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Registered charity · Thornton Heath

Blessing Family Association

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £20k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 2 more
Where
Croydon
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£20k£20k
  • 2024£31k£28k
  • 2023£24k£18k
Earlier years
  • 2022£20k£16k
  • 2021£10k£10k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") BEING PARTICULARLY FURTHERED IN THE AREA OF LONDON ARE:1. TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY BY PROVIDING ADVICE ON SEEKING EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING, DEBT AND MONEY COUNSELLING AND RELATED FINANCIAL ADVICE;2. TO PROMOTE EDUCATION ON MATTERS THAT AFFECT THE CONGOLESE AND FRENCH SPEAKING FAMILIES OF LONDON;3. TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH ON ISSUES AFFECTING THE CONGOLESE COMMUNITY AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT;4. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN MATTERS RELATING TO THE CONGOLESE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS; AND5. TO GENERALLY RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THE CONGOLESE FRENCH SPEAKING FAMILIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY:A. SHARING SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WITH CONGOLESE AND FRENCH SPEAKING FAMILIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND AFRICA;B. PROVIDING A RESEARCH AND RESOURCE FORUM FOR CONGOLESE FRENCH SPEAKING FAMILIES, LOCAL GROUPS AND GOVERNMENT AND OTHER AGENCIES;C. TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF CONGOLESE FAMILIES AND REPRESENT THEIR VIEWS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AND REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS.

Grants received

6 grants · £49,804 total

360Giving 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

  • BBC Children in Need · £32,000 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £14,804 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £3,000

Most recent

  • BBC Children in Need £3,0002020-06-17
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £3,0002020-05-21
  • BBC Children in Need £29,0002017-05-10
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £6,4302007-05-22
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £3,3742005-09-22
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.

3 trustees on the board

2y median 2y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
1.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

0
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 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3

Gaps to watch

  • 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£20k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1118767
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION DATED 1 OCTOBER 2003 AS AMENDED 16 SEPTEMBER 2006
Contact on the register
07944365073 · blessingfamilyas@hotmail.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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