# FOUNDATIONS - WHAT WORKS CENTRE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1188350
- **Other names:** WHAT WORKS FOR CHILDREN'S SOCIAL CARE, WHAT WORKS FOR EARLY INTERVENTION AND CHILDREN'S SOCIAL CARE, FOUNDATIONS - WHAT WORKS CENTRE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 4, 2020
- **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=1188350


## Contact

- **Address:** Third Floor, Alliance House, 12 Caxton Street, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW1H 0QS
- **Phone:** 07773647480
- **Email:** finance@foundations.org.uk
- **Website:** https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO BY RESEARCHING, EVALUATING AND DISSEMINATING PRACTICE, POLICIES, RESOURCES, AND PROGRAMMES INTENDED TO PROMOTE BEST PRACTICE AND BETTER OUTCOMES IN THE CARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE UK AND BEYOND;2. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE ANY OTHER PURPOSES RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE IN ENGLAND AND WALES BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROVISION OF GRANT FUNDING TO INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES AND OTHER GROUPS WORKING IN THE SECTOR OF CHILDREN’S SOCIAL CARE.

**Activities:** What Works for Children's Social Care seeks better outcomes for children, young people and their families by bringing the best available evidence to practitioners and other decision makers across the children's social care sector.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability
- **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 | £7245849 | £7120035 | £2764479 | 70 |
| March 31, 2024 | £9477860 | £9457499 | £2638665 | 74 |
| March 31, 2023 | £12988149 | £12983409 | £2618304 | 84 |
| March 31, 2022 | £17764111 | £17408827 | £918791 | 43 |
| March 31, 2021 | £13236275 | £12746256 | £563507 | 36 |



## Trustees

- **Sam White** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 7, 2024
- Baroness Hilary Armstrong — appointed Nov. 20, 2024
- Kelly Beaver MBE — appointed Dec. 15, 2022
- Krupesh Vinodkumar Patel — appointed Oct. 16, 2025
- Martin Birch — appointed Oct. 16, 2025
- Professor Nicholas Robin Pearce — appointed Dec. 15, 2022
- Professor Paul Gulab Ramchandani — appointed Dec. 15, 2022
- Rashida Akhtar Baig MBE — appointed Oct. 16, 2025
- Reshard Sheik Mahmad Auladin — appointed Dec. 15, 2022