The Supported Fostering Services Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1087447 Registered since 2001

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

3 trustees on the board

Derek Clode since 2016
Dr Michael Davies since 2020
Jamie Braddock since 2024

6y median 6y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Derek Clode since 2016
Dr Michael Davies since 2020

6.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Derek Clode since 2016
Dr Michael Davies since 2020
Jamie Braddock since 2024

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 3Education/training 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 3Business services 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£2.3m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

8.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.9 in 2021

11 from 9 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

The Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Society for the Blind Similar size; both Housing
Citizens Advice Somerset Similar size; both Housing
World Villages for Children Similar size; both Housing
Glass Door Homeless Charity Similar size; both Housing
Kaleidoscope Plus Group Similar size; both Housing
Warrington Youth Zone Limited Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.fostering.com
Email	enquiries@fostering.com
Phone	029 2046 0004
Address	Supported Fostering Service, 4 Richmond Road, CARDIFF, CF24 3AS

Finances

£2,258,637 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,791,578	£1,693,053
2022	£1,746,326	£1,639,815
2023	£1,583,571	£1,482,473
2024	£1,948,329	£1,628,638
2025	£2,258,637	£1,760,626

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE CHILDREN OR YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEED BEING LOOKED AFTER BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO FOSTER CARERS AND THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THEMSELVES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 23 NOVEMBER, 1998 AND AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF 8 JUNE, 2001. as amended on 19 Feb 2019

Trustees (3)

3trustees

70median age

2aged 70+

Derek Clodeage band 70-74 since 2016
Dr Michael Daviesage band 75-79 since 2020
Jamie Braddockage band 35-39 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

The Supported Fostering Services Charitable Trust · 03671965 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 23/11/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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