Registered charity · Marston Green
Family Society
- 6 trustees
- Income £2.8m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.adoptionfocus.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Family Society
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.8m£2.7m
- 2024£2.6m£2.6m
- 2023£3.3m£2.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.4m£2.1m
- 2021£2.3m£1.8m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 71%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH GRANTS, GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE2 THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH3 THE SUPPORT, RELIEF AND CARE AND, THE PROMOTION THEREOF, OF* CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITHOUT FAMILIES TO CARE FOR THEM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ADOPTION AND FOSTERING SERVICES* INDIVIDUALS AND COUPLES SEEKING TO ADOPT AND/OR FOSTER CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE* FAMILIES COMPRISING ADOPTED AND FOSTER CHILDREN* CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE* THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE* THE CARERS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPHS 3.1.3.1, 3.1.3.2 AND 3.1.3.5* INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS WHO ARE IN NEED; AND* THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP4 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATIONAL OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND5 ANY ACTIVITY WHICH IS CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND, SAVE THAT IF ANY ACTIVITY IS UNDERTAKEN IN SCOTLAND OR NORTHERN IRELAND, SUCH ACTIVITY SHALL ALSO BE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH ACTIVITY IS UNDERTAKEN
Grants received
2 grants · £78,962 total360Giving 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
- Comic Relief · £69,050
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,912
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Anthony George Lawton OBE since 2013
- Benjamin David James
- Dr Graham Harwood since 2020
- Helen Ruth Child since 2023
- Mark Gregory Tobin since 2022
- Sanjeev Kumar since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Anthony George Lawton OBE since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Helen Ruth Child since 2023
- Mark Gregory Tobin since 2022
- Sanjeev Kumar since 2022
Portfolio (3)
- Anthony George Lawton OBE since 2013
- Benjamin David James
- Dr Graham Harwood since 2020
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
9.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1129095
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 03 APRIL 2009 as amended on 27 Jan 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 06869556 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02077696741 · info@adoption-focus.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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