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Registered charity · London

Foundations - What Works Centre for Children and Families

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £7.2m (2025)
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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, Disability
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
whatworks-csc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Foundations - What Works Centre for Children and Families
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7.2m£7.1m
  • 2024£9.5m£9.5m
  • 2023£13m£13m
Earlier years
  • 2022£18m£17m
  • 2021£13m£13m
Charitable objects

1. THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO BY RESEARCHING, EVALUATING AND DISSEMINATING PRACTICE, POLICIES, RESOURCES, AND PROGRAMMES INTENDED TO PROMOTE BEST PRACTICE AND BETTER OUTCOMES IN THE CARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE UK AND BEYOND;2. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE ANY OTHER PURPOSES RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE IN ENGLAND AND WALES BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROVISION OF GRANT FUNDING TO INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES AND OTHER GROUPS WORKING IN THE SECTOR OF CHILDREN’S SOCIAL CARE.

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.

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 8Education/training 8General Charitable Purposes 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 7Education 5Professional services 3

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£7.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.5 in 2021

70 from 36 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
96%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1188350
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02 AUG 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 02 MAR 2020 as amended on 07 Dec 2022 as amended on 19 Dec 2022 as amended on 25 May 2023
Companies House
Company number 12136703 · Active
Contact on the register
07773647480 · finance@foundations.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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