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NOAH'S ARK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY

Registered charity 1069485 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN WALES APPEAL LIMITED, CHILDRENS HOSPITAL IN WALES APPEAL, THE NOAH'S ARK APPEAL

Fundraising to provide equipment and other resources for the Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales.

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Latest income
£2.3m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £2,347,902 and incurred total expenditure of £1,831,713, resulting in a net income of £516,189 for the year. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves stood at £842,198, which they consider sufficient to meet liabilities over the next 12 months, allowing the accounts to be prepared on a going concern basis. The charity relies entirely on voluntary donations and gifts in Wills, with no government or NHS funding received.

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: Noah’s Ark Appeal Limited
“These consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital Charity (the ‘parent charitable company’) and Noah’s Ark Appeal Limited, its wholly owned trading subsidiary” — page 68
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital Charity (Wales) (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

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

Total income
£2.3m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£469k
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~7.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 20.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.3m£1.8m
31/03/2024£2.4m£2.1m
31/12/2022£1.5m£1.3m
31/12/2021£1.2m£1.2m
31/12/2020£1.0m£1.3m

Common questions

Is NOAH'S ARK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £2,347,902 and incurred total expenditure of £1,831,713, resulting in a net income of £516,189 for the year. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves stood at £842,198, which they consider sufficient to meet liabilities over the next 12 months, allowing the accounts to be prepared on a going concern basis. The charity relies entirely on voluntary donations and gifts in Wills, with no government or NHS funding received. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Menzies LLP.

Who funds NOAH'S ARK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NOAH'S ARK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY as a grant recipient include THE SIMMONS AND SIMMONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE PENNIES FOUNDATION, THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SIMMONS AND SIMMONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£150kCovid 19 Donations
THE SIMMONS AND SIMMONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£55kSimmons & Simmons’ staff nominated charities
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2022£17k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2021£14kGrant to institution
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2024£8k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2023£4

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
SALOMAN FOUNDATION1—
THE JENOUR FOUNDATION1—
COLLECTIVE FUTURES (CIO)1£95k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST1£33k
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£20k
THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATION1£10k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NOAH'S ARK - THE CHILDREN'S HOSPICE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NOAH'S ARK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY£2.3m—0unclear—no doubt
NOAH'S ARK - THE CHILDREN'S HOSPICE FY2025£6.7m£140,001 - £150,000—within—no doubt
NOAH'S ARK NURSERY SCHOOL FY2025£245k—0above—no doubt
NOAH'S ARK PRE-SCHOOL (BILLERICAY) FY2025£159k—0unclear—no doubt
NOAH'S ARK PLAYGROUP FY2025£186k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ARK FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE FY2025£391k—0below—noted

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