Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

ADFAM NATIONAL 

Adfam is the only national umbrella organisation working specifically with and for families affected by drugs and alcohol. Our final goal is that no family member in need of support should go without it. As well as providing support materials and training specifically for families and professionals we inform policy development and campaign both locally and nationally for improved family support services
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 26 years

www.adfam.org.uk

admin@adfam.org.uk

02038179410

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
?

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£464£598£-134n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/22£532£574£-42£22£238£1252.61614
31/03/21£694£618£77£25£280£1252.41214
31/03/20£719£664£55£19£203£1242.21112
31/03/19£580£664£-85£11£149£971.71112
31/03/18£574£589£-15£10£234£1092.2100
31/03/17£746£689£58£36£249£1071.990
31/03/16*£829£729£100£26£191£380.6150
31/03/15£645£652£-7£35£90£270.5140
31/03/14£638£651£-13£24£97£500.9110
31/03/13*£523£646£-124£20£110£651.290
31/03/12£899£923£-24£57£233£891.2120
31/03/11*£991£971£20£93£258£881.1120
31/03/10£1,100£990£110£60£238£801150
31/03/09£722£700£22£35£128£350.6140
31/03/08*£638£574£64£36£106£260.5130
31/03/07*£746£768£-22£91£43£-12-0.2170
31/03/06£547£734£-186£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£681£700£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£636£527£109£0£0£0n/a00

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 14 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£202,478
Department of Health£99,091
DCMS£62,300
Esmee Fairbairn£50,000
Dulverton Trust£34,875
Essex Community Foundation£11,500
Greater London Authority£10,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Adfam National
£3,500 02/02/2023
to provide virtual one-on-one support for families and friends of people with drug and alcohol issues in Essex
Greater London Authority - Adfam
£10,500 31/08/2022
To provide Secretariat support to the Routemap Steering Group and to support the development the Routemap Partnership Delivery Plan into a detailed programme of actions, shaped around the five ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Adfam@Home
£182,478 25/05/2022
The project is using funding towards the online services developed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The project aims to empower families and friends to get the support they need build the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Adfam@Home: Dual diagnosis
£10,000 07/01/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a support group. The project aims to support people whose loved ones suffer from substance abuse.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£10,000 19/11/2021
Adfam@Home
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£62,300 05/10/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
CAF - Grant to Adfam National
£4,375 02/06/2020
3
Grant to Adfam National to support the organisation through COVID19
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Adfam
£5,000 06/05/2020
COVID19 : purchase IT equipment for a charity that works with drug and alcohol misuse in Cambridgeshire
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Adfam National
£50,000 28/04/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Department of Health - Adfam
£99,091 01/04/2020
Grants to undertake work on Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorders.
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for London families
£10,000 29/08/2019
12
Support for London families
Essex Community Foundation - Support for families affected by a family member's drug or alcohol misuse
£8,000 19/07/2019
11
To provide support for families and friends of people affected by substance misuse in Mid Essex
Dulverton Trust - Family Carers
£34,875 12/06/2019
Family Carers
Suffolk Community Foundation - Peer Supporters
£18,340 14/03/2019
11
To provide a Peer Support programme to vulnerable families in Suffolk.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Adfam National
£300,000 19/09/2018
36
Towards Adfam's national development work to support families, practitioners and commissioners in each region.
National Lottery Community Fund - Young people in kin-care, Peterborough
£10,000 12/04/2018
12
This project will provide support for families who find themselves looking after relatives, usually grandchildren. This will include activities such as bowling, ice skating and creative workshops, as ....more
John Ellerman Foundation - Towards costs of a Community Champions Co-ordinator
£80,000 29/03/2018
24
Towards the costs of developing, training and supporting a network of skilled volunteer champions to continue their work supporting anyone affected by the drug or alcohol use of a close friend or ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Support for families affected by a family member's drug or alcohol misuse
£7,000 01/03/2018
11
Towards a Family Support service to inform and support the family and carers of people with addictions in Essex
Suffolk Community Foundation - Peer Supporters
£14,655 18/09/2017
11
To provide a Peer Supporter programme to vulnerable families in Suffolk
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Adfam
£98,042 11/10/2016
36
The project will work with children and young people who are affected by drug and alcohol use or other in their family. The project will increase resilience, reduce social isolation and stigma and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Family Recovery
£303,822 13/07/2016
36
This project will support children and young people affected by drug and alcohol misuse. Run in partnership with Family Action, it will work with families with a parent in recovery, helping them ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Adfam
£50,000 31/05/2016
24
over two years as unrestricted funding for this charity for families affected by drug and alcohol abuse across England and Wales
Comic Relief - Peer Support - Child to Parent Violence
£114,753 15/07/2015
36
Child to parent violence is an emerging issue and the scale of the problem is still not fully understood. A Department of Health-funded study in 2011-12 drew on existing research and carried out work ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Adfam
£153,000 25/09/2014
36
£153,000 over three years (£53,000; £48,000; £52,000) towards a part-time Family Support Development Co-ordinator, together with management and other related running costs of a project to train ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Adfam Journeys
£10,000 16/07/2014
12
Not Available
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Adfam National
£85,866 24/06/2014
Towards the cost of a programme of work to support grandparents and other relatives involved in informal kinship care arrangements as a result of parental drug or alcohol addiction.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Adfam National
£149,463 24/06/2014
Towards the salary of a regional development worker serving the North East and Eastern regions to support families affected by drug and alcohol abuse.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Adfam
£33,500 29/01/2014
The charity provides support for people with drug and alcohol dependency. The funding will pay for support groups in Kent facilitated and supported by a Family Recovery Champion.
National Lottery Community Fund - Whole Family Recovery
£295,575 19/09/2012
60
A new project in Greenwich providing a whole family recovery/support service, for families affected by alcohol/substance misuse. The project will setup mutual aid groups and train some family members ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Adfam National
£383,975 25/09/2008
60
Towards Core costs Towards the salaries of a stakeholder involvement co-ordinator, administrator and running costs of the new membership support project, to develop Adfam into a national, umbrella ....more
Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-72
  • MARK GUYMER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Managing Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/01/1998, number: 1067428
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/02/1997, number: 03328628
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR16: 3 days late, AR13: 0 days late, AR11: 4 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Adfam National
27 Swinton Street
LONDON
WC1X 9NW

Objectives

(1) TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING CAUSED BY SUBSTANCE USE AND GAMBLING BY MAKING HELP, SUPPORT AND ADVICE AVAILABLE TO THE FAMILIES,FRIENDS AND CARERS OF PEOPLE AFFECTED IN THIS WAY. (2) TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING ON THE IMPACT OF SUBSTANCE USE AND GAMBLING ON FAMILIES. (3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND POLICY MAKERS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE HARMS THAT SUBSTANCE USE AND GAMBLING CAN CAUSE TO OTHERS. (4) TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF FAMILIES AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE USE AND GAMBLING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PEER SUPPORT,TRAINING, INFORMATION AND OTHER INTERVENTIONS. (5) TO PROMOTE SUPPORT FOR ANY OTHER VULNERABLE GROUP THAT FALLS INTO THE CHARITY'S MAIN OBJECTS THAT THE DIRECTORS DECIDE TO SUPPORT ON AN AD HOC BASIS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Giving is Great