Registered charity · London
Contact A Family
- 14 trustees
- Income £8.8m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Vanessa LongleyChair · since 2024
- Benjamin Timothy Peter ClarksonTrustee · since 2022
- Calister MunjeriTrustee · since 2026
- Charles SladdinTrustee · since 2022
- Deborah Emily BallTrustee · since 2026
- Deborah Grace MorrowTrustee · since 2026
- Elizabeth ArcherTrustee · since 2024
- Georgia Genel WilsonTrustee · since 2026
- Gyllian Kathryn Curtis-MachinTrustee · since 2021
- Ian Russell SutherlandTrustee · since 2026
- Jamileh TufailTrustee · since 2020
- Laura GodwinTrustee · since 2024
- Ramandeep KaurTrustee · since 2024
- Sarah Persephone Sutherland ChurchTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.contact.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Contact A Family
- Registered
- 1982
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8.8m£9.7m
- 2024£9.3m£9.4m
- 2023£8.5m£9.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£8.8m£8.9m
- 2021£7.4m£5.8m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 33% · Government grants 38%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION, WELFARE AND BENEFIT OF THE DISABLED, MORE SPECIFICALLY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CARING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ANY KIND OF DISABILITY OR SPECIAL NEED.
Grants received
92 grants · £15,777,946 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,315,219 (48 grants)
- Pears Foundation · £2,767,360 (10 grants)
- Northern Rock Foundation · £588,293 (5 grants)
- True Colours Trust · £417,898 (9 grants)
- Department of Health and Social Care · £249,431 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Vanessa Longley Chair since 2024
- Benjamin Timothy Peter Clarkson since 2022
- Calister Munjeri since 2026
- Charles Sladdin since 2022
- Deborah Emily Ball since 2026
- Deborah Grace Morrow since 2026
- Elizabeth Archer since 2024
- Georgia Genel Wilson since 2026
- Gyllian Kathryn Curtis-Machin since 2021
- Ian Russell Sutherland since 2026
- Jamileh Tufail since 2020
- Laura Godwin since 2024
- Ramandeep Kaur since 2024
- Sarah Persephone Sutherland Church since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Vanessa Longley Chair since 2024
- Charles Sladdin since 2022
- Gyllian Kathryn Curtis-Machin since 2021
- Jamileh Tufail since 2020
- Sarah Persephone Sutherland Church since 2022
Portfolio (9)
- Benjamin Timothy Peter Clarkson since 2022
- Calister Munjeri since 2026
- Deborah Emily Ball since 2026
- Deborah Grace Morrow since 2026
- Elizabeth Archer since 2024
- Georgia Genel Wilson since 2026
- Ian Russell Sutherland since 2026
- Laura Godwin since 2024
- Ramandeep Kaur since 2024
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
5.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 284912
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 MAY 1982 AND AMENDED 6 DECEMBER 1999, 22 NOVEMBER 2004 AND 22 NOVEMBER 2007. as amended on 26 Nov 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 01633333 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02076088700 · info@contact.org.uk
- 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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