Friends Families and Travellers

Analysis

Friends Families and Travellers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in November 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03597515). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Friends Families and Travellers reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.8m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £1.3m to £1.9m (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends Families and Travellers sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age UK Sutton (£1.9m), Positive East (£1.9m) and Stand (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 88%, charitable activities 8.2% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £845k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 39 people.