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Family Action

3.1 The objects for which the Charity is established are for the public benefit: 3.1.1 to preserve and protect the good health (in particular but not limited to mental health) and advance the education of families, individuals and groups within the...

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £44m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Isle Of Man
Website
www.family-action.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Family Action
Registered
1972

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£44m£43m
  • 2024£40m£39m
  • 2023£39m£37m
Earlier years
  • 2022£35m£33m
  • 2021£41m£38m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 76% · Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1 The objects for which the Charity is established are for the public benefit: 3.1.1 to preserve and protect the good health (in particular but not limited to mental health) and advance the education of families, individuals and groups within the community; 3.1.2 the relief of poverty; and3.1.3 the relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage;in such ways as the Trustees think fit.

Grants received

124 grants · £15,685,519 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

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £375,7222025-12-18
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,9072025-08-14
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,8322025-07-29
  • Quartet Community Foundation £3,0002025-06-05
  • Seafarers' Charity £34,1002025-03-20
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.

15 trustees on the board

2.9y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

Portfolio (1)

15
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 15The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 15Education/training 1

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

Health and social care 17Other services 6Tech and media 5

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£44.3m 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.

1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

1018 from 890 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.
78%
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
264713
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/08/1972AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/05/1976AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/11/1985AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/11/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/03/2012 AS AMENDED ON 23 APR 2015 AS AMENDED ON 25 APR 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03 JUN 2019 as amended on 24 Dec 2025
Companies House
Company number 01068186 · Active
Contact on the register
07917838573 · info@family-action.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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