Registered charity · Sheerness
Children and Families Limited
- 5 trustees
- Income £2.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- www.children-families.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Children and Families Limited
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.9m£2.5m
- 2024£2.8m£2.4m
- 2023£2.5m£2.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.2m£1.9m
- 2021£2.5m£1.8m
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF CHILDCARE AND PARENTING TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN CAN:I) BE HEALTHYII) STAY SAFEIII) ENJOY AND ACHIEVEIV) MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONV) ACHIEVE ECONOMIC WELL-BEINGTO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF KENT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETYTO PROMOTE GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF KENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ITS RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES; AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE LIFE OF THEIR COMMUNITY IN WAYS WHICH ADDRESS AND ALLEVIATE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE.THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Lauren Rabbatts Chair since 2014
- Christine White
- Colin David Jones since 2022
- David John Buckett since 2013
- Vanessa Nedderman since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Lauren Rabbatts Chair since 2014
- David John Buckett since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Lauren Rabbatts Chair since 2014
- Colin David Jones since 2022
- Vanessa Nedderman since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Christine White
- David John Buckett since 2013
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.
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
2.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1115459
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 DECEMBER 2002CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13 OCTOBER 2010
- Companies House
- Company number 04615904 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01795667070 · info@children-families.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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