Adoption Matters

Registered charity 512892 Registered since 1983

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

6.7y median 5y

average tenure

19y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

9.7y

average years in governance

6 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Other Charitable Purposes 7Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience

Health and social care 5Hospitality 2Other services 1

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Wrexham Foyer 1 shared trustee
The Wiseman Memorial Fund 1 shared trustee
Grace Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee

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Wrexham Foyer 1 shared trustee
Grace Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
The National Youth Advocacy Service 1 shared trustee
The Wiseman Memorial Fund 1 shared trustee
Cbuk26 Similar size; both Other purposes
Abilitynet Similar size; both Other purposes

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Contact

Website	www.adoptionmatters.org.uk
Email	info@adoptionmatters.org.uk
Phone	01244390938
Address	Adoption Matters, 14 Liverpool Road, Chester, CH2 1AE

Finances

£4,317,136 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£4,937,408	£4,207,673
2022	£4,137,636	£4,545,819
2023	£4,533,523	£4,760,646
2024	£4,077,065	£4,848,928
2025	£4,317,136	£4,843,316

What it does

What

Other Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

“4.1 The Charity’s Object is specifically restricted to the following:4.1.1 to promote the care and welfare of vulnerable children without parents or families able to look after them primarily, but not exclusively, through the provision of a high-quality adoption service with the aim of securing permanent homes and stable lives for such children; and4.1.2 in furthering the Object the Charity shall have regard to the principles of the Christian faith.”

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25/02/1982AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/04/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/10/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/03/2007AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 18/04/2007AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 21/05/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/08/2014 as amended on 09 Oct 2020 as amended on 20 Sep 2023

Trustees (7)

7trustees

60median age

0aged 70+

James Martin Robert Bennettage 36 Chair since 2019
Annesley Wright since 2013
Anne Elizabeth Flemingage 66 since 2026
Dr Yvonne Ballage 65 since 2021
Graham Altonage 44 since 2023
Joseph James Mcardleage 60 since 2007
Robert Wilkinson since 2026

Linked company (Companies House)

Adoption Matters · 01617324 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 25/02/1982

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

The National Youth Advocacy Service 1 shared trustee
Wrexham Foyer 1 shared trustee
The Wiseman Memorial Fund 1 shared trustee
Grace Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee

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