National Family Mediation

Analysis

National Family Mediation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03721723). It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, National Family Mediation reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.1m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £865k to £1.3m (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, National Family Mediation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Action for Family Carers (£1.3m), Chonyi Wisdom Charity (£1.3m) and Sv2 - Supporting Victims of Sexual Violence Ltd (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £870k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.