Registered charity · Leeds
Families Forward
- 8 trustees
- Income £128k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- Where
- Bradford City, Leeds City, City Of Wakefield
- Linked company
- Families Forward
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£128k£95k
- 2024£105k£103k
- 2023£111k£105k
Earlier years
- 2022£109k£119k
- 2021£99k£111k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government contracts 87%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS CAUSED TO CHILDREN BY THE BREAKDOWNOF FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD PHYSICAL ANDMENTAL HEALTH OF SUCH CHILDREN WHO ARE PRIMARILY LIVING IN WEST YORKSHIREBY:A. THE PROVISION OF A RANGE OF INTERVENTIONS AND ASSESSMENTS ON BEHALF OFFAMILIES IN COURT PROCEEDINGS OR IN THE COMMUNITY AND OTHERPROFESSIONAL AGENDASTHE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF SUPERVISED CONTACT FACILITIES WHERECHILDREN CAN MEET ONE OR BOTH PARENTS AND/OR OTHER ESTRANGED FAMILYMEMBERS IN A COMFORTABLE AND SAFE ENVIRONMENTC. THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR PROFESSIONALWORKERS AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN FAMILY INTERVENTION AND ASSESSMENT.
Grants received
1 grant · £2,670 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
- Ministry of Justice · £2,670
Most recent
- Ministry of Justice
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Rebecca Roberts Chair
- Alice Murphy since 2015
- Lisa Phillips
- Michael Wood since 2014
- Mohammed Balal Butt since 2014
- Richard Sorton
- Sara Sutcliffe since 2017
- Shasta Ahmed since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Alice Murphy since 2015
- Michael Wood since 2014
- Mohammed Balal Butt since 2014
- Sara Sutcliffe since 2017
- Shasta Ahmed since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Rebecca Roberts Chair
- Alice Murphy since 2015
- Lisa Phillips
- Michael Wood since 2014
- Mohammed Balal Butt since 2014
- Richard Sorton
- Sara Sutcliffe since 2017
- Shasta Ahmed since 2018
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1139557
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4 JANUARY 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 25 AUGUST 2010 AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE 1 SEPTEMBER 2010
- Companies House
- Company number 05323430 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01132359322 · familiesforward@btconnect.com
- 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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