The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Working Families

Registered charity 1099808 Registered since 2003

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

10 trustees on the board

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 10Other Charitable Purposes 10The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10

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

Health and social care 9Business services 8Finance 3

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£1.2m latest income
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.

2.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.5 in 2021

29 from 20 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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.workingfamilies.org.uk
Emailoffice@workingfamilies.org.uk
Phone020 3833 2050
AddressWorking Families, c/o Buzzacott LLP, 130 Wood Street, London, EC2V 6DL

Finances

£1,213,420 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£981,748£786,311
2022£958,496£965,308
2023£1,047,791£1,041,355
2024£1,047,760£1,099,519
2025£1,213,420£1,198,768

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF WORKING FAMILIES AND CARERS;THE RELIEF OF WORKING FAMILIES IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE;ADVANCING PUBLIC EDUCATION (PARTICULARLY AMONGST EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES) ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF ALTERNATIVE AND FLEXIBLE WORKING PATTERNS AND PRACTICES INCLUDING BY PROMOTING AND ADVANCING BETTER WORKING PRACTICES AND PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING FOR PEOPLE IN WORK OR SEEKING WORK INCLUDING ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AND ENTITLEMENTS AND THE PROVISION OF CARE FOR DEPENDANTS (INCLUDING THOSE WITH DISABILITIES); WHERE 'WORKING FAMILIES' MEANS WORKING PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS AND/OR GUARDIANS OR CARERS, AND THE CHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDANTS FOR WHOM THEY ARE PROVIDING CARE OR SUPPORT

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/04/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/09/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/09/2014 as amended on 04 May 2020 as amended on 04 May 2020

Trustees (10)

10trustees
46median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Working Families · 04727690 · Liquidation

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 09/04/2003

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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