Both Parents Matter

Analysis

Both Parents Matter is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1979, 47 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 01396139). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Both Parents Matter reported income of £83k and spending of £190k, spending 229% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £117k to £83k (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Both Parents Matter sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lions Club of Wanstead and Woodford (£82k), Forces Children's Trust (£83k) and Rowan Bentall Charitable Trust ( R11 ) (£82k).

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.