The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Institute of Family Therapy

Registered charity 284858 Registered since 1982

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

5 trustees on the board

7.5y median 6.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

1
company-linked trustees

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 1

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 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£794k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

0.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.2 in 2021

13 from 16 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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.ift.org.uk
Emailinfo@ift.org.uk
Phone02073919150
AddressUnit 3, Family Action, 34 Wharf Road, LONDON

Finances

£793,768 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£669,601£871,316
2022£944,690£1,029,689
2023£810,146£1,047,138
2024£793,768£1,043,316
2025

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE AND SKILL OF FAMILY THERAPY AND ESPECIALLY THE TEACHING THEREOF.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 MARCH 1982 AS AMENDED 9/6/83, 8/12/1983, 6/12/84, 8/12/88, 11/3/93, 2/12/93, 8/12/94 AND 24/3/97 AND AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED ON 29TH JANUARY 1998.

Trustees (5)

5trustees
61median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Institute of Family Therapy · 01621020 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 09/03/1982

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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