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Description
To support parents and families who care for a disabled child by:- Providing access to good quality advice and information, broad ranging appropriate support and contact with other families which will lead to positive outcomes;- Influencing changes in policy and practice in order to substantially improve the quality of lives of parents and families and their children.
Also known as
- Contact (For Families With Disabled Children)
- Contact a Family
- Contact
- Contact (Wandsworth)
- Contact - Wandsworth Centre
- Contact A Family
- Contact T/A Fledglings
- Contact a Family
- Contact a Family Incorporated
- Contact a Family Wales/Cymru
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
N1 7EU
Website
Domain
contact.org.uk
Latest income
£8,497,943 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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- Twitter: @contactfamilies
- Facebook: facebook.com/contactfamilies
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Areas of operation in the UK
Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 3 active records and 3 inactive records, from 3 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 284912 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
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.
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Services for people with disabilities
D13
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.
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Beneficiary group
BE» ChildrenBE102 -
Beneficiary group
BE» FamiliesBE103 -
Beneficiary group
BE» Parents and guardiansBE109 -
Beneficiary group
BE» People with disabilitiesBE200 -
Charitable activities
CA» Policy campaigning and advocacyCA103
Theme (CCEW)
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The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
103 -
Disability
104
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
Children/young People
201 -
People With Disabilities
203 -
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
205 -
Other Defined Groups
206
Activities (CCEW)
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Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307 -
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
309
Scale of operation
- National
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1982-06-20 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-03-31 | 3,084,435 | 2,943,366 |
| 2005-03-31 | 3,535,938 | 3,599,311 |
| 2006-03-31 | 4,316,408 | 4,024,261 |
| 2007-03-31 | 4,825,836 | 4,560,847 |
| 2008-03-31 | 4,835,481 | 4,945,191 |
| 2009-03-31 | 5,189,873 | 4,688,490 |
| 2010-03-31 | 4,740,985 | 4,468,565 |
| 2011-03-31 | 4,844,097 | 4,762,797 |
| 2012-03-31 | 5,061,437 | 4,946,042 |
| 2013-03-31 | 5,227,231 | 5,223,807 |
| 2014-03-31 | 5,189,276 | 5,578,496 |
| 2015-03-31 | 6,308,809 | 6,198,792 |
| 2016-03-31 | 5,115,842 | 5,532,602 |
| 2017-03-31 | 4,661,873 | 5,099,148 |
| 2018-03-31 | 4,772,751 | 5,066,436 |
| 2019-03-31 | 5,354,500 | 5,079,219 |
| 2020-03-31 | 4,902,724 | 4,999,623 |
| 2021-03-31 | 7,388,430 | 5,785,577 |
| 2022-03-31 | 8,821,376 | 8,920,807 |
| 2023-03-31 | 8,497,943 | 9,207,616 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 100 | 90 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 3 | 3 |
| Volunteers | 49 | 52 |
| Trustees | 11 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
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.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 854.0 | 482.0 |
| Legacies | 6.5 | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 860.5 | 482.0 |
| Income from charitable activities | 7,211.5 | 8,225.6 |
| Income from other trading activities | 303.5 | - |
| Income from investments | 122.4 | 112.7 |
| Other income | - | 1.1 |
| Total | 8,497.9 | 8,821.4 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 793.1 | 474.2 |
| Spending on raising funds | 793.1 | 474.2 |
| Grants to institutions | - | - |
| Other charitable activities | 8,414.5 | 8,446.6 |
| Charitable activities | 8,414.5 | 8,446.6 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 9,207.6 | 8,920.8 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | (709.7) | (99.4) |
Balance sheet at .
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.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 31.7 | - |
| Investment assets | 3,806.7 | 4,006.5 |
| 3,838.4 | 4,006.5 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | 272.0 | - |
| Cash | 1,109.6 | 2,073.5 |
| Other current assets | 886.1 | 997.4 |
| 2,267.8 | 3,070.9 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (765.0) | (826.8) |
| Net current assets | 1,502.7 | 2,244.1 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 5,341.2 | 6,250.6 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets | 5,341.2 | 6,250.6 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 428.2 | 761.9 |
| Unrestricted funds | 4,912.9 | 5,488.7 |
| 5,341.2 | 6,250.6 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| Income from government contracts | 2,980,921 | 2,593,136 |
| Government contracts as % of total income | 35.1% | 29.4% |
| Number of government contracts | 7 | 5 |
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 3,104,091 | 859,380 |
| Government grants as % of total income | 36.5% | 9.7% |
| Number of government grants | 10 | 8 |
Received 112 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-operative Group | £1,447 | Grant to Contact | ||
|
Masonic Charitable Foundation
Matched Funding |
£2,500 | MCF Matched Funding | ||
| True Colours Trust |
£20,000
1 year |
Towards the costs of Listening Ear
Jun 2023 to Jun 2024 |
||
| True Colours Trust |
£27,960
1 year |
Towards the costs of a piece of co-produced research into the social care and support needs of disab
May 2023 to May 2024 |
||
|
City Bridge Trust
Advice and Support |
£226,650 | Grant to Contact | ||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England |
£9,807
11 months |
Better Together Through Sport
Apr 2023 to Mar 2024 |
||
| Pears Foundation |
£220,000
2 years |
Core Funding
Mar 2023 to Mar 2025 |
||
|
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant |
£26,000
1 month |
Grant to Contact A Family | ||
|
John Lyon's Charity
School Holiday Activity Fund |
£4,000
1 year |
SHAF grant to Contact
Feb 2023 to Feb 2024 |
||
|
John Lyon's Charity
Main Grant |
£3,500
1 year |
Uplift grant to Contact
Jan 2023 to Jan 2024 |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Cabinet Office (4 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- CAF (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- BBC Children in Need (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- City Bridge Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Clothworkers Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Co-operative Group (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Comic Relief (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Dulverton Trust (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- John Ellerman Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (8 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Essex Community Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Greater London Authority (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Garfield Weston Foundation (4 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- John Lyon's Charity (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Masonic Charitable Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Northern Rock Foundation (5 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Pears Foundation (10 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (52 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- True Colours Trust (9 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
National Lottery grants data comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who publish the National Lottery grants database.
This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.
- The National Lottery (1 grant) | Licence
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