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Description

FARA has worked with abandoned and vulnerable children and young people in Romania, many with disabilities, since 1991. It aims to transform their lives by providing family-style homes, recovery and training in four residential centres, social support to promote school attendance in six villages and, in four centres, special needs education and specialist child therapy.

Also known as

Fara Foundation

CCEW Charity number

1139349

Company number

07432706

Registered

16 December 2010

Postcode

TW11 8HT

Website

faracharity.org

Latest income

£12,083,182 (on 31 December 2022)

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Fara Foundation

GB-CHC-1139349

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Area of operation outside the UK

Romania

Registered Office in the UK

Richmond upon Thames

Fara Foundation

GB-CHC-1139349

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

International activities G30

UK Charity Activity Tags

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Beneficiary group BE » Children BE102
Beneficiary group BE » Families BE103
Beneficiary group BE » Young people BE115
Beneficiary group BE » People with disabilities BE200
Education ED
Education ED » Schools ED106
Education ED » Training ED300
Housing HO » Accommodation HO101

Theme (CCEW)

Education/training 102
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 103
Disability 104
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 105
Accommodation/housing 107
Economic/community Development/employment 113
Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 115

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

Children/young People 201
People With Disabilities 203
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin 204

Activities (CCEW)

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305
Provides Services 306
Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307

Scale of operation

Overseas

Fara Foundation

GB-CHC-1139349

Charity financial history

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Year ending	Income (£)	Spending (£)
2010-12-16	Registered as a charity
2011-12-31	8,804,597	6,250,205
2012-12-31	7,498,075	7,199,868
2013-12-31	8,061,885	7,187,281
2014-12-31	8,560,139	7,981,902
2015-12-31	8,922,370	7,615,987
2016-12-31	9,599,624	9,170,404
2017-12-31	9,736,807	8,343,108
2018-12-31	10,010,622	8,180,230
2019-12-31	10,320,322	8,724,550
2020-12-31	7,594,909	7,511,240
2021-12-31	9,613,316	9,881,958
2022-12-31	12,083,182	11,040,713

Income and Spending

Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Fara Foundation

GB-CHC-1139349

Charity people

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	2022 £	2021 £
Employees	318	306
Employees paid more than £60,000	3	1
Volunteers	172	212
Trustees	9

Employees

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Fara Foundation

GB-CHC-1139349

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended 31 December 2022.

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

	2022 £m	2021 £m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income	0.0	0.0
Legacies	-	-
Endowments	-	-
Donations and legacies	0.0	0.0
Income from charitable activities	11.9	-
Income from other trading activities	-	9.5
Income from investments	0.2	0.1
Other income	-	-
Total	12.1	9.6

Expenditure
Investment management	0.0	0.0
Other spending on raising funds	8.9	7.9
Spending on raising funds	9.0	7.9
Grants to institutions	1.8	1.7
Other charitable activities	0.3	0.3
Charitable activities	2.1	2.0
Other spending	-	-
Total	11.0	9.9

Net income / (expenditure)	1.0	(0.3)

Fara Foundation

GB-CHC-1139349

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at 31 December 2022.

	2022 £m	2021 £m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets	0.6	0.5
Investment assets	4.8	5.3
	5.4	5.8

Current assets
Current investment assets	0.9	0.9
Cash	5.3	3.9
Other current assets	0.7	0.8
	6.9	5.6

Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year	(0.5)	(0.4)
Net current assets	6.4	5.2

Total assets less current liabilities	11.8	11.0

Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year	(0.7)	(0.5)

Net assets	11.1	10.5

Funds
Endowment funds	-	-
Restricted funds	-	-
Unrestricted funds	11.1	10.5
	11.1	10.5

Fara Foundation

GB-CHC-1139349

Income from government

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	2022 £	2021 £
Contracts with government
None recorded
Government grants
Income from government grants	-	1,360,945
Government grants as % of total income	-	14.2%
Number of government grants	-	2