Christian Family Concern

Registered charity 279962 Registered since 1980

Operates: Throughout London, Kent, Surrey

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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

David Simon Smith Chair since 2020
Anne Brown since 2017
Christopher Deefholts since 2024
Jean Patricia Williamson since 2018
Kathryn Ferguson since 2021
Lydia Grace Smith since 2023

5.5y median 5.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Anne Brown since 2017
Jean Patricia Williamson since 2018

5.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

David Simon Smith Chair since 2020
Anne Brown since 2017
Christopher Deefholts since 2024
Jean Patricia Williamson since 2018
Kathryn Ferguson since 2021
Lydia Grace Smith since 2023

company-linked trustees

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board
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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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£1.2m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.1 in 2021

44 from 30 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Acre Housing Similar size; both Housing
MID-Norfolk Mencap Similar size; both Housing
Streetsmart-Action for the Homeless Similar size; both Housing
NEW Community Network Similar size; both Housing
African Caribbean Community Initiative (A.C.C.I.) Similar size; both Housing
The Burdett Trust for Nursing Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.christianfamilyconcern.org.uk
Email	info@christianfamilyconcern.org.uk
Phone	02086880251
Address	CHRISTIAN FAMILY CONCERN, 42 SOUTH PARK HILL ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 7YB

Finances

£1,248,516 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£844,627	£878,416
2022	£953,546	£991,255
2023	£941,031	£1,006,505
2024	£1,098,954	£1,133,243
2025	£1,248,516	£1,325,999

What it does

What

Education/trainingAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF THE PROTESTANT EVANGELICAL FAITH IN SUCH MANNER AS THE ASSOCIATION SHALL DEEM APPROPRIATE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS AND THEIR PARENTS AND OF PREGNANT WOMEN IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19TH MARCH 1980, AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION INCORPORATED 13TH APRIL 1989, AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 2ND JULY 2001 AND AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 17TH OCTOBER 2001

Trustees (6)

6trustees

67median age

2aged 70+

David Simon Smithage band 70-74 Chair since 2020
Anne Brown since 2017
Christopher Deefholtsage band 65-69 since 2024
Jean Patricia Williamsonage band 80-84 since 2018
Kathryn Fergusonage band 50-54 since 2021
Lydia Grace Smithage band 30-34 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Christian Family Concern · 01486298 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 19/03/1980

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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