Faith in Families Children's Charity

What Faith in Families Children's Charity does

Faith in Families Children's Charity, legally constituted as Family Society (company limited by guarantee, number 6869556; registered charity 1129095), is a UK non-profit founded in 1948 and headquartered in Nottingham. It delivers two Ofsted-registered service lines: Adoption Focus (Ofsted registration SC394569, rated Outstanding), which runs full-lifecycle adoption services across Central England spanning 30+ counties from the West Midlands and East Midlands through to Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Thames Valley, and Hampshire; and Triangle Project (Ofsted registration 2731149), which provides fostering services.

Adoption Focus operates as a regional adoption agency serving prospective adoptive families and children in care. Its offering covers the entire adoption journey — initial enquiry, eligibility checks, preparation, assessment, approval, family finding, placement, and lifelong post-placement support — delivered through dedicated weekday social workers, online and in-person Information Events, and a multi-channel digital presence (website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok). Specialized pathways cover transracial, special educational needs, sibling, single-parent, cohabiting, LGBTQ+, faith-based, disabled-parent, and disabled-child adoption.

The business model is non-commercial: services are provided free of charge to families, with revenue sourced from UK government contracts and grant funding via its Ofsted-regulated agency status. The organization has 13 employees, no disclosed funding rounds, no M&A activity, and a small recurring management footprint, indicating a steady-state, contract-funded operating model rather than a high-growth or venture-backed enterprise.

Name

Faith in Families Children's Charity

Legal name

Family Society

Website

https://faithinfamilies.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Faith in Families Children's Charity (operating as Family Society) is a UK-registered charity running Adoption Focus, an Ofsted Outstanding adoption agency, and Triangle Project, a fostering service, delivering full-lifecycle adoption and fostering services across Central England to children in care and prospective families.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's Social Care Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Services (BPAGAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC), Maternal, Child & Family Health Organizations (BPAGACAF)

Keywords

• Adoption services
• Fostering services
• Children's charity
• Post-adoption support
• Family support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices17 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government-funded adoption services: As a registered charity and Ofsted-regulated adoption agency, Adoption Focus receives government funding to provide adoption services to families. The services are provided free of charge to prospective adoptive parents.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Faith in Families Children's Charity (legal name: Family Society) is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee that delivers adoption and fostering services across Central England. Through its Adoption Focus agency (Ofsted SC394569) it recruits, assesses, and supports prospective adoptive parents free of charge, while its Triangle Project (Ofsted 2731149) provides fostering placements and family support. The charity also offers post-adoption support and broader children's and family services through its 13-person team based in Nottingham.

Product overview

Adoption Focus is a single, unified adoption agency service operated by Family Society. It provides end-to-end adoption services from initial enquiry through to lifelong support for adoptive families. The agency covers various adoption types including transracial adoption, special educational needs adoption, single parent adoption, sibling adoption, LGBTQ+ adoption, faith-based adoption, disabled parent/child adoption, cohabiting couples adoption, and age-specific adoption pathways (in 20s, 30s, 40s, and at 50 or older).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adoption Focus An Ofsted-registered adoption agency (Ofsted SC394569) that recruits, assesses, and supports prospective adoptive parents free of charge, and provides post-adoption support services across Central England. Aimed at individuals and couples seeking to adopt children.
• Triangle Project An Ofsted-registered fostering service (Ofsted 2731149) that recruits foster carers, assesses them, and supports foster placements for children across Central England. Provides training and ongoing support to approved foster carers.

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Action for Children: Major UK children's charity delivering fostering, adoption, and family support services. Comparable to Family Society as a large-scale charity operating in adoption and fostering, with overlapping government commissioning relationships.
• Barnardo's: One of the UK's largest children's charities, providing adoption, fostering, and broader children and family services nationally. Comparable to Family Society as a large charity operating in adoption and fostering, but at much greater scale and geographic breadth.
• Coram: Long-established UK children's charity that has historically operated adoption services (including Coram Children's Legal Centre and CoramBAAF). Comparable as a mission-driven charity providing adoption and family support services, though with a broader advocacy and policy remit.

Direct peers

• TACT (The Adolescent and Children's Trust): UK charity providing fostering and adoption services across England, Scotland, and Wales. Direct peer to Family Society/Adoption Focus/Triangle Project because it operates the same adoption-agency-plus-fostering service model for looked-after children.
• Five Rivers Child Care: Independent fostering and children's services provider in the UK. Comparable to Triangle Project/Family Society as an Ofsted-regulated independent agency delivering fostering and related child-care services.
• PAC-UK (Post Adoption Centre): UK charity specializing in adoption support, particularly for families formed through inter-country and transracial adoption. Comparable to Family Society as an adoption-focused charity, with overlapping mission on supporting complex adoption placements.
• Orange Grove Foster Care: Independent UK fostering agency operating across multiple English regions. Comparable to Family Society/Triangle Project as a competing Ofsted-regulated independent fostering provider drawing from the same local authority commissioning pool.
• ISP (Integrated Services Programme): UK independent provider of fostering, residential, and edge-of-care services for children. Comparable to Family Society's Triangle Project as a charity-sector provider of regulated children and family services.
• Adoption UK: UK-wide charity providing post-adoption support, training, and advocacy for adoptive families. Comparable to Family Society as an adoption-focused charity; differs in that it primarily supports existing adoptive families rather than acting as a placing agency.

Regional players

• National Adoption Service (Adoption England): National body that coordinates adoption services across England and supports Regional Adoption Agencies. Comparable to Adoption Focus as a key participant in the UK adoption ecosystem, though it operates as a coordinating entity rather than a placing agency.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AdoptionFocus
• Facebookfacebook.com/AdoptionFocus
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/faith-in-families-children's-charity
• Instagraminstagram.com/adoptionfocus
• TikToktiktok.com/@adoptionfocusuk

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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