CEREBRAL PALSY PLUS

Registered charity 1070079 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CP PLUS, SCOPE BRISTOL, SCOPE BRISTOL CPT

Assistance of those with Cerebral Palsy and their carers resident in the greater Bristol area so as to enable them to live as independently and fully as possible

Causes: Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£225k

Latest spending

£271k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £45,742 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £295,542 to £249,800. The trustees maintain that free reserves of £32,986 meet their policy aim of holding at least six months of running costs, and they consider the charity to be a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 6 months running costs (held: £33k)

“The trustees aim to hold free reserves equating to at least 6 months running costs” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03553651

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cerebral Palsy Plus (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).

Global’s Make Some Noise — “This website was created with thanks to a Development Grant from Global’s Make Some Noise” (source page)

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.

CREESE, Linda — director, appointed 05/12/2024on trustee list
BHARGAVA, Ankita — director, appointed 05/12/2024on trustee list
BRISTOW, Rebecca — director, appointed 05/12/2024on trustee list
TAYLOR, Robyn Jessica — director, appointed 02/12/2021on trustee list
THOMAS, Ian — director, appointed 26/11/2018on trustee list
BARRELL, James — director, appointed 26/11/2018on trustee list
FU CLARKE, Sonia Tsi-Shan — director, appointed 26/11/2018not on trustee list
TAYLOR, Robyn Jessica — secretary, appointed 07/12/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). 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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/12/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Sonia Fu Clarkechair
Ankita Bhargava
Ian Thomas
James Barrell
Linda Creese
Rebecca Bristow
Robyn Taylor

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£225k	£271k
31/03/2024	£172k	£213k
31/03/2023	£233k	£192k
31/03/2022	£164k	£141k
31/03/2021	£183k	£122k

Common questions

Is CEREBRAL PALSY PLUS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £45,742 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £295,542 to £249,800. The trustees maintain that free reserves of £32,986 meet their policy aim of holding at least six months of running costs, and they consider the charity to be a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CEREBRAL PALSY PLUS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CEREBRAL PALSY PLUS as a grant recipient include THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PIERREPONT TRUST, THE TRUEMARK TRUST, THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY, THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£11k
THE PIERREPONT TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE TRUEMARK TRUST	FY2024	£10k
THE PIERREPONT TRUST	FY2025	£10k
THE PIERREPONT TRUST	FY2022	£10k
THE PIERREPONT TRUST	FY2024	£10k
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY	FY2022	£6k	costs of supporting people with the disease in the Bristol area
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£5k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k
THE PIXEL FUND	FY2024	£5k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k	Relief of those in need
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INSURERS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£4k	Ad hoc grants
THE TULA TRUST LIMITED	FY2022	£2k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITED	FY2023	£2k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k	Relief of those in need
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INSURERS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k	Ad hoc grant
THE HUGH SYMONS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k	Health and Welfare
SPIELMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement	FY2023	£2k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£2k	Relief of those in need
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k	Relief of those in need
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement	FY2022	£2k	General charitable donations
THE PORTISHEAD NAUTICAL TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE GRACE TRUST	FY2021	£750
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£500
THE CHANDRIS FOUNDATION	FY2022	£500	Other Charities
THE CHANDRIS FOUNDATION	FY2021	£500	Other Charities
THE OAKDALE TRUST	FY2023	£500
THE CHANDRIS FOUNDATION	FY2024	£500
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2021	£0
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	04/05/2023	£4k	Swimming for adults with Cerebral Palsy
UK government	04/05/2023	£4k	ALB-Sport England-Swimming for adults with Cerebral Palsy
Sport England	07/04/2022	£2k	Jubilee Fund - Bristol Frame Running Club

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	2	£175k
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	—
THE JENOUR FOUNDATION	1	—
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION	1	£274k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£37k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
The Teesside Charity	1	£11k
JOHNNIE JOHNSON TRUST	1	£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Cerebral Palsy Cymru.

Cerebral Palsy Cymru income £1.7m
CEREBRAL PALSY MIDLANDS income £1.4m
C P SPORT income £288k
ENHANCEABLE income £3.1m
STOCKPORT, EAST CHESHIRE, HIGH PEAK, URMSTON & DISTRICT CEREBRAL PALSY SOCIETY income £3.8m
CHEYNE CHARITY FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY income £120k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CEREBRAL PALSY PLUS	£225k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Cerebral Palsy Cymru FY2025	£1.7m	£60,001 - £70,000	4	unclear	—	noted
CEREBRAL PALSY MIDLANDS FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
C P SPORT FY2025	£288k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ENHANCEABLE FY2025	£3.1m	—	1	unclear	—	no doubt
STOCKPORT, EAST CHESHIRE, HIGH PEAK, URMSTON & DISTRICT CEREBRAL PALSY SOCIETY FY2025	£3.8m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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