Children and Families Limited

Analysis

Children and Families Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheerness. It was registered in July 2006, 20 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 04615904). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Children and Families Limited reported income of £2.9m and spending of £2.5m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.5m to £2.9m (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Children and Families Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age UK Hillingdon, Harrow and Brent (£2.9m), The George Institute for Global Health (UK) (£2.9m) and Nabs (£2.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, investments 2.7% and donations and legacies 2.6%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £415k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 76 people.