Registered charity (CIO) · Sevenoaks
Friends for Families (Sevenoaks)
- 7 trustees
- Income £109k (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
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- www.friendsforfamilies.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£109k£103k
- 2024£140k£111k
- 2023£194k£125k
Earlier years
- 2022£116k£115k
- 2021£105k£84k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE LIVING WITHIN THE SEVENOAKS DISTRICT AND DARTFORD OR ARE OTHERWISE CLIENTS OF WEST KENT CHILDREN’S SERVICES AT KENT COUNTY COUNCIL, SPECIFICALLY FAMILIES WHO DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE THEMSELVES WITH THE NORMAL THINGS OF LIFE WHICH MOST PEOPLE TAKE FOR GRANTED, BY • PROVIDING ITEMS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FURNITURE, BEDDING, CLOTHING, FOOD, FUEL, HEATING APPLIANCES, WASHING MACHINES AND FRIDGES OR BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO PURCHASE THESE ITEMS.• PAYMENT FOR SERVICES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ESSENTIAL REPAIRS, HAIRDRESSING OR OUTINGS AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR CHILDREN.• PROVIDING FACILITIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE SUPPLY OF EQUIPMENT, BOOKS, AND TRAVELLING EXPENSES TO ATTEND SCHOOL, AND EQUIPMENT AND FUNDS FOR RECREATIONAL PURSUITS INTENDED TO BRING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE BENEFICIARIES TO A REASONABLE STANDARD• FINANCING ANY OTHER ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES THAT THE TRUSTEES AGREE SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO BRING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE BENEFICIARIES TO A REASONABLE STANDARD.
Grants received
4 grants · £29,000 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
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £10,000
- Henry Smith Foundation · £10,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £8,000
- Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation · £1,000
Most recent
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Jacqueline Leigh Crisp Chair since 2024
- Anne Louise Ralph since 2024
- Claire Nicola Davison since 2021
- Heather Alexandra Brightwell since 2024
- Helen Mary Buttivant since 2024
- Katya Pascale Wickham since 2024
- Kay Fox Joyce since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Jacqueline Leigh Crisp Chair since 2024
- Anne Louise Ralph since 2024
- Claire Nicola Davison since 2021
- Heather Alexandra Brightwell since 2024
- Helen Mary Buttivant since 2024
- Katya Pascale Wickham since 2024
- Kay Fox Joyce since 2025
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
- 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
- 1178499
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 23 MAY 2018AMENDED ON 19 FEB 2019
- Contact on the register
- 07435 986232 · contact@friendsforfamilies.org
- 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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