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About with Friends is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include general charitable purposes, disability, economic/community development/employment.
About with Friends (number 1164119) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does About with Friends do?
Supporting people with learning disabilities
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for About with Friends
Answers About with Friends gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are About with Friends's highest-paid staff paid?
About with Friends's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Where does About with Friends's money come from?
About with Friends reported £2.7m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £2.6m (96%), donations and legacies £58k (2%), trading and fundraising events £50k (2%).
Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£2.6m · 96%
Donations and legacies£58k · 2%
Trading and fundraising events£50k · 2%
Investments£1,791 · 0%
Does About with Friends receive government funding?
The annual return does not answer this question for About with Friends. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.
About with Friends reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register records About with Friends as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid
About with Friends's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Also known as
Awf
Where it says it operates
Norfolk
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; People With Disabilities.
Reported activities: Provides Human Resources; Provides Services; Provides Advocacy/advice/information.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is About with Friends registered for?
General Charitable PurposesDisabilityEconomic/community Development/employment
Why is there no Clarity Score for About with Friends yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score About with Friends.
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The register data used for this profile lists About with Friends as a registered charity (number 1164119) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is About with Friends's charity number?
About with Friends's charity number is 1164119. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1164119?
Search 1164119 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does About with Friends do?
Supporting people with learning disabilities
Does About with Friends have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for About with Friends. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to About with Friends?
About with Friends's website listed in our register data is http://www.aboutwithfriends.co.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is About with Friends's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. About with Friends's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does About with Friends's money come from?
About with Friends reported £2.7m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £2.6m (96%), donations and legacies £58k (2%), trading and fundraising events £50k (2%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to About with Friends?
The register records About with Friends as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are About with Friends's trustees paid?
About with Friends's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was About with Friends registered as a charity?
About with Friends was entered on the register on 26 October 2015.