# Families Supporting Care

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1143641 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1143641)
- Website: https://www.familiessupportingcare.org
- Latest income: £14.5k; spending £21.2k
- What it funds: Prevention or relief of poverty
- Who it helps: Older people
- How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Hampshire, Surrey
- Other names: Friends of Woodlands & Hill Brow (previous)
- Trustees: 7
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/families-supporting-care

Working with local care homes and charities to provide funding for the relief of alzheimers and dementia sufferers and top-up grants to enable residents to remain in their care homes when their finances are exhausted. Our activities are currently limited to the Surrey/Hampshire border area.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Finances by year (Charity Commission)

| Year ending | Income | Spending | Grants to organisations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | £14.5k | £21.2k | not filed |
| 31 Dec 2024 | £16.6k | £7,761 | not filed |
| 31 Dec 2023 | £9,346 | £643 | not filed |
| 31 Dec 2022 | £4,433 | £7,472 | not filed |
| 31 Dec 2021 | £10.4k | £21.3k | not filed |

## Charitable objects

> The relief of those in need by reason of age, financial hardship or sickness, particularly those suffering from alzheimer's or dementia, as well as their Families and carers

## What it funds

Families Supporting Care is registered under the Charity Commission purposes prevention or relief of poverty for older people; the register records that it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations. In its latest reported year Families Supporting Care reported income of £14.5k and spending of £21.2k. Over its last 5 reported years, to 31 Dec 2025, it spent £58.4k in total.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Hampshire and Surrey.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Families Supporting Care in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). Its website (familiessupportingcare.org) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

## Questions

### Is Families Supporting Care open for applications now?

Not in OpenGrant's sources as of 4 Nov 2026: no open or forthcoming scheme from Families Supporting Care is listed. Check the funder's website for programmes that are not yet open or that it does not advertise.

### Where does Families Supporting Care fund?

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Hampshire and Surrey.

### Does Families Supporting Care give grants to individuals?

Yes, according to the Charity Commission register, which records that Families Supporting Care makes grants to individuals as well as to organisations. Check its own guidance for who qualifies.

### How much does Families Supporting Care give each year?

The register does not break out Families Supporting Care's grants for its latest year (only charities with income over £500,000 file that detail). Its total spending in the year to 31 Dec 2025 was £21.2k. Over its last 5 reported years its spending averaged £11.7k a year.

### How large is Families Supporting Care?

In its latest reported year Families Supporting Care reported income of £14.5k and spending of £21.2k.


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