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Both Parents Matter

Both Parents Matter, Families Need Fathers Limited, F N F

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
276899
Status
Registered
Registered
Feb. 13, 1979
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
England And Wales

Address

Address
27 OLD GLOUCESTER STREET
HOLBORN
LONDON
WC1N 3AX

Activities

Families Need Fathers is a self help charity which provides information and support on children's issues for separated and divorced parents (including unmarried parents), as well as grandparents, partners, friends, and the extended family. Our main concern is to maintain a child's relationship with both parents during and after family breakdown.

Objects: The Charity's Objects Are: (I) For The Relief Of Parents And Their Children And Other Close Family Members Suffering From The Consequences Of Divorce Or Separation By Providing Advice, Assistance And Other Support And, In So Doing, Helping Parents Stay In Touch With Their Children After Divorce Or Separation; (Ii) To Further The Emotional Development Of Children Whose Parents Have Divorced Or Separated By Encouraging Shared Parenting Arrangements Which Enable Such Children To Have Continuing And Meaningful Relationships With Both Their Parents; (Iii) To Conduct Study And Research Into Problems Concerned With Children Who Are Deprived Of The Presence Of A Parent In Their Families, And Into The Problems Concerned With Establishing Good Relations Between Parents Living Apart From Their Children, And To Publish The Useful Results Of All Such Study And Research In Order To Encourage Appropriate Changes In Professional And Public Opinion; (Iv) To Relieve Poor Parents By Helping To Obtain And Promoting The Provision Of Legal Advice, Assistance And Other Legal Services Which Such Persons Would Be Unable To Obtain By Reason Of Their Lack Of Means.

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
What
General Charitable Purposes
Who
Children/young People, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Country
Northern Ireland, Scotland
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £82,997 £189,765
March 31, 2024 £53,201 £92,529
March 31, 2023 £54,615 £103,363
March 31, 2022 £161,056 £125,634
March 31, 2021 £116,689 £99,379

Trustees

Name Appointed
Paul Jeremy O'Callaghan (Chair) Dec. 5, 2020
Frances Carr Nov. 2, 2024
Greg Cavadino Feb. 19, 2022
Jackie Sanders Nov. 2, 2024
Lee Grice Feb. 2, 2012
Mihir Parikh Jan. 25, 2025
William James Davis Feb. 26, 2024
Wayne Martin Nov. 16, 2014