WESSEX CHILDREN'S HOSPICE TRUST

Registered charity 1002832 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NAOMI HOUSE, Naomi and Jack's

Naomi and Jacks is an independent charity offering expert palliative care for children and young adults at their purpose-built hospice and in the community. They support hundreds of families in central southern England, providing outstanding care, specialist short breaks and bereavement support.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operational deficit of £433k for the year, though the net deficit was reduced to £216,000 due to investment gains and income exceeding plans. The Trustees maintain that the group is financially sustainable, citing a strong balance sheet, an investment portfolio valued at over £15 million, and unrestricted reserves of £10,092,803.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02601495

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Naomi and Jack’s (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ALLERTON, Malcolm John — director, appointed 15/10/2025on trustee list
• CONSTANTINOU, Michelle — director, appointed 15/10/2025on trustee list
• HUNTER YELL, Melanie Joanne — director, appointed 15/10/2025not on trustee list
• MILLARD, Marie-Louise, Dr — director, appointed 28/01/2025on trustee list
• ALLEN, Sean Patrick — director, appointed 09/07/2024on trustee list
• PEARCE, Christopher John — director, appointed 05/10/2023on trustee list
• MEEHAN, Andrew David — director, appointed 28/06/2022on trustee list
• FERGUSON, Jane Lesley — director, appointed 26/01/2021on trustee list
• DAWES, Julie Denise — director, appointed 26/01/2021on trustee list
• BURROWS, Helen Annette — director, appointed 08/10/2019on trustee list
• SIMPSON, Rob — director, appointed 23/01/2018on trustee list
• HASSAN, Robin Anthony — director, appointed 23/01/2018on trustee list
• ROSSITER, Danielle — secretary, appointed 17/07/2026

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

11 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £700k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Wessex Children's Hospice Trust — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 09/12/2015.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~13.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 41.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Naomi House Children's Hospice: Not Rated · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew David Meehanchair
• Christopher John Pearce
• Dr Marie-Louise Millard
• Helen Annette Burrows
• Jane Ferguson
• Julie Dawes
• Malcolm John Allerton
• Melanie Joanne Hunter Yell
• Michelle Constantinou
• Rob Simpson
• Robin Hassan
• Sean Allen

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire · Isle Of Wight · Surrey · West Berkshire · West Sussex · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DEMELZA HOSPICE CARE FOR CHILDREN.

• DEMELZA HOSPICE CARE FOR CHILDREN income £17.3m
• THE SICK CHILDREN'S TRUST income £2.7m
• Home-Start Wessex income £666k
• THE JESSIE MAY TRUST income £1.9m
• ALEXANDER DEVINE CHILDREN'S CANCER TRUST income £2.8m
• JACK IN THE BOX PRE- SCHOOL income £160k

Side by side with its peers

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