ASTHMA RELIEF
The charity provides a nebuliser and respiratory equipment donation and support service
Objects
TO RELIEVE PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM ASTHMA AND OTHER BREATHING DIFFICULTIES IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF NEBULISERS FOR USE BY SUCH PERSONS
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £105,484 to £98,170 due to a net deficit of £7,314 for the year. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and note that costs remained fairly static despite economic pressures. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of £50,000 to manage short-term funding shortfalls or closure scenarios.
What the accounts disclose
“it would be prudent to hold a reserve of £50,000 (previously £80,000) to manage scenarios where a short-term funding shortfall or charity closure arose”
Policies the charity declares
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025
- Volunteers: 4
- Government income: £3,300 — contracts £3,300 (1); 1% of the £259,840 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024
- Volunteers: 4
- Government income: £4,000 — contracts £4,000 (1); 2% of the £241,850 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023
- Volunteers: 3
- Government income: £4,586 — contracts £4,586 (1); 2% of the £244,906 total gross income on the same return
Trustees
- DR IAN MATHESONchair
- CAROLINE ROGERSON
- Colin Petersen
- EVA KATARINA WARENSJO
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/06/2025 | £260k | £267k |
| 30/06/2024 | £242k | £237k |
| 30/06/2023 | £245k | £229k |
| 30/06/2022 | £256k | £230k |
| 30/06/2021 | £238k | £215k |
Common questions
Is ASTHMA RELIEF financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £105,484 to £98,170 due to a net deficit of £7,314 for the year. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and note that costs remained fairly static despite economic pressures. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of £50,000 to manage short-term funding shortfalls or closure scenarios. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds ASTHMA RELIEF?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ASTHMA RELIEF as a grant recipient include THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST, THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST, MRS B L ROBINSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST, The Patricia Routledge Foundation, THE PHILIP OPPENHEIMER FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES | 2 | £596k |
| GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION | 1 | £872k |
| THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION | 1 | £869k |
| BUPA FOUNDATION | 1 | £210k |
| THE MICHAEL COWAN FOUNDATION | 1 | £150k |
| THE DULVERTON TRUST | 1 | £122k |
| KUSUMA TRUST UK | 1 | £100k |
| THE HEADLEY TRUST | 1 | £100k |
Charities like this
- Asthma and Lung UK
- NEPACS
- ASTHMA ALLERGY AND INFLAMMATION RESEARCH TRUST LIMITED
- AEROBILITY
- NEUROHARMONY
- MWL NHS Charity
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASTHMA RELIEF | £260k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| Asthma and Lung UK | £16.1m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| NEPACS | £2.3m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ASTHMA ALLERGY AND INFLAMMATION RESEARCH TRUST LIMITED | £320k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| AEROBILITY | £960k | £70,000 to £80,000 | 1 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| NEUROHARMONY | £111k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |