FAMILY FUND TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-17 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£18M
-12.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£13M
-4.6% vs 2024
Employees
197
-2.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£606K
-265.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FAMILY FUND TRUST 2019-08-12 → present
- THE FAMILY FUND TRUST FOR FAMILIES WITH SEVERELY DISABLED CHILDREN 1996-03-01 → 2019-08-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £49,350,000 | £44,882,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,463,000 | £2,660,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £367,000 | -£606,000 | |
| Net profit | £367,000 | -£606,000 | |
| Cash | £20,601,000 | £18,056,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,374,000 | £12,688,000 | |
| Net assets | £13,195,000 | £12,589,000 | |
| Equity | £13,195,000 | £12,589,000 | |
| Average employees | 202 | 197 | |
| Wages | £5,881,000 | £5,994,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 5.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | -1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.9% | 21.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.8% | 49.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.90x | 2.02x | |
| Interest cover | 692.60x | — |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Family Fund is largely dependent upon receiving funding from the four UK Governments to maintain its grant making and information provision to families.”
Group structure
- FAMILY FUND TRUST · parent
- Family Fund Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Successfully launched our Being There for Families UK-wide grant programme.”
- “Successfully applied for and received continuation funding from Motability Foundation of £3m, starting in January 2025.”
- “Renewed partnership with the Pears Foundation in February 2025.”
- “Secured a three-year commitment of £500,000 per year from The Julia Rausing Foundation.”
- “Free reserves are £6.3 million at 31 March 2025, exceeding minimum policy, with plans to use them for a new Growth Strategy in 2025/26.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 52 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKER, Claire | Secretary | 2021-04-01 | — | — |
| ASHTON, Neil Andrew | Director | 2020-07-01 | Dec 1961 | British |
| BASS, Paul | Director | 2023-03-24 | Oct 1969 | British |
| COOK, David Bruce | Director | 2025-03-07 | May 1967 | British |
| ELLIOTT, Shona Elizabeth | Director | 2021-09-20 | Jan 1986 | British |
| LAMBERT, Gareth Peter | Director | 2019-03-22 | Sep 1969 | British |
| MASHEDER, Laura Elizabeth | Director | 2025-12-12 | Jun 1981 | British |
| MCDOWELL, Aileen Joanne, Dr | Director | 2023-09-29 | Apr 1968 | British |
| NOE, Michal Brenda | Director | 2023-03-24 | Aug 1980 | British |
| O'SHAUGHNESSY, Roy Langley | Director | 2023-09-29 | Oct 1955 | British |
| PINNOCK, Emma Louise | Director | 2021-09-20 | Jun 1980 | British |
| ROBERTS, Katherine Charlotte | Director | 2024-06-28 | Sep 1975 | British |
| THOMAS, Ian | Director | 2023-03-24 | Oct 1961 | Welsh |
| WHITELOCK, Carmen Mary | Director | 2025-03-07 | Dec 1972 | British |
Show 52 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOWE, Marion Irene | Secretary | 2000-09-01 | 2005-10-10 |
| MATTINGLY, Roger | Secretary | 1996-03-01 | 2000-08-31 |
| SMITH, Paul Barton | Secretary | 2018-12-01 | 2019-03-22 |
| WALPOLE, Derek | Secretary | 2005-10-10 | 2012-07-01 |
| WARD, Cheryl | Secretary | 2019-03-22 | 2021-03-31 |
| WARD, Cheryl | Secretary | 2012-07-01 | 2018-12-01 |
| ANDERSON, Gordon Quintin | Director | 2015-09-30 | 2018-07-23 |
| BALDWIN, Sally, Professor | Director | 1997-07-16 | 2003-07-16 |
| BARCLAY, Peter Maurice, Sir | Director | 1996-03-01 | 1997-07-16 |
| BENTLEY, Jonathan Joseph | Director | 2008-09-11 | 2011-09-11 |
| BISHOP, Mary Ann, Ms. | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2022-12-09 |
| BLACK, Ian Spencer | Director | 2012-06-22 | 2018-06-26 |
| BRAYBROOK, David Michael | Director | 2015-03-06 | 2022-09-30 |
| CHOUDHARY, Modaser Razaq | Director | 2021-09-20 | 2024-01-22 |
| DE-VALLE, Paula Jane | Director | 2011-09-11 | 2014-10-13 |
| EVANS, Jonathan Trevor | Director | 2019-03-22 | 2024-12-13 |
| FLECK, Kathleen Roseann | Director | 2017-12-12 | 2023-09-29 |
| GIRVAN, Karen Elizabeth, Lady | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2017-11-30 |
| HANVEY, Christopher Peter, Dr | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| HAYE, Marguerite Lesley Josephine | Director | 2021-09-20 | 2025-06-27 |
| HEPPELL, Thomas Strachan | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2003-07-16 |
| HINDLE FISHER, Robin Charles | Director | 2009-09-10 | 2015-09-10 |
| HODGE, Robert John | Director | 1996-03-01 | 1998-07-15 |
| HUTCHIESON, Doris | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2011-11-30 |
| JONES, Hugh Gareth | Director | 2004-02-05 | 2012-06-22 |
| KEMMER, Anthony Nicholas | Director | 2009-10-05 | 2013-02-28 |
| LEIGH, Joe | Director | 2008-09-11 | 2014-10-13 |
| LENEHAN, Christine, Dame | Director | 2005-10-10 | 2011-08-01 |
| LEWIS, David Peter | Director | 2013-06-21 | 2021-09-17 |
| LINNELL, Geoffrey Cyril | Director | 2015-03-06 | 2021-09-20 |
| LIVINGSTONE, Dawn Elizabeth | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2004-12-03 |
| MACRAE, John Grant | Director | 2015-03-20 | 2021-09-20 |
| MCCLURE, Patricia Denise, Dr | Director | 2009-12-10 | 2015-12-10 |
| MCKINLEY, Norman Harrison | Director | 2005-10-10 | 2008-08-01 |
| MORBEY, Gillian | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2001-07-18 |
| PALMER, Tara Marie | Director | 2015-09-11 | 2021-09-20 |
| PIPER, Andrew Robert | Director | 2019-03-22 | 2025-03-28 |
| RUSSELL, Philippa | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2005-07-30 |
| SCOTT, Neil Robert | Director | 2015-09-11 | 2023-09-29 |
| SIVARAMAKRISHNAN, Shoba, Dr | Director | 2003-07-17 | 2009-07-31 |
| SMITH, Lesley | Director | 2006-03-15 | 2007-06-22 |
| STEPHENS, Ronald, Dr | Director | 2001-04-25 | 2005-12-01 |
| STURGE, Michael Wilson | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2001-07-18 |
| TURTON, James Richard | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2018-07-11 |
| UPTON HOLMES, Gillian | Director | 1999-07-14 | 2005-07-30 |
| UTTING, William Benjamin, Sir | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2000-08-19 |
| WALSH, Brian Martin | Director | 1996-03-01 | 1998-12-20 |
| WARREN, Judith Margaret | Director | 2004-02-05 | 2009-11-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Lucy Anne | Director | 2015-09-30 | 2018-12-31 |
| YOUNG, Kate Eleanor | Director | 2010-12-16 | 2015-01-30 |
| YOUNG, Pauline Margaret | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2010-12-30 |
| YOUNG, Shirley | Director | 2002-02-07 | 2009-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 233 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-07-07 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2024-02-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-02-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-07 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-02-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-9.1%
£49,350,000 £44,882,000
-
Cash
-12.4%
£20,601,000 £18,056,000
-
Net assets
-4.6%
£13,195,000 £12,589,000
-
Employees
-2.5%
202 197
-
Operating profit
-23.2%
£3,463,000 £2,660,000
-
Profit before tax
-265.1%
£367,000 -£606,000
-
Wages
+1.9%
£5,881,000 £5,994,000
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