Registered charity · London
Children and Families Across Borders (Cfab)
- 14 trustees
- Income £1.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Angie GarvichTrustee · since 2019
- Anita KaraTrustee · since 2013
- Christopher Hames QCTrustee · since 2018
- Cornelia AndrecutTrustee · since 2019
- Dalvinder NagraTrustee · since 2025
- Douglas Lewis CBETrustee · since 2018
- Hilka HollmannTrustee · since 2021
- Karina Kim PeenTrustee · since 2023
- Marija MartinovicTrustee · since 2024
- Mark William Arthur TateTrustee · since 2014
- Michael PhairTrustee · since 2018
- Richard Morris MBETrustee · since 2019
- Robert HendersonTrustee · since 2026
- Victoria MellorTrustee · since 2019
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, Education/training, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.cfab.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Children and Families Across Borders (Cfab)
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.1m£1.1m
- 2024£974k£1.1m
- 2023£1.3m£1.0m
Earlier years
- 2022£835k£850k
- 2021£1.2m£879k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 10% · Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED AS A RESULT OF VOLUNTARY OR FORCED MIGRATION OR OTHER SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF AN INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER BY ASSISTING SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE TO OVERCOME PERSONAL OR FAMILY DIFFICULTIES, THE SOLUTION OF WHICH REQUIRES CO-ORDINATED ACTIONS IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES, OR IN SOME CASES, ACTION ONLY IN THE COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE OF THE PERSONS CONCERNED AND BY STUDYING FROM AN INTERNATIONAL STANDPOINT THE CONDITIONS AND CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION IN RELATION TO INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY LIFE AND, AS A RESULT OF SUCH STUDIES, BY MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS OR UNDERTAKING ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION
Grants received
26 grants · £1,065,509 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Henry Smith Foundation · £280,000 (3 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £234,800 (2 grants)
- Rank Foundation · £114,396 (7 grants)
- John Ellerman Foundation · £98,744
- BBC Children in Need · £81,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
Board analysis
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Angie Garvich since 2019
- Anita Kara since 2013
- Christopher Hames QC since 2018
- Cornelia Andrecut since 2019
- Dalvinder Nagra since 2025
- Douglas Lewis CBE since 2018
- Hilka Hollmann since 2021
- Karina Kim Peen since 2023
- Marija Martinovic since 2024
- Mark William Arthur Tate since 2014
- Michael Phair since 2018
- Richard Morris MBE since 2019
- Robert Henderson since 2026
- Victoria Mellor since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Angie Garvich since 2019
- Anita Kara since 2013
- Christopher Hames QC since 2018
- Cornelia Andrecut since 2019
- Douglas Lewis CBE since 2018
- Mark William Arthur Tate since 2014
- Michael Phair since 2018
- Richard Morris MBE since 2019
- Victoria Mellor since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (14)
- Angie Garvich since 2019
- Anita Kara since 2013
- Christopher Hames QC since 2018
- Cornelia Andrecut since 2019
- Dalvinder Nagra since 2025
- Douglas Lewis CBE since 2018
- Hilka Hollmann since 2021
- Karina Kim Peen since 2023
- Marija Martinovic since 2024
- Mark William Arthur Tate since 2014
- Michael Phair since 2018
- Richard Morris MBE since 2019
- Robert Henderson since 2026
- Victoria Mellor since 2019
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
7.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1085541
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/07/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/12/2000AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 24/11/2015 as amended on 25 Jul 2018
- Companies House
- Company number 04025539 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0207 735 8941 · info@cfab.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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