GUATEMALAN FAMILIES ASSOCIATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 2 August 2004
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
Latest income: £21,120
Latest expenditure: £23,312
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: OLD SEVEN STARS, SANDPIT LANE, BLEDLOW, PRINCES RISBOROUGH, HP27 9QQ

Website recorded by the regulator: www.gfa-uk.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

i) to promote the care, upbringing, establishment in life and support in their birth culture of children adopted from Guatemalaii) to advance the understanding of the public in the UK and Guatemala in general about the issues relating to inter-country adoption and all parties of the adoption triadiii) to promote general charitable purposes for the benefit of the community of Guatemala

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 31 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £21,120
Total Gross Expenditure: £23,312

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 5 June 2025
Date Accounts Received: 5 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £28,139
Total Gross Expenditure: £30,325

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 20 March 2024
Total Gross Income: £23,380
Total Gross Expenditure: £23,615

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 14 May 2023
Date Accounts Received: 14 May 2023
Total Gross Income: £36,383
Total Gross Expenditure: £35,485

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 26 April 2022
Date Accounts Received: 26 April 2022
Total Gross Income: £27,726
Total Gross Expenditure: £27,612

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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 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2026
Ar Received Date: 31 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £21,120
Total Gross Expenditure: £23,312
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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
Count Volunteers: 12

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Received Date: 5 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £28,139
Total Gross Expenditure: £30,325
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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
Count Volunteers: 6

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Received Date: 20 March 2024
Total Gross Income: £23,380
Total Gross Expenditure: £23,615
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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
Count Volunteers: 6

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Received Date: 14 May 2023
Total Gross Income: £36,383
Total Gross Expenditure: £35,485
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 6

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Received Date: 26 April 2022
Total Gross Income: £27,726
Total Gross Expenditure: £27,612
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

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Charity Area Of Operation

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

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Scotland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Northern Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

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

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

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

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 106
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Overseas Aid/famine Relief

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: GUATEMALAN FAMILIES ASSOCIATION
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2017-01-31T00:00:00
Reason: Transfer of funds
Assoc Organisation Number: 1054159
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1054159
Assoc Charity Name: OVERSEAS ADOPTION SUPPORT AND INFORMATION SERVICE

Charity Name: GUATEMALAN FAMILIES ASSOCIATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2004-08-02T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 8 JULY 2001 AS AMENDED 29 NOVEMBER 2003 AND 10 JULY 2004.AS AMENDED ON 11/04/2015 as amended on 26 May 2022 as amended on 26 May 2022 as amended on 16 Mar 2024
Charitable Objects: THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE:I) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ADOPTED FROM GUATEMALA IN GUATEMALAN CULTURE.II) TO PROMOTE THE CARE, UPBRINGING AND ESTABLISHMENT IN LIFE OF CHILDREN BORN IN GUATEMALA, FOR WHOM INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION IS THE BEST OPTION FOR THEIR WELL-BEING, BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE CONCERNING INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION.III) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN GUATEMALA AND THOSE FAMILIES WHO HAVE ADOPTED FROM GUATEMALA AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE; PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE RELIEF FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE OF GUATEMALA.
Area Of Benefit: NATIONAL

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 384130
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: GFA

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures