THE BUBBLE FOUNDATION UK

Registered charity 1024552 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUBBLE APPEAL, THE BUBBLE APPEAL

The Bubble Foundation UK supports the work of the Childrens Bone Marrow Transplant unit at The Great North Childrens Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne.We treat children from the northern half of England, Scotland ,Northern Ireland and Eire who are born with severe Immunodeficiences. We provide medical & educational equipment,finance research, and support families during a prolonged stay in hospital.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AMONG CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM IMMUNOLOGICAL OR INFECTIOUS DISEASES. TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO IMMUNOLOGICAL AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN CHILDREN AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £111,858 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total fund balances from £481,903 to £370,044. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £308,892 remain sufficient to meet the stated policy target of two months' overheads and commitments, and the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Bubble Foundation UK (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Google — “We also run occasional free ads on Google platforms through a grant they provide, We need analytics to continue to receive this grant.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Prof Andrew James Cantchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anna Hodgson
• Bevis Jones
• DR ANDY GENNERY
• Daniel Matthew Clark
• Dr Mary Slatter
• Helen Mylott
• James Turnbull
• Neil Stotesbury
• Vicky Philipson

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City

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 BUTTLE UK.

• BUTTLE UK income £3.2m
• THE BUMBLEBEE CHILDREN'S CHARITY income £103k
• Breaking Out of the Bubble income £67k
• SUPPORT FOR THE SICK NEWBORN AND THEIR PARENTS income £430k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.