FRIENDS FAMILIES AND TRAVELLERS — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 29 November 2005
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 03597515
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £1,997,829
Latest expenditure: £1,726,117
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Friends, Families and Travellers, Community Base, 113 Queens Road, BRIGHTON

Website recorded by the regulator: www.gypsy-traveller.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

We work at national, regional and local level on behalf of all Gypsies and Travellers regardless of ethnicity, culture or background. Our work is built on three main pillars - Casework, Capacity Building and Campaigning and we work in our own right and with partner organisations towards seeking to eliminate racism and discrimination against Gypsies and Travellers.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 15 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 15 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,997,829
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,726,117

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 18 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 18 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,545,049
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,507,149

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 14 November 2023
Date Accounts Received: 14 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,268,977
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,288,486

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 23 December 2022
Date Accounts Received: 23 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,302,047
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,181,827

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 2 November 2021
Date Accounts Received: 2 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £997,767
Total Gross Expenditure: £912,752

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 15 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,997,829
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,726,117
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £11
Income From Government Grants: £331,987
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 12

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 18 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,545,049
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,507,149
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £5
Income From Government Grants: £279,424
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 14 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,268,977
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,288,486
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Grants: £222,301
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 6

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 23 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,302,047
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,181,827
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £11
Income From Government Grants: £403,577
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 8

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 2 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £997,767
Total Gross Expenditure: £912,752
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Grants: £191,029
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 8

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 15 October 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 1823050
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 115331
Income Investments: 21103
Income Other: 38345
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1997829
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,726,117
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1726117
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 100000
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 10080
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £598,695
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,648,790
Assets Total Liabilities: £976,818
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £671,972
Creditors One Year Total Current: 820898
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 155920
Assets Cash: £1,616,932
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 598695
Funds Restricted: 73277
Funds Total: 671972
Count Employees: 39
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 18 December 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 1319016
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 219875
Income Investments: 6158
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1545049
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,507,149
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1507149
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 8411
Expenditure Support Costs: 256668
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 6158
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £395,658
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £963,876
Assets Total Liabilities: £563,616
Assets Current Investment: 79878
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £400,260
Creditors One Year Total Current: 563616
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £883,998
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 395658
Funds Restricted: 4602
Funds Total: 400260
Count Employees: 36
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 14 November 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 1063183
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 201115
Income Investments: 4679
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1268977
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,288,486
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1288486
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 621
Expenditure Support Costs: 97873
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £360,327
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £613,810
Assets Total Liabilities: £251,450
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £362,360
Creditors One Year Total Current: 251450
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £585,885
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 360328
Funds Restricted: 2032
Funds Total: 362360
Count Employees: 34
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 23 December 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 1205832
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 96215
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1302047
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,181,827
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1181827
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 6000
Expenditure Support Costs: 6000
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £328,688
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £804,124
Assets Total Liabilities: £422,256
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £381,868
Creditors One Year Total Current: 422256
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £767,093
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 328688
Funds Restricted: 53180
Funds Total: 381868
Count Employees: 30
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 2 November 2021
Income Donations And Legacies: 930110
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 45299
Income Investments: 52
Income Other: 22306
Income Total Income And Endowments: 997767
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £912,752
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 912752
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 3106
Expenditure Support Costs: 196374
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £226,317
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £693,361
Assets Total Liabilities: £431,713
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £261,648
Creditors One Year Total Current: 431713
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £639,139
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 226323
Funds Restricted: 35325
Funds Total: 261648
Count Employees: 24
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 107
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Accommodation/housing

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: FRIENDS FAMILIES AND TRAVELLERS
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2005-11-29T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14 JULY 1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23 JULY 2005.
Charitable Objects: TO PROVIDE FOR, AMONG SUCH PERSONS AS ADOPT, WHETHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY AND REGARDLESS OF RACE, CULTURE, NATIONALITY OR ETHNIC ORIGINS, A NOMADIC STYLE OR HABIT OF LIFE (HEREIN AFTER REFERRED TO AS 'TRAVELLERS'):1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, ADVOCACY AND COUNSELLING FOR PERSONS IN THE NECESSITOUS SITUATION, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION3. THE PROMOTION FO GOOD HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS 4. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND RACIAL HARMONY BY ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE AND NEEDS OF TRAVELLERS AND HIGHLIGHTING THE NEEDS OR AND ISSUES AFFECTING TRAVELLERS 5. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGH FIT INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.
Area Of Benefit: NATIONAL

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 408491
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: FFT

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures