# CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACROSS BORDERS (CFAB)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1085541
- **Other names:** INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACROSS BORDERS, ISS UK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 14, 2001
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1085541


## Contact

- **Address:** 134/136 Buckingham Palace Road, London
- **Postcode:** SW1W 9SA
- **Phone:** 0207 735 8941
- **Email:** info@cfab.org.uk
- **Website:** www.cfab.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED AS A RESULT OF VOLUNTARY OR FORCED MIGRATION OR OTHER SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF AN INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER BY ASSISTING SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE TO OVERCOME PERSONAL OR FAMILY DIFFICULTIES, THE SOLUTION OF WHICH REQUIRES CO-ORDINATED ACTIONS IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES, OR IN SOME CASES, ACTION ONLY IN THE COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE OF THE PERSONS CONCERNED AND BY STUDYING FROM AN INTERNATIONAL STANDPOINT THE CONDITIONS AND CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION IN RELATION TO INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY LIFE AND, AS A RESULT OF SUCH STUDIES, BY MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS OR UNDERTAKING ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION

**Activities:** Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB - formerly International Social Service UK) is the UK arm of the international ISS network. CFAB works to ensure the identification, care and protection of all children separated across borders - including children in care, unaccompanied children and the victims of trafficking - where possible reuniting them with their families in the UK and overseas.

**Area of benefit:** UK AND OVERSEAS




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1067397 | £1127992 | £961972 | 19 |
| March 31, 2024 | £973603 | £1062118 | £1022567 | 21 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1320212 | £1041194 | £1111082 | 19 |
| March 31, 2022 | £834914 | £850048 | £832064 | 18 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1171990 | £879022 | £847198 | 15 |



## Trustees

- Angie Garvich — appointed July 25, 2019
- Anita Kara — appointed Sept. 1, 2013
- Christopher Hames QC — appointed Jan. 23, 2018
- Cornelia Andrecut — appointed Oct. 23, 2019
- DAVID NOEL JONES — appointed July 2, 2014
- Dalvinder Nagra — appointed Nov. 7, 2025
- Douglas Lewis CBE — appointed Oct. 17, 2018
- Hilka Hollmann — appointed Feb. 4, 2021
- Karina Kim Peen — appointed Feb. 10, 2023
- Marija Martinovic — appointed July 26, 2024
- Mark William Arthur Tate — appointed June 18, 2014
- Michael Phair — appointed July 25, 2018
- Richard Morris MBE — appointed Oct. 23, 2019
- Robert Henderson — appointed Feb. 5, 2026
- Victoria Mellor — appointed May 23, 2019