DESTINATION FLORIDA

Registered charity 1003674 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Destination Florida operates in the North West of England, mainly in the Greater Manchester , Leeds and Liverpool.

Objects

(1) TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF CHILDREN WITH LIFE THREATENING DISEASES AND DISABLED CHILDREN AND IN PARTICULAR TO ASSIST SUCH CHILDREN TO HAVE HOLIDAYS TO AMONGST OTHER PLACES FLORIDA USA (2) TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF FAMILIES OF SUCH CHILDREN

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE MANCHESTER LANCASHIRE AND UK

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £394,691, which is below its stated policy target of approximately £450,000. The charity incurred a net expenditure of £62,350 for the year, resulting in a decrease in fund balances from £457,041 to £394,691. The trustees state they have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Destination Florida Children's Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen John Ashworth FRICSchair
• Benjamin Morrison
• David Phillips
• Dr Graham Mason
• GERARD ANTHONY MASON
• Samantha Armstrong
• Samuel Lilley

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST.FAITH'S COMMUNITY & YOUTH FOUNDATION.

• ST.FAITH'S COMMUNITY & YOUTH FOUNDATION income £176k
• LF FOUNDATION income £248k
• Q1 FOUNDATION income £17k
• THE RATCLIFFE FOUNDATION income £46k
• LONDON SEARCH & RESCUE income £220k
• THE FLORENCE TURNER TRUST income £218k

Side by side with its peers

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