# THE FOSTERING NETWORK

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 280852
- **Other names:** FOSTERING NETWORK, NATIONAL FOSTER CARE ASSOCIATION, THE FOSTERING NETWORK TFN
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 11, 1980
- **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=280852


## Contact

- **Address:** THE FOSTERING NETWORK, 87 BLACKFRIARS ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SE1 8HA
- **Phone:** 020 7620 6400
- **Email:** info@fostering.net
- **Website:** www.fostering.net



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) TO RELIEVE BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE CHILDREN THE AGED AND PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY WHO BY REASON OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF FOSTER OR SUBSTITUTE CARE. (B) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN ACHIEVING THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF SERVICE GIVEN TO CHILDREN AND OTHERS IN CARE AND TO THAT END BRING TOGETHER IN THE ASSOCIATION FOSTER-CARERS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AUTHORITIES AND ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN ADVANCING FOSTER CARE AND RELIEVING DISTRESS OF CHILDREN AND OTHERS IN CARE AND TO ASSIST THEIR WORK.

**Activities:** These are membership services, policy and practice,  publishing and training, advice & mediation work, information services and consultancy and projects.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £9359081 | £7968070 | £5128247 | 100 |
| March 31, 2024 | £8411919 | £7692392 | £3737236 | 96 |
| March 31, 2023 | £6878008 | £7129090 | £3153709 | 86 |
| March 31, 2022 | £6661807 | £6816281 | £3468791 | 84 |
| March 31, 2021 | £6429919 | £6477750 | £3429515 | 86 |



## Trustees

- Christopher Pope — appointed Dec. 5, 2018
- Frank Harasiwka — appointed Nov. 10, 2022
- Ishara Tewary — appointed Dec. 4, 2019
- Jonathan Walsh — appointed Dec. 5, 2018
- Kate Brash — appointed June 21, 2023
- Lyssa Elster — appointed June 21, 2023
- Matthew Michael Page — appointed June 21, 2023
- Paul Seath — appointed June 21, 2023
- Stuart Lewis — appointed Dec. 5, 2018