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Registered charity · Chester

Adoption Matters

Adoption Matters is a registered charity (number 512892) based in Chester, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Margaret Ann Jones since 2026. Latest income £4.3m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

“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...

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £4.3m (2025)
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About

What it does
Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.adoptionmatters.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Adoption Matters
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4.3m£4.8m
  • 2024£4.1m£4.8m
  • 2023£4.5m£4.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£4.1m£4.5m
  • 2021£4.9m£4.2m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 35%. From the charity's annual return.

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.”

Grants received

3 grants · £38,664 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.

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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.

11 trustees on the board

3.6y median 0y
average tenure
19y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Other Charitable Purposes 10Accommodation/housing 1Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 5Arts and leisure 1Business services 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 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£4.3m 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.

2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.8 in 2021

81 from 86 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
512892
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 01617324 · Active
Contact on the register
01244390938 · info@adoptionmatters.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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