FAMILIES MATTER COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICE LIMITED — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 16 August 2013
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 82008848
Financial period: 1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025
Latest income: £20,070
Latest expenditure: £16,622
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 86 Rusland Crescent, ULVERSTON, LA12 9LZ

Website recorded by the regulator: www.families-matter-sl.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Families Matter is a counselling and support service. We aim to promote emotional well being, improve mental health, and reduce the impact of poverty in the Furness and South Lakes area by providing a professional counselling service for children, young people and their families who find it difficult to pay because they are on statutory benefits, are low-waged or unwaged.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 15 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £20,070
Total Gross Expenditure: £16,622

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 11 July 2025
Date Accounts Received: 11 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £30,954
Total Gross Expenditure: £45,529

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 7 August 2024
Date Accounts Received: 7 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £30,954
Total Gross Expenditure: £45,529
Accounts Qualified: Yes

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 19 June 2023
Date Accounts Received: 19 June 2023
Total Gross Income: £57,516
Total Gross Expenditure: £47,207

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 14 July 2022
Date Accounts Received: 14 July 2022
Total Gross Income: £45,293
Total Gross Expenditure: £46,443

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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 October 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2026
Ar Received Date: 15 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £20,070
Total Gross Expenditure: £16,622
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £4,970
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: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2025
Ar Received Date: 11 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £30,954
Total Gross Expenditure: £45,529
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £4,970
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: 3

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2024
Ar Received Date: 7 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £30,954
Total Gross Expenditure: £45,529
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2023
Ar Received Date: 19 June 2023
Total Gross Income: £57,516
Total Gross Expenditure: £47,207
Charity Raises Funds From Public: 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: 5

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2022
Ar Received Date: 14 July 2022
Total Gross Income: £45,293
Total Gross Expenditure: £46,443
Charity Raises Funds From Public: 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: 6

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cumbria
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

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

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

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

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

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

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

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: FAMILIES MATTER COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICE LIMITED
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2013-08-16T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10 SEP 2012
Charitable Objects: THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS("OBJECTS")ARE SPECIFCALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH BY THE PROMOTION OF EMOTIONAL WELL BEING,IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH,AND REDUCING THE IMPACT OF POVERTY IN THE FURNESS AND SOUTH LAKES AREA,BY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN,YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES TO HAVE ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures