WALLACE & GROMIT'S CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1043603 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRISTOL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL APPEAL, GROMIT UNLEASHED, THE COTS FOR TOTS APPEAL, THE GRAND APPEAL, THE GRAND APPEAL - WALLACE AND GROMIT'S GRAND APPEAL, THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, BRISTOL APPEAL LIMITED

The Grand Appeal supports Bristol Children's HospitalThe Cots for Tots Appeal supports St Michael's Hospital BristolWallace & Gromit's Children's Charity supports children in hospitals & hospices nationallyGromit Unleashed: a charity event for the Grand AppealShaun in the City: a charity event for the Grand Appeal & Wallace & Gromit's Children's Charity

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £92,405 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward standing at £10,793,813. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to meet its financial obligations for the foreseeable future, citing net current assets of approximately £7.5 million. The charity maintains a designated reserve range of £1.4 million to £1.8 million to ensure operational integrity and support its multi-year funding commitments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sumer AuditCo Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03008531
• Trading subsidiary: CRACKING ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 03296361

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wallace & Gromit's Children's Charity (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.

• LEA, Michael David — director, appointed 01/10/2019on trustee list
• LAST, Angela Susan — director, appointed 16/12/2017not on trustee list
• MOULE, Jocelyn Handley — director, appointed 26/09/2012not on trustee list
• NORTON, Michael Reginald — director, appointed 15/09/2011not on trustee list
• COOPER, Simon Charles Bowden — director, appointed 30/04/2001on trustee list
• MASTERS, Nicola Kim — secretary, appointed 18/12/1995

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £500k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 18.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/04/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jos Moulechair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Angie Last
• MIKE NORTON
• Michael Lea
• SIMON CHARLES BOWDEN COOPER

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL & WESTON CHARITY.

• UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL & WESTON CHARITY income £3.7m
• GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL CHILDREN'S CHARITY income £140.4m
• Sir Graham Wylie Foundation income £239k
• BIRMINGHAM WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY income £9.0m
• THE BRISTOL CHILDREN'S HELP SOCIETY income £280k
• NOAH'S ARK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY income £2.3m

Side by side with its peers

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