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The Urban Family

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1156912WembleyReligion
Income£24k2025-02-28
Spending£26ksame year
Spent / received106%5-year average
Size in its cause36th pctReligion
Registered2014Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Urban Family is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wembley. It was registered in May 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07932926). It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending February 2025, The Urban Family reported income of £24k and spending of £26k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £19k to £24k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Urban Family sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hindu Samaj Swindon (£24k), Barking and Dagenham Muslim Association (£24k) and New Covenant Church Dunstable (£24k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£7,105£14k£21k£28k2021 Income: £18,7952021 Spending: £17,71720212022 Income: £27,9812022 Spending: £28,41920222023 Income: £19,7192023 Spending: £25,35320232024 Income: £23,5992024 Spending: £23,76020242025 Income: £24,1922025 Spending: £25,5152025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Urban Family work in partnership with four local churches in North West London to provide a safe environment for children to meet and have fun and learn about the Christian Faith. We aim to build relationships with the whole family of the children we meet, and to support the volunteers who work at the clubs.

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CharityLocationIncome
Hindu Samaj SwindonSwindon£24k
Barking and Dagenham Muslim AssociationBarking£24k
New Covenant Church DunstableDunstable£24k
Friends of the Church of St PhilleighTruro£24k