Friends and Families of Special Children Ltd

Analysis

Friends and Families of Special Children Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in March 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and recreation, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07414172). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends and Families of Special Children Ltd reported income of £211k and spending of £216k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £210k to £211k (+0.9%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Friends and Families of Special Children Ltd sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rosenbaum Charitable Trust (£211k), Housing Initiatives (U.k) Ltd (£211k) and Beamstaffs (£211k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.