Families for Children Trust

Registered charity 1093131 Registered since 2002

Operates: Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Plymouth City, Torbay

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.

trustees on the board

8.9y median 8y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

16.1y

average years in governance

7 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

General Charitable Purposes 9Religious Activities 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1

Commercial experience

Arts and leisure 4Health and social care 3Agriculture 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Contact

Website	www.familiesforchildren.org.uk
Email	info@familiesforchildren.org.uk
Phone	01364645480
Address	Families for Children, Higher Mill, Buckfast, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0EE

Finances

£1,329,933 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£1,329,933	£1,277,723
2022
2023
2024
2025

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious Activities

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN WHO NEED PROTECTION AND CARE, AND OF THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, FROM ALL SECTIONS OF SOCIETY, PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT IN FURTHERING THIS OBJECT THE CHARITY SHALL OPERATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AS ESPOUSED BY (AMONG OTHERS) THE ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF EXETER.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 JUNE 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10 DECEMBER 2010.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18/02/2015

Trustees (9)

9trustees

68median age

3aged 70+

Succession outlook: 3 of 9 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Nicholas Timothy Allanage 68 Chair since 2019
Charmian O'Kellyage 61 since 2015
Dr Louisiana Lush PhD since 2018
Dr Susan Howsonage 54 since 2020
Jacqueline Kay Saundersage 70 since 2019
Roger Lakeage 73 since 2014
Susan Phyllis Lucasage 67 since 2016
Terence William Connorage 79 since 2012
Tina Gail Cookage 61 since 2021

Connected charities (4)

The Queen Anne's Gate Foundation 1 shared trustee
The Grange Festival 1 shared trustee
National Opera Studio 1 shared trustee
Dialogue Earth 1 shared trustee

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