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Description
Adoption UK is a national membership organisation providing information, advice, support and training to prospective adopters, adoptive parents and long-term foster carers.With over 40 years of adoptive parenting experience, AUK provides services developed by adopters for adopters, including: helpline, local groups, contact networks, magazines and publications, Online Community & training courses.
Also known as
- Adoption UK
- Adoption UK
- Parent to Parent Information on Adoption Services
CCEW Charity number
Registered
Removed
Postcode
OX16 9AB
Latest income
£1,811,645 (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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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 2 active records and 1 inactive record, from 2 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 326654 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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Grant-making foundations
H10
UK Charity Activity Tags
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Beneficiary group
BE» ChildrenBE102 -
Beneficiary group
BE» People with disabilitiesBE200 -
Charitable activities
CA» Policy campaigning and advocacyCA103 -
Education
ED
Theme (CCEW)
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Education/training
102
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Children/young People
201 -
People With Disabilities
203 -
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
204 -
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
205 -
Other Defined Groups
206 -
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
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Provides Services
306 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307 -
Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
308
Scale of operation
- National
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1984-08-20 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2011-03-31 | 1,690,569 | 1,720,250 |
| 2012-03-31 | 1,765,636 | 1,605,004 |
| 2013-03-31 | 2,229,330 | 1,834,524 |
| 2014-03-31 | 2,284,814 | 2,133,344 |
| 2015-03-31 | 1,811,645 | 2,413,191 |
| 2017-02-13 |
Removed |
|
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2015 £ |
2014 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 46 | 43 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | - | - |
| Volunteers | 70 | 70 |
| Trustees | - |
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.
| 2015 £000s |
2014
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 102.1 | 108.1 |
| Legacies | 50.0 | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 152.1 | 108.1 |
| Income from charitable activities | 1,515.7 | 2,108.9 |
| Income from other trading activities | 142.2 | 64.7 |
| Income from investments | 1.6 | 3.1 |
| Other income | - | - |
| Total | 1,811.6 | 2,284.8 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | - | - |
| Spending on raising funds | - | - |
| Grants to institutions | - | - |
| Other charitable activities | 2,196.8 | 1,946.6 |
| Charitable activities | 2,196.8 | 1,946.6 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 2,413.2 | 2,133.3 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | (601.5) | 151.5 |
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.
| 2015 £000s |
2014
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 119.0 | 114.1 |
| Investment assets | - | - |
| 119.0 | 114.1 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 197.1 | 1,061.8 |
| Other current assets | 289.4 | - |
| 486.5 | 1,061.8 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (288.8) | (257.7) |
| Net current assets | 197.7 | 804.1 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 316.7 | 918.2 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets | 316.7 | 918.2 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 23.3 | 52.7 |
| Unrestricted funds | 293.3 | 865.5 |
| 316.7 | 918.2 | |
According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2015 (the latest year with data available) or 2014.
Received 34 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | £10,000 | Banter Project | ||
|
BBC Children in Need
Project Grants |
£79,638
3 years |
Grant to Adoption UK Charity
Sep 2023 to Oct 2026 |
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|
The National Lottery Community Fund
RC England Wide |
£215,839
1 year |
Adoption UK – Community Groups
Sep 2023 to Aug 2025 |
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|
The National Lottery Community Fund
Awards for All Northern Ireland |
£10,000
11 months |
LGBT Adoption Community
Jul 2023 to Jun 2024 |
||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All Wales |
£9,700
11 months |
Connected for Wellbeing
Apr 2023 to Mar 2024 |
||
|
The Dulverton Trust
General Welfare |
£40,000 | Adoption UK core costs 22-23 | ||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
People and Places 3 |
£423,368
3 years |
Adoption Alliance
Mar 2023 to Feb 2027 |
||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All Scotland |
£10,000
1 year |
#E Project - activities for adopted young people
Jan 2023 to Jan 2024 |
||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
Awards for All Northern Ireland |
£10,000
11 months |
Banter Project
Sep 2022 to Aug 2023 |
||
|
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland
Small Grants |
£5,000 | Adoption Community Engagement |
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 (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- BBC Children in Need (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Clothworkers Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Comic Relief (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Dulverton Trust (4 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- John Ellerman Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Henry Smith Charity (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (16 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 (4 grants) | Licence
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