CAUDWELL CHILDREN

Registered charity 1079770 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAUDWELL CHARITY, THE CAUDWELL CHARITABLE TRUST · also registered in Scotland as SC043874 (OSCR)

Caudwell Children provides:* Family support and short break activities * Mobility and sensory equipment * Access to life saving surgeries treatments* Life changing therapy for children with brain injuries, and their families* Supported holidays for children fighting life threatening illnesses with their families* Holistic therapy for Autistic children and their families

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds deficit of £1,443,263 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves amounted to £2,469,510, which is equivalent to just over four months of forward overhead expenditure, falling below the stated policy target of six months. The charity holds total cash reserves of £8.39m, with the majority deposited in instant access accounts to maintain liquidity for service delivery.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• $1 million raised for Caudwell Children charity by Hook painting gbc.gi · 25/06/2026
• Jobs available in Stoke right now: Superdrug, Caudwell Children, Keele University and more stoke.nub.news · 23/05/2026
• Caudwell Children partner with Slater and Gordon nrtimes.co.uk · 14/04/2026
• Caudwell Children's charity film up for national award bbc.co.uk · 29/01/2026
• BRANDON CONSULTANTS BRINGS CAUDWELL CHILDREN’S NEW BRAND POSITIONING TO LIFE WITH A VISUAL BRAND IDENTITY ROOTED IN POTENTIAL – Marketing Communication News marcommnews.com · 12/11/2025
• Caudwell Children Raises Over €1 Million in Monaco montecarloliving.com · 27/10/2025
• Billy Folchetti Brings Creative Vision to Caudwell Children’s Iconic Butterfly Ball Monaco london-post.co.uk · 09/09/2025
• Who’s Moving: Save the Children, Caudwell Children and more civilsociety.co.uk · 11/11/2024

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03864620

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Caudwell Children (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• John Caudwell — Chairman Emeritus (source)
• David Canfield — Chairman (source)

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Likewize — “Likewize, a tech company, chose Caudwell Children as their “Charity of the Year” in 2024.” (source page)
• Radwell International — “Soaring for a Cause: Radwell International's Skydive in Support of Caudwell Children.” (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.

• MCKNIGHT, Maxwell — director, appointed 18/12/2025not on trustee list
• CANFIELD, David Hodgson — director, appointed 10/01/2024on trustee list
• CAUDWELL, Brian, Mr. — director, appointed 24/10/2023on trustee list
• FENTON, Michael — director, appointed 17/10/2023on trustee list
• TIMPSON, Johnny — director, appointed 17/10/2023on trustee list
• GRIFFITHS, Jacqueline Donna — director, appointed 30/11/2010on trustee list

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); recorded price paid £264k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Caudwell Children — Registered, 1 registered location, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 14/01/2020.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (70% 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: 16.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Caudwell International Childrens Centre: Good (25/02/2020) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIAN CAUDWELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Caroline Rees
• David Canfield · trustee of 1 other charity
• JACQUELINE DONNA GRIFFITHS
• JOHNNY TIMPSON
• Michael Fenton · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Michael Fenton — trustee here and at THE JOHN CAUDWELL FOUNDATION

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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