Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 9
  • Pension deficit: -3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Award winner
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

FAMILY ACTION

To preserve and protect the good health (in particular the mental health) of children and families, other individuals and groups within the community and to provide services, advice and grants to children, adults and families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity is a recent Award Winner
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

  • There is a pension deficit of £10,862,000

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£40,361£39,323£1,038£583£20,809£6,7292.1920330
31/03/23£39,001£36,913£2,088£521£20,673£7,6382.5856350
31/03/22£35,231£32,784£2,447£462£16,886£6,6482.4904576
31/03/21£41,068£38,113£2,955£457£12,855£5,8981.9890460
31/03/20?*£37,293£35,810£1,483£657£17,109£3,9331.3847647
31/03/18£23,389£22,084£1,305£550£19,083£3,74726800
31/03/17£21,930£21,458£472£539£9,142£3,7062.17030
31/03/16£21,466£20,692£774£547£12,242£3,5462.16850
31/03/15£22,124£21,672£452£437£10,344£3,56827150
31/03/14£20,219£20,028£191£288£12,286£3,6432.26770
31/03/13*£18,486£19,013£-527£228£12,930£1,9831.35860
31/03/12£18,548£19,234£-686£270£10,144£-2,317-1.46210
31/03/11*£22,087£22,811£-724£410£12,665£-1,110-0.67150
31/03/10£23,111£22,265£846£442£11,654£-2,480-1.37260
31/03/09£21,967£20,932£1,035£356£12,214£2507210
31/03/08£22,612£21,429£1,183£366£12,861£-236-0.17500
31/03/07*£20,558£20,011£547£358£11,741£-1,642-17320
31/03/06£14,128£14,197£-70n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£12,993£12,690£302n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£12,032£11,384£648n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 32%
Reserves/Spending: 2.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 4.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 52 years

www.family-action.org.uk

info@family-action.org.uk

07917838573

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Isle Of Man, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Awards received
  • Third Sector Awards 2021 Charity of the Year over £5m
Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£1,576,273
Department of Health£249,620
BBC Children in Need£226,560
Greater London Authority£149,463
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Parent and Toddler Fun Fitness Sessions
£3,056 07/12/2023
14
This project will deliver a fitness programme across children's centres in Manchester. The programme will deliver two 45 minute sessions on a weekly basis within term time. The sessions will be broken down into Parent and Baby Yoga stretch and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Project Indigo
£285,621 17/08/2023
Funding will be used to support young people who identify as LGBTQIA+ in Hackney. The project will focus on developing a positive sense of self and relationships increasing safety and security and fostering coping strategies.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 07/07/2023
Friendship Works
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Family Action
£5,000 19/12/2022
To support the Families Food and Fun project during the Easter Holidays, providing food and activities to families struggling with food insecurity across our Bristol FOOD Clubs.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Family Action
£20,000 31/10/2022
to employ a food club volunteer coordinator for 6mths
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Family Action
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Family Action
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Hackney Council - Grant to Family Action
£23,000 13/10/2022
Providing social welfare advice to young adults and their networks (family and friends) experience debt and benefit challenges.
National Lottery Community Fund - PAC-UK Adopteens Plus
£326,824 16/09/2022
This funding will support Family Action’s (Post-Adoption Centre) PAC-UK Adopteens Plus project that has been designed by adopted teenagers who want to meet and connect with other adoptees. The project aims to improve life chances for adopted young ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Medway Perinatal Project - Covid Recovery Service
£458,815 06/05/2022
The project is using funding to support parents during the perinatal period especially those suffering with poor mental health social isolation and poverty. The aim is to improve mental and emotional health while helping parents feel less isolated ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 22/04/2022
Friendship Works
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Family Action
£2,275 07/04/2022
Supporting young carers living in county durham
National Lottery Community Fund - Project Indigo
£9,852 23/03/2022
The funding will be used to run a programme of social support group for young LGBTIQ+ people and young people aged 13-25 who are questioning their sexual or gender identity. The aim is to give young people a safe and supportive space to meet other ....more
Cumbria Community Foundation - Practical and financial support
£14,000 21/03/2022
Practical and financial support
National Lottery Community Fund - Buddying 1
£185,254 18/03/2022
Funding will enable the group to provide buddying support to reduce social isolation and improve mental health and wellbeing for adults with moderate to severe mental health issues. The aim of the project is to support people both before and after ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to PAC-UK (Part of Family Action)
£4,178 23/10/2021
Our Child to Parent Violence (CPV) Groups aim to support parents by teaching non-violent resistance principles and provide a space for sharing and building connections/mutual support among parents.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Family Action Supervised Contact Centre
£17,219 23/10/2021
We would refit the kitchen at our Isle of Man Supervised Contact Centre after flooding. It would provide a place for children in care and their birth parents to interact positively and constructively.
National Lottery Community Fund - Windsor and Maidenhead Young Carers - Healthcare Partnership Project
£309,907 10/09/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a range of activities supporting around 200 young carers aged 5-18 years old each year. Through drop-in groups tailored one to one support and respite activities the service aims to reduce the burden and negative ....more
The Greggs Foundation - Community Hub Programme
£15,000 19/05/2021
12
The Community Hubs programme aims to help build stronger, healthier communities by supporting local community organisations in the vicinity of a Greggs outlet to make a real difference in their community. These grants of up to £15,000 per year ....more
The Greggs Foundation - Community Hub Programme
£15,000 19/05/2021
12
The Community Hubs programme aims to help build stronger, healthier communities by supporting local community organisations in the vicinity of a Greggs outlet to make a real difference in their community. These grants of up to £15,000 per year ....more
The Greggs Foundation - Community Hub Programme
£15,000 19/05/2021
12
The Community Hubs programme aims to help build stronger, healthier communities by supporting local community organisations in the vicinity of a Greggs outlet to make a real difference in their community. These grants of up to £15,000 per year ....more
Department of Health - VCSE Health and Wellbeing Fund
£190,040 01/04/2021
The VCSE Health and Wellbeing Fund is a yearly fund for voluntary and community sector organisations that is run in partnership between DHSC, PHE and NHS EI. Each year the fund has a different theme which is determined based on system-wide ....more
MACC - Family Action
£1,000 10/02/2021
No Child Should Go Hungry project supporting emergency food providers working with BAME families and children to help sustain existing food services and support increased food provision
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Family Action
£118,404 21/12/2020
A long-term mentoring programme for young people who have experienced childhood trauma or disrupted attachments. Through 1:1 support young people will improve their confidence, access to opportunities and emotional well-being.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Family Action Wandsworth NewPin: Roehampton
£3,172 24/10/2020
We would like to buy toys, sensory equipment and therapeutic items for the children at our service for mums with mental health problems.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Friendship Works
£3,506 24/10/2020
We would like to fund weekly outings between mentors and young people matched through Family Action's Friendship Works befriending service.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Family Action Newpin - Battersea Church Road
£6,112 24/10/2020
We aim to buy toys, sensory equipment and therapeutic items for the children with mothers experiencing mental health problems.
The Earl of Northampton's Charity - Covid-19 Rapid Response Fund Grant
£5,000 24/09/2020
6
To help with the running of the Community Garden, providing an area for social distanced interaction during the winter.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Family Action
£71,916 09/09/2020
12
COVID19 - This project is for information sheets, one-to-one sessions and an advice line for young people who have experienced sexual abuse and are isolated due to Covid-19. This will result in increased emotional wellbeing and positive ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£51,665 02/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Department of Health - Family Action
£59,580 28/08/2020
Grant funding to members of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance for priority project work in support of DHSC, NHS England and Improvement and PHE strategic priorities.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Family Action
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund an online mentoring programme for young people with poor mental health exacerbated from isolation due to the impact form Covid-19. Young people will improve their emotional well-being and feel more included.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Family Action
£2,980 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund staffing costs, the purchase of 100 eco packs, and other costs to support 100 children and young people in a deprived area who are currently isolated due to Covid-19. It will reduce their isolation.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Family Action
£29,260 28/05/2020
36
This three year project will support children and young people who experienced distress prior to being adopted. It will provide training, residentials and online contact. It will result in increased empowerment, positive relationships, and ....more
Department for Education - Parent Carer Participation grant
£15,000 01/04/2020
To fund 152 Parent Carer Forums to represent and support their local area's SEND parents, carers and families.
KPMG Foundation - Listening Works: a listening and befriending service for young people leaving care
£98,453 16/03/2020
A telephone advice line and befriending service for young people leaving care, during the Covid pandemic 2020-22 and continuing to 2023
Greater London Authority - Family Action
£149,463 01/01/2020
Positive activities for young people involved in crime or at risk of crime or exclusion
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Family Action Wandsworth Newpin
£3,740 15/11/2019
We want to take local families affected by mental health issues on a day out by the sea.
Hackney Council - Grant to Family Action
£40,562 28/10/2019
24
Project Indigo is a social support group for young LGBTIQ+ people and young people who are questioning their sexual or gender identity. The group gives young people a safe and supportive space to meet other young LGBTIQ+ people.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Family Action
£51,000 16/09/2019
36
Towards trialling expansion of the Post Sexual Abuse (PSA) service in Leicestershire to pre trial support.
Comic Relief - Art therapy & integrated support for young people in Hackney struggling with mental ill-health
£25,912 08/05/2019
3
Currently 10% of young people in the UK are thought to have a diagnosable mental health disorder. In Hackney, risk factors for mental ill-health including family violence, homelessness, unemployment, substance abuse and gang violence are all higher ....more
Ministry of Justice - ALB - Cafcass - Supported Child Contact Centres (SCCC) Grant 19-20
£2,805 01/04/2019
Provide support for contact centres
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 07/03/2019
Friendship Works
National Lottery Community Fund - Helping Hands
£209,339 26/02/2019
36
The project will provide support for families in Sandwell who have received a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder._x000D_ The project will provide practical and emotional support for people who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Buddying
£99,928 18/02/2019
36
Buddying
The Earl of Northampton's Charity - Grant to Family Action
£28,110 06/12/2018
12
Discovery Garden – a therapeutic community garden project at the Discovery Centre in North Lynn.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Family Action
£150,000 29/08/2018
36
Towards the organisation's specialist education service to improve education experience and outcomes for adopted and permanently placed children.
Sport England - Active Families Together
£302,230 29/08/2018
50
Funding under Sport England's Families Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Active Families Together. This project lists its main activity as Multi-Skill Coaching
National Lottery Community Fund - Medway Perinatal Support Project
£499,735 08/08/2018
36
This project will support parents experiencing a range of mental health issues during the perinatal period (during pregnancy and the first year following the birth of a child). A variety of services including tailored one to one support, weekly ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Family Action
£122,084 27/06/2018
36
A long-term mentoring programme for young people including young carers, looked after children and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Through 1:1 support young people will improve their confidence, life skills and emotional well-being.
National Lottery Community Fund - Families Together Wales
£9,967 23/04/2018
12
Families Together Wales
National Lottery Community Fund - Friendship Works for Mental Health
£345,347 29/11/2017
50
The project will provide a mentoring service to improve the social and emotional wellbeing of vulnerable young people who have the increased likelihood of experiencing mental health difficulties due to their circumstances. Young people will meet ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 23/10/2017
Friendship Works
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Family Action
£46,000 08/09/2017
£46,000 over 18 months to employ a Development Manager to lead the development work necessary to launch an Edge of Care service in 2018 and to purchase external support from ATQ to facilitate the development of the outcomes framework.
National Lottery Community Fund - Southend Improving Futures Project
£409,156 23/08/2017
36
The project aims to improve the lives of families with young children aged 5 to 10 who have multiple and complex needs in Southend. The group will focus on recruiting parents and local community capacity to create a more sustainable and cost ....more
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Family Action Islington
£19,073 25/07/2017
Grant To Family Action Islington
National Lottery Community Fund - Haringey Kidstime Project
£10,000 02/04/2017
12
The funding will be used to deliver a series of workshops that will support children in families struggling with mental health issues. The project aims to improve the children’s wellbeing and emotional health.
Nesta - AC00621
£131,613 31/03/2017
24
Second Half Fund programme grant to Family Action Grant Ref AC00621
National Lottery Community Fund - Canterbury Advice Service II
£230,484 14/02/2017
36
This project will support Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic women to understand and access welfare rights and giving them the opportunity to escape or stay away from abusive relationships. Delivered by an experienced welfare rights advice worker, ....more
Walcot Foundation - Friendship Works in Lambeth
£59,940 22/11/2016
36
Friendship Works in Lambeth
National Lottery Community Fund - EPIC approach to Domestic Abuse (Sandwell)
£213,007 02/11/2016
36
The aim of this new project is to tackle low to medium level domestic abuse before it escalates using the EPIC (Education, Prevention Intervention in the Community) approach. The project will particularly target families with young children, or ....more
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Family Action Islington
£65,180 26/07/2016
Towards the costs of Family Saturdays.
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Open Doors Grants Programme
£140,000 16/03/2016
12
To deliver the Open Doors Grants Programme and support Family Action's dissemination, influencing and future planning work.
Esmee Fairbairn - Social investment Family Action
£300,000 26/11/2015
36
An investment in Safe Haven, a new outcomes focused intervention model for high-risk, young people in care.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Family Action
£25,000 26/11/2015
36
Towards the evaluation of the Safe Haven project.
National Lottery Community Fund - A&E WellFamily Hackney
£378,035 25/09/2015
36
This project will provide a health and well-being service that will support people who are frequently attending the hospital's emergency department for non-emergency issues that are driven by social factors such as domestic abuse, debt, housing ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Family Action
£91,500 23/09/2015
36
£91,500 over three years (£29,500; £30,500; £31,500) towards the salary and associated running costs of a part-time London Domestic Abuse Service Development Co-ordinator.
London Catalyst - Family Action - 1
£3,000 26/08/2015
Funding for long term friendship mentoring for disadvantaged children.
National Lottery Community Fund - Medway A Better Start: Perinatal Support Project
£497,843 08/04/2015
36
This will improve the pre and post natal support to mothers who have low to moderate mental health issues as building a strong bond between mother and baby in the first year of life is widely recognised to play a key role in children’s ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Family Action
£19,000 24/03/2015
12
To deliver and evaluate the effectiveness of an open door crisis grants programme to support individuals and families facing severe and multiple disadvantage.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hackney Family Film-Making
£10,000 25/02/2015
12
Not Available
Comic Relief - National Domestic Abuse Coordinator Project
£100,000 28/01/2015
36
Domestic abuse affects 1 in 3 women and approximately 750,000 children witness domestic violence each year, yet it takes on average up to 35 instances of abuse before people affected report what's happening. Family Action works with families in need ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Wandsworth Young Carers Family Support Project
£161,344 21/10/2014
36
Not Available
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Family Action
£180,000 10/07/2014
To deliver and evaluate the effectiveness of an open door crisis grants programme to support individuals and families facing severe and multiple disadvantage.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Family Action
£83,200 22/08/2013
Friends of Swaffham Orchard
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Support Project for Vietnamese, Somalian and Congolese people
£432,548 20/08/2013
36
This is a continuation of an existing project based in London and delivered by Family Action (FA) which aims to reduce health inequalities and increase wellbeing amongst families and individuals from Vietnamese, Somalian and Congolese ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - A Better Start for Children
£381,258 01/08/2013
12
This ten-year portfolio 'A Better Start for Children', working across four wards in Medway, will focus on building parents and carers capabilities to support their child's development and for children to benefit from secure attachment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Canterbury Advice Service - Domestic Abuse Project
£186,007 30/05/2013
48
The aim of this new project is to provide targeted specialist support to women from BME communities in Bradford, who have experienced domestic violence. Cuts in public funding in Bradford and a lack of capacity mean that local advice provision is ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Perinatal Support Project Plus
£499,179 30/05/2013
36
This continuing project provides women who are, or who are at risk of, experiencing perinatal mental illnesses with emotional and practical help through one-to-one peer support throughout pregnancy and their first year as a mother. The project is ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Bridges Plus
£315,712 08/02/2013
48
This expanding project will support families with multiple and complex needs in Bradford and Southwark, through training service-users and other members of the community as volunteer befrienders. They will help families to access services, tackle ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Family Action
£20,000 20/11/2012
Towards core costs as the organisation transitions to a more diversified income-generation strategy.
Northern Rock Foundation - Grant awarded to Family Action (Durham)
£18,201 25/05/2012
To employ a project worker to establish a programme to support young carers in County Durham.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stronger Families, Future Communities
£1,071,248 19/03/2012
60
The scope of the project is to build on the existing knowledge and expertise of the partner organistions to work in a targeted area of central Southend to improve family functioning, increase school attendance and attainment, and raise self esteem ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Haringey Building Bridges
£1,079,951 19/03/2012
60
The scope of this new project is to provide an early intervention service to families with complex needs across Haringey in order to restore their resilience. The support offered through the Building Bridges model helps socially excluded families to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Stronger Families, Future Communities
£10,000 29/09/2011
11
This is a development grant has been awarded so that the applicant can work up a more detailed application to build on the existing knowledge and expertise of the partner organistions to work in a targeted area of central Southend to improve family ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Support Project for Vietnamese, Somalian and Congolese People
£408,654 11/02/2010
36
This Hackney-based project supports socially excluded families from the Vietnamese, Somali and Congolese communities, assisting them to access health and social care facilities. Practical help and counselling support will also be offered along with ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Perinatal Support Project
£379,153 10/02/2010
36
The project originally ran as pilot project from April 2007 to December 2008 to provide support to new mothers who are affected or at risk of depression and other mental health issues. Areas such as the emotional and social needs of a baby, baby ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-73
  • AYODELE AROGUNDADE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Marketing Director
  • BARIN BRIAN ROY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Business Executive
  • CAROLINE WALSH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Social Worker
  • CHARLOTTE HEISS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor
  • DEZ HOLMES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director
  • IAN HARGRAVE (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director
  • JENNIFER ANNE HOLLY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Research Manager
  • KATHERINE MARIE PRINCE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Marketing Director
  • LOUISE TURNBULL POSOCCO Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • MELANIE WILLIAMS BROWNE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Teacher
  • PAUL JOHN HAYES Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director
  • PHILIPPE BROADHEAD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director
  • ROBERT WILFRID TAPSFIELD Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Children'S Social Care Consultant
  • SOPHY DOYLE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/11/1972, number: 264713
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/08/1972, number: 01068186
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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; AR20: 4 days late, AR13: 62 days late, AR11: 15 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from WALTER FRANCIS GLENCAIRN CAMPBELL on 13/07/2022
  • Asset transfer in from JANE GATLAND on 13/07/2022
  • Asset transfer in from LONDON PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY on 13/07/2022
  • Asset transfer in from MARY ELEANOR BENSON MEMORIAL FUND on 13/07/2022
Main office

Family Action
34 Wharf Road
LONDON
N1 7GR

Objectives

3.1 THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: 3.1.1 TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH (IN PARTICULAR MENTAL HEALTH) AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY; AND 3.1.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY; AND3.1.3 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE;IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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