FAMILY ACTION

1. FAMILY ACTION 2008-09-18 → present
2. FAMILY WELFARE ASSOCIATION (THE) 2008-07-31 → 2008-09-18
3. FAMILY WELFARE ASSOCIATION(THE) 1976-12-31 → 2008-07-30
4. FAMILY WELFARE ASSOCIATION LIMITED (THE) 1972-08-29 → 1976-12-31

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

HaysMac LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees are of the opinion that adequate resources will continue to be available for a period of at least 12 months from the signing of the accounts to fund the activities and operations of the company, therefore Family Action is a going concern.”

Group structure

1. FAMILY ACTION · parent
   1. Friendship Works · England and Wales
   2. Building A New Direction (BAND) · England and Wales
   3. PAC-UK Ltd · England and Wales
   4. Portsmouth Abuse & Rape Counselling Service (PARCS) · England and Wales

Significant events

• “completed the acquisition of the charity Relate's staff and services”
• “Acquiring the business and services of Relate and bringing nearly 200 Relate staff into Family Action with effect from 1 January 2025”
• “The relaunched FamilyLine service received over 66,000 contacts during the year, a sharp increase on the previous year's figures (9,000)”
• “In August 2024 we launched our new website. From April 2024 - March 2025, we had 1.6 million page views from 429,000 users. The average monthly page views have increased by 119%”
• “Our Christmas Toy Appeal 2024 sourced 15,000 gifts from 135 companies”
• “We won over £1m in new and retendered work over the year across England and Wales, including a new contract to deliver a Youth Support Service with Gloucestershire County Council.”
• “our large and successful child and family support contracts across Cumbria taken back in house by Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness Local Authorities at the end of these contracts”
• “We acted quickly and decisively when the opportunity arose to acquire the business and staff of Relate out of Administration.”
• “The Department for Education decided to renew the National School Breakfast Programme for a further year to July 2026.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

10

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +10.8%

  £36,436,000 → £40,363,000

• Cash

  +20.7%

  £13,942,000 → £16,834,000

• Net assets

  +17%

  £20,809,000 → £24,338,000

• Employees

  +10.7%

  920 → 1,018

• Operating profit

  +55.2%

  £1,038,000 → £1,611,000

• Profit before tax

  +55.2%

  £1,038,000 → £1,611,000

• Wages

  +9.3%

  £21,388,000 → £23,371,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers