VICTA CHILDREN LTD

Registered charity 1065029 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BROOKES MARATHON FUND FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHIDREN TAKING ACTION LTD, BROOKES MARATHON FUND FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN TAKING ACTION LTD, VICTA

VICTA supports children and young people who are blind or partially sighted and their families. We have an activities program for young people to support their social, emotional development and encourage independence. We also provide grants for much needed learning tools and support parents through our networking of family weekends.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF, AND PROVIDE FOR THE CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN. (B) TO REPRESENT THE NEEDS OF AND INTERESTS OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN (C) TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND SPORTING ACTIVITIES FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN

Area of benefit: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

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 · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Milton Keynes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 25% to £1,229,864, resulting in a net surplus of £258,624 for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £713,167, which the Trustees confirm are sufficient to cover costs for six months. The auditors reported 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 audited by Nordens Audit Limited. Discloses 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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)

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03424608

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.

• RICHARDS, Elizabeth Fay — director, appointed 26/08/1997on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 33.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Pamela Frances Lewischair
• Christian Marc Sprenger
• ELIZABETH FAY RICHARDS
• Warren McCumiskey

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

Operates in: 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 BLIND CHILDREN UK.

• BLIND CHILDREN UK income £328k
• KITH AND KIDS income £858k
• Professional Association for the Vision Impairment Education Workforce income £121k
• LOOK NATIONAL FEDERATION OF FAMILIES WITH VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN income £606k
• THE SIVA TRUST LTD income £184k
• Vidya Jyoti income £149k

Side by side with its peers

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