigher Education
Meditation NowFY2023£16kSign of Potential
University of OxfordFY2023£16kKitbag
IFF ResearchFY2023£16kSign of Potential
Behavioural InsightFY2023£15kSchool Based Project
National Centre for Social ResearchFY2023£14kCAMHS Intervention
Walsall BCFY2023£14kTalk About Domestic Abuse
KCLFY2023£14kCAMHS Intervention
Gateshead CCFY2023£13kSchool Based Project
LB LewishamFY2023£13kSocial Workers in Schools
The Manchester MetFY2023£13kSign of Potential
Family ActionFY2023£13kSocial Workers in Schools
Achieving for ChildrenFY2023£13kEducation Project
British Refugee CouncilFY2023£10kSpark Grant
IFF ResearchFY2023£7kSchool Based Project
McPinFY2023£7kKitbag
University of OxfordFY2023£7kSocial Workers in Schools
Staffordshire CCFY2023£7kSign of Potential
LB Hammersmith & FulhamFY2023£7kSign of Potential
Cardiff UniversityFY2023£6kSign of Potential
Devon CCFY2023£5kSchool Based Project
Blackburn with Darwen CouncilFY2023£5kCreative Life Story
Barnardo'sFY2023£2kLet's Connect
National Centre for Social ResearchFY2023£2kSign of Potential
Ipsos MORIFY2023£2kEducation Project
University of OxfordFY2023£2kEducation Project
LB LewishamFY2023amount not statedTalk About Domestic Abuse
The Mighty CreativeFY2023amount not statedSocial Workers in Schools
LB LewishamFY2022£611kEducation Project
CoramFY2022£580kSocial Workers in Schools
CoramFY2022£554kEducation Project
LB SouthwarkFY2022£507kEducation Project
LB LewishamFY2022£487kSocial Workers in Schools
Whole Education LtdFY2022£469kSchool Based Project
Staffordshire CCFY2022£463kCreative Mentoring
National Centre for Social ResearchFY2022£461kSocial Workers in Schools
EcorysFY2022£447kSocial Workers in Schools
Brighton & Hove CCFY2022£426kMy View
Manchester Metropolitan UniversityFY2022£426kSocial Workers in Schools
National Centre for Social ResearchFY2022£416kSocial Workers in Schools
University of DurhamFY2022£403kKitbag
University of OxfordFY2022£390kSocial Workers in Schools
LB SuttonFY2022£387kSocial Workers in Schools
Cardiff UniversityFY2022£365kSocial Worker Decision Making
University of OxfordFY2022£364kEducation Project
National Centre for Social ResearchFY2022£357kEducation Project
Gateshead CCFY2022£354kSocial Workers in Schools
Wolverhampton BCFY2022£341kSocial Workers in Schools
Devon CCFY2022£339kEducation Project
Newcastle CCFY2022£319kEducation Project
University of BirminghamFY2022£313kHigher Education Rees Centre
LB Tower HamletsFY2022£313kEducation Project
National Inst. for Econ. & Soc. ResearchFY2022£307kSocial Workers in Schools
National Inst. for Econ. & Soc. ResearchFY2022£306kEducation Project
Wolverhampton UniversityFY2022£286kSocial Workers in Schools
RandFY2022£270kSocial Workers in Schools
University of SussexFY2022£260kSocial Workers in Schools
Walsall BCFY2022£245kKitbag
Cardiff UniversityFY2022£239kSchwarz rounds
British Refugee CouncilFY2022£211kSocial Workers in Schools
University of OxfordFY2022£200kEducation Project
Hull City CCFY2022£198kSign of Potential
Nottinghamshire CCFY2022£196kSocial Workers in Schools
NIESRFY2022£195kEducation Project
LB CroydonFY2022£188kSocial Workers in Schools
NIESRFY2022£187kSocial Workers in Schools
Newcastle CCFY2022£178kSocial Workers in Schools
Oxford Brookes UniversityFY2022£176kEducation Project
University of SussexFY2022£174kEducation Project
LB Hammersmith & FulhamFY2022£171kEducation Project
LB EalingFY2022£168kPrevent/Protect/Repair
Anna Freud CentreFY2022£162kPrevent/Protect/Repair/Lighthouse
Ipsos MORIFY2022£148kSocial Workers in Schools
Nottingham Trent UniversityFY2022£144kSocial Workers in Schools
LB HackneyFY2022£142kEducation Project
Wirral BCFY2022£142kSocial Workers in Schools
National Centre for Social ResearchFY2022£139kSpark Grant
LB HaringeyFY2022£132kSocial Workers in Schools
Virtual Class LtdFY2022£130kBack to School - COVD-19
Kingston UniversityFY2022£129kEducation Project
Refugee CouncilFY2022£125kSocial Workers in Schools
NHS Cambs and PeterboroughFY2022£121kSocial Workers in Schools
LB CroydonFY2022£120kEducation Project
Anna Freud CentreFY2022£117kLighthouse Parenting
University of PortsmouthFY2022£112kSocial Workers in Schools
LB HackneyFY2022£110kSocial Workers in Schools
Blackburn with Darwen CouncilFY2022£108kCreative Life Story
The Manchester MetFY2022£103kLGBTQ+ Young People in Residential Care
Kings College LondonFY2022£102kSpark Grant
LB HillingdonFY2022£100kEducation Project
CSA CentreFY2022£99kSocial Workers in Schools
Kings College LondonFY2022£99kSocial Workers in Schools
National Inst. for Econ. & Soc. ResearchFY2022£97kSocial Workers in Schools
University of OxfordFY2022£97kNo Recourse to Public Funds
Tavistock and Portman NHS TrustFY2022£95kPhD Programme
Non-disclosable councilsFY2022£93kSocial Workers in Schools
Gateshead CCFY2022£90kEducation Project
Hertfordshire CCFY2022£88kSpark Grant
University of CambridgeFY2022£87kSystematic Reviews
AffinityFY2022£84kSalaries Recharged
University of OxfordFY2022£83kSign of Potential
University College LondonFY2022£82kDomestic Abuse Rapid Review
Babies FirstFY2022£82kThriving Babies
CEI Global UKFY2022£78kSchool Based Project
CoramFY2022£77kEducation Project
Kings College LondonFY2022£70kSocial Workers in Schools
CEI Global UKFY2022£67kSystematic Reviews
Family ActionFY2022£64kSocial Workers in Schools
Hartlepool BCFY2022£62kSocial Workers in Schools
QA ResearchFY2022£60kSocial Workers in Schools
Birkenhead Sixth Form CollegeFY2022£58kLGBTQ+
Cardiff UniversityFY2022£58kSign of Potential
CEI Global UKFY2022£56kEducation Project
Somerset CCFY2022£54kTalk About Domestic Abuse
University of GlasgowFY2022£53kNot disclosable
Cardiff UniversityFY2022£53kSign of Potential
Institute for Employment StudiesFY2022£48kEducation Project
LB MertonFY2022£48kSocial Workers in Schools
Cumbria CCFY2022£45kEducation Project
The Mighty CreativeFY2022£43kSpark Grant
University of SussexFY2022£41kSocial Workers in Schools
TamesideFY2022£40kSign of Potential
Essex CCFY2022£39kEducation Project
LB HillingdonFY2022£39kSocial Workers in Schools
Leeds Beckett UniversityFY2022£37kSocial Workers in Schools
Cumbria CCFY2022£35kSocial Workers in Schools
Havant and South Downs CollegeFY2022£35kSign of Potential
Manchester CCFY2022£34kSocial Workers in Schools
Third SpaceFY2022£34kPartnership for Change
Behavioural InsightFY2022£33kSchool Based Project
Birmingham UniversityFY2022£33kEducation Project
CEI Global UKFY2022£32kCreative Life Story
Kings College LondonFY2022£32kEducation Project
IFF ResearchFY2022£32kRapid Review
LB HarrowFY2022£31kSocial Workers in Schools
IFF ResearchFY2022£30kCreative Mentoring
GMCAFY2022£30kEducation Project
Blue CabinFY2022£29kEducation Project
Learning UnlimitedFY2022£28kEducation Project
LB LambethFY2022£26kSocial Workers in Schools
The RTK LtdFY2022£25kSign of Potential
Cardiff UniversityFY2022£25kSpark Grant
Achieving for ChildrenFY2022£25kTiny Tots College
Salford CCFY2022£25kWatch Me Play
Swindon BCFY2022£24kCare Review Teenagers
LB SuttonFY2022£22kSocial Workers in Schools
Ipsos MORIFY2022£22kSocial Workers in Schools
LB MertonFY2022£18kSocial Workers in Schools
Wirral BCFY2022£16kLighthouse Parenting
CEI Global UKFY2022£14kSocial Workers in Schools
Youth in MindFY2022£11kSocial Workers in Schools
CEI Global UKFY2022£8kNo Recourse to Public Funds
Catch UpFY2022£7kNOREAM/Rapid Reviews
Worcestershire CouncilFY2022£5kSocial Workers in Schools
Bath & NE Somerset CCFY2022£5kLighthouse
University of WolverhamptonFY2022£1kNOREAM

9 listed grants have no usable amount in the accounts (shown as “amount not stated”); they are left out of the grant counts and totals.

Write-backs & cancellations

1 entry totalling −£115k in this funder’s accounts are negative amounts, such as the write-back of an accrued grant or a cancelled grant. They are shown here on their own and are not netted off the grants total or counted as grants above. They are in the CSV with amount_note “write_back”.

RecipientYearAmountPurpose
The For Baby’s Sake TrustFY2025−£115kFor Baby’s Sake

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 7739175 vs reference 3220059 (140.3% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder or a recipient and want a correction, email [email protected].

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the filed accounts. They stay in the list and the CSV (read_status column) but are left out of the totals, counts and recipient tallies this site computes.