Registered charity · Tyne and Wear
Impact Family Services
To provide, for the benefit of the public, assistance through mediation, advice and guidance for adults and/or children in relation to any aspect of relationship breakdown and related issues in the North East of England, including, without...
- 12 trustees
- Income £448k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Marie Therese LiddleChair · since 2023
- Andrew PreacherTrustee · since 2024
- Ashleigh Louise WrightTrustee · since 2025
- David HarkerTrustee · since 2023
- Ian FarrarTrustee · since 2023
- Joan HeckelsTrustee
- Kevin WilsonTrustee · since 2024
- Michael Lewis ChristiansonTrustee · since 2018
- Ruth BrownTrustee · since 2025
- Sarah MckennaTrustee · since 2025
- Steven Frederick LincolnTrustee
- Zoe Claire BlakemoreTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland and more
- Website
- www.impactfs.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Impact Family Services
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£448k£413k
- 2024£423k£442k
- 2023£465k£433k
Earlier years
- 2022£591k£566k
- 2021£691k£542k
Charitable objects
To provide, for the benefit of the public, assistance through mediation, advice and guidance for adults and/or children in relation to any aspect of relationship breakdown and related issues in the North East of England, including, without limitation, by(a) providing advice and assistance through mediation to couples whose relationships have broken down;(b) providing support and specialist services to any adults, young people and children whose lives are affected by domestic abuse; (c) providing preventative services to schools, children, young people, and parents to help combat issues linked to healthy relationships, misogyny, violence against women and girls, and domestic abuse;(d) promoting and encouraging contact between children and their families through the provision of facilities known as "Contact Centres", and (e) providing training and support to agencies and organisations working with families, and with businesses to understand, manage and support people experiencing domestic abuse.
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
12 trustees on the board
- Marie Therese Liddle Chair since 2023
- Andrew Preacher since 2024
- Ashleigh Louise Wright since 2025
- David Harker since 2023
- Ian Farrar since 2023
- Joan Heckels
- Kevin Wilson since 2024
- Michael Lewis Christianson since 2018
- Ruth Brown since 2025
- Steven Frederick Lincoln
- Sarah Mckenna since 2025
- Zoe Claire Blakemore since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael Lewis Christianson since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Marie Therese Liddle Chair since 2023
- Andrew Preacher since 2024
- David Harker since 2023
- Ian Farrar since 2023
- Joan Heckels
- Kevin Wilson since 2024
- Michael Lewis Christianson since 2018
- Ruth Brown since 2025
- Steven Frederick Lincoln
- Sarah Mckenna since 2025
- Zoe Claire Blakemore since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Ashleigh Louise Wright since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1071132
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 OCTOBER 1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 11 JUNE 1998 AND 17 DECEMBER 1998 AND 9TH JULY 2002 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION UPON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 1 AUGUST 2008. as amended on 28 Jan 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 03453149 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07739524970 · enquiries@impactfs.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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