FAMILY SOCIETY — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 9 April 2009
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 06869556
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £2,826,500
Latest expenditure: £2,703,498
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Family Society Adoption Focus, Ts3, Pinewood Court, Coleshill Road, Marston Green, BIRMINGH

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Family Society is an adoption agency which prepares and approves potential adoptive parents and supports families with adopted children.

03 Official extract

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: 26 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 26 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £2,826,500
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,703,498

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: 30 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 30 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,616,648
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,588,431

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: 31 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 31 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £3,263,525
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,572,937

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: 30 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 30 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £2,371,008
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,111,086

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: 29 April 2022
Date Accounts Received: 29 April 2022
Total Gross Income: £2,346,178
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,769,487

04 Official extract

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: 26 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £2,826,500
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,703,498
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 2
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 103

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: 30 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,616,648
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,588,431
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 44
Count Govt Grants: £0
Income From Government Contracts: 1860111
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 95

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: 31 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £3,263,525
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,572,937
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 72
Count Govt Grants: £0
Income From Government Contracts: 3155607
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 94

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: 30 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £2,371,008
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,111,086
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 40
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Contracts: 1767182
Income From Government Grants: £240,209
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 86

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: 29 April 2022
Total Gross Income: £2,346,178
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,769,487
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 53
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Contracts: 2143006
Income From Government Grants: £132,048
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 116

05 Official extract

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: 26 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 193811
Income Other Trading Activities: 72002
Income Charitable Activities: 2538103
Income Investments: 22584
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2826500
Income Legacies: 153558
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £49,351
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,654,147
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 2703498
Expenditure Investment Management: 3139
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 37588
Expenditure Support Costs: 87973
Expenditure Depreciation: 3071
Gain Loss Investment: -4668
Gain Loss Pension Fund: -24000
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £2,170,995
Assets Total Fixed: 870455
Assets Own Use: 6468
Assets Long Term Investment: 863987
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 12000
Assets Other Assets: £1,752,891
Assets Total Liabilities: £117,204
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,518,142
Creditors One Year Total Current: 117204
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,270,791
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2471078
Funds Restricted: 47064
Funds Total: 2518142
Count Employees: 46
Consolidated 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: 30 January 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 27100
Income Other Trading Activities: 375000
Income Charitable Activities: 2571619
Income Investments: 6824
Income Other: 2838
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2983381
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £47,038
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,541,393
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 2588431
Expenditure Investment Management: 2712
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 4064
Expenditure Support Costs: 73849
Expenditure Depreciation: 337
Gain Loss Investment: 61831
Gain Loss Pension Fund: -17000
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £2,376,989
Assets Total Fixed: 678406
Assets Own Use: 17371
Assets Long Term Investment: 661035
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 25000
Assets Other Assets: £1,926,573
Assets Total Liabilities: £223,171
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,406,808
Creditors One Year Total Current: 223171
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,452,381
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2376985
Funds Restricted: 29823
Funds Total: 2406808
Count Employees: 44
Consolidated 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: 31 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 101094
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 3155607
Income Investments: 6824
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 3263525
Income Legacies: 74234
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £24,393
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,548,544
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 2572937
Expenditure Investment Management: 1984
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 44586
Expenditure Support Costs: 26644
Expenditure Depreciation: 6468
Gain Loss Investment: -21751
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 138000
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £2,164,864
Assets Total Fixed: 526082
Assets Own Use: 31218
Assets Long Term Investment: 494864
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 43000
Assets Other Assets: £2,006,296
Assets Total Liabilities: £241,618
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,333,760
Creditors One Year Total Current: 241618
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,307,240
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2292672
Funds Restricted: 41088
Funds Total: 2333760
Count Employees: 44
Consolidated 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: 30 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 251822
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 1806728
Income Investments: 124
Income Other: 312334
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2371008
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £32,206
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,078,880
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 2111086
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 14887
Expenditure Support Costs: 25535
Expenditure Depreciation: 15277
Gain Loss Investment: 36462
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 19000
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,563,516
Assets Total Fixed: 365479
Assets Own Use: 48863
Assets Long Term Investment: 316616
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: -95000
Assets Other Assets: £1,518,017
Assets Total Liabilities: £223,573
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,564,923
Creditors One Year Total Current: 223573
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,167,162
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1502213
Funds Restricted: 62710
Funds Total: 1564923
Count Employees: 54
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: 29 April 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 203086
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 2143006
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 86
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2346178
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,769,487
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1769487
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 24000
Expenditure Depreciation: 3427
Gain Loss Investment: 2302
Gain Loss Pension Fund: -61000
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,239,590
Assets Total Fixed: 105022
Assets Own Use: 54255
Assets Long Term Investment: 50767
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: -156000
Assets Other Assets: £1,445,548
Assets Total Liabilities: £145,031
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,249,539
Creditors One Year Total Current: 145031
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,103,248
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1239590
Funds Restricted: 9949
Funds Total: 1249539
Count Employees: 34
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

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

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

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

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

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

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

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

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

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: FAMILY SOCIETY
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2022-05-24T00:00:00
Assoc Organisation Number: 213692
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 213692
Assoc Charity Name: FAITH IN FAMILIES

Charity Name: FAMILY SOCIETY
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2009-04-09T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 03 APRIL 2009 as amended on 27 Jan 2022
Charitable Objects: 1 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH GRANTS, GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE2 THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH3 THE SUPPORT, RELIEF AND CARE AND, THE PROMOTION THEREOF, OF* CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITHOUT FAMILIES TO CARE FOR THEM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ADOPTION AND FOSTERING SERVICES* INDIVIDUALS AND COUPLES SEEKING TO ADOPT AND/OR FOSTER CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE* FAMILIES COMPRISING ADOPTED AND FOSTER CHILDREN* CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE* THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE* THE CARERS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPHS 3.1.3.1, 3.1.3.2 AND 3.1.3.5* INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS WHO ARE IN NEED; AND* THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP4 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATIONAL OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND5 ANY ACTIVITY WHICH IS CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND, SAVE THAT IF ANY ACTIVITY IS UNDERTAKEN IN SCOTLAND OR NORTHERN IRELAND, SUCH ACTIVITY SHALL ALSO BE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH ACTIVITY IS UNDERTAKEN
Area Of Benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, ENGLAND.

10 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 586478
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: ADOPTION FOCUS

Charity Name Id: 636640
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: Triangle Project

11 Official extract

Charity Other Regulators

Regulator Order: 1
Regulator Name: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

12 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures