# ADOPTION MATTERS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 512892
- **Other names:** ADOPTION MATTERS NORTH WEST, CHESTER DIOCESAN ADOPTION SERVICES, FORMERLY: THE CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, ADOPTION MATTERS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 16, 1983
- **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=512892


## Contact

- **Address:** Adoption Matters, 14 Liverpool Road, Chester
- **Postcode:** CH2 1AE
- **Phone:** 01244390938
- **Email:** info@adoptionmatters.org.uk
- **Website:** www.adoptionmatters.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** “4.1  The Charity’s Object is specifically restricted to the following:4.1.1 to promote the care and welfare of vulnerable children without parents or families able to look after them primarily, but not exclusively, through the provision of a high-quality adoption service with the aim of securing permanent homes and stable lives for such children; and4.1.2 in furthering the Object the Charity shall have regard to the principles of the Christian faith.”

**Activities:** Comprehensive Adoption Services

**Area of benefit:** DIOCESE OF CHESTER




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £4317136 | £4843316 | £639323 | 81 |
| March 31, 2024 | £4077065 | £4848928 | £1162683 | 84 |
| March 31, 2023 | £4533523 | £4760646 | £1888825 | 86 |
| March 31, 2022 | £4137636 | £4545819 | £-1168859 | 89 |
| March 31, 2021 | £4937408 | £4207673 | £-2495917 | 86 |



## Trustees

- **James Martin Robert Bennett** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 18, 2019
- ANNESLEY WRIGHT — appointed Nov. 22, 2013
- Anne Elizabeth Fleming — appointed Jan. 21, 2026
- Dr Yvonne Ball — appointed Dec. 1, 2021
- Graham Alton — appointed Sept. 20, 2023
- JOSEPH JAMES MCARDLE — appointed March 28, 2007
- LYNN PATES — appointed March 28, 2018