# FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1093131
- **Other names:** FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 25, 2002
- **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=1093131


## Contact

- **Address:** Families for Children, Higher Mill, Buckfast, Buckfastleigh
- **Postcode:** TQ11 0EE
- **Phone:** 01364645480
- **Email:** info@familiesforchildren.org.uk
- **Website:** www.familiesforchildren.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN WHO NEED PROTECTION AND CARE, AND OF THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, FROM ALL SECTIONS OF SOCIETY, PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT IN FURTHERING THIS OBJECT THE CHARITY SHALL OPERATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AS ESPOUSED BY (AMONG OTHERS) THE ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF EXETER.

**Activities:** Voluntary Adoption Agency placing children from all over the UK with families in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE DEVON, DORSET, AND CORNWALL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- Cornwall
- Devon
- Dorset
- Plymouth City
- Somerset
- Torbay



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | — | — | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | — | — | — | — |
| June 30, 2023 | — | — | — | — |
| June 30, 2022 | — | — | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1329933 | £1277723 | £894517 | 37 |
| Dec. 31, 2019 | £1546484 | £1729150 | £794350 | 47 |
| Dec. 31, 2018 | £1617369 | £1754171 | £892828 | 49 |
| Dec. 31, 2017 | £1899761 | £1791139 | £1041508 | 48 |
| Dec. 31, 2016 | £1662970 | £1653731 | £893510 | 48 |



## Trustees

- **Nicholas Timothy Allan** (Chair) — appointed July 5, 2019
- Charmian O'Kelly — appointed Jan. 23, 2015
- Dr Louisiana Lush PhD — appointed July 13, 2018
- Dr Susan Howson — appointed July 20, 2020
- Jacqueline Kay Saunders — appointed Nov. 1, 2019
- Roger Lake — appointed March 31, 2014
- Susan Phyllis Lucas — appointed Jan. 29, 2016
- TERENCE WILLIAM CONNOR — appointed March 26, 2012
- Tina Gail Cook — appointed July 30, 2021