Adoption
Sufficiency data - across the UK
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Added & matched
This is a chart showing the number of children matched, children added, and adopters added between Apr 2023 and Mar 2025, on Link Maker.
Waiting
For children in this cohort, during the 2 year period
- 35% of matches identified within 1 month
- 63% waited over 6 months
This cohort of children contains:
- 46% of children in sibling groups of 2 or more
- 8% of children over the age of 5
- 24% of children who are not identified as White British
- 12% of children with 3 or more identified needs
- 56% of children who are male, and 44% who are female
This is a chart showing the number of adopters added, matched and waiting between Apr 2023 and Mar 2025, on Link Maker.
For adopters in this cohort, between Apr 2023 and Mar 2025
- 27% of matches identified within 1 month
- 72% waited over 6 months
Please note that this data is limited to children and adopters added to Link Maker. The aim is to highlight trends, particularly around children that may wait longer for a match, rather than to reflect national totals.
If you would like an accessible version of this data, please contact our support team through email at support@linkmaker.co.uk with your request.
Link Maker statistics
In the past 30 days
32 children have been matched with 29 new families.
Profiles of 236 children have been added.
124 prospective families have registered.
