NOAH'S ARK - THE CHILDREN'S HOSPICE

Registered charity 1081156 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NOAHS ARK CHILDRENS HOSPICE NOAHS ARK HOSPICE

Noah's Ark Children's Hospice helps babies, children and young people who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, and their families, make the most of every day. The team provide clinical, emotional and practical support that is carefully adapted for every child and is offered in their home or in a new state-of-the art hospice facility (The Ark) set in a 7.5 acre nature reserve.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £1,130,804 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by planned investments in clinical care and fundraising. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £6,965,041, which equates to 11.88 months of cover based on planned expenditure, a level the trustees consider adequate for the charity's needs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £120,001 - £130,000 (FY2024) to £140,001 - £150,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03901606

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Noah's Ark Children's Hospice (London) (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).

• The Fidelis Foundation — “Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice has been a valued partner of The Fidelis Foundation since 2021, and throughout that time we have had the privi…” (source page)
• Tottenham Hotspur — “We are proud to be the charity partner of Tottenham Hotspurs since 2016. Find out about the impact we have made.” (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.

• FRASER, Lorna Katherine, Professor — director, appointed 28/07/2025on trustee list
• ACHOKWU, Ginikanwa — director, appointed 28/07/2025on trustee list
• LIDDY, James Gervase — director, appointed 11/01/2024on trustee list
• BERESFORD, Simon Charles — director, appointed 11/01/2024on trustee list
• TUGENDHAT, James Walter — director, appointed 07/02/2022on trustee list
• AMAT, Richard James Anthony — director, appointed 05/07/2021on trustee list
• MENDELSSON, Michelle Rebecca — director, appointed 05/07/2021on trustee list
• POMROY, Paul James — director, appointed 05/07/2021on trustee list
• HANNIGAN, Susan Emma Lisa — secretary, appointed 17/08/2026

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Noah's Ark - The Children's Hospice — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 01/02/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~12.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.2% 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).

• Noah's Ark - The Children's Hospice: Outstanding (28/04/2023) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (04/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/08/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Tugendhatchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Camilla Kingdon
• Ginikanwa Achokwu
• James Gervase Liddy
• Michelle Mendelsson
• Paul Pomroy
• Professor Lorna Fraser
• Richard Amat
• Simon Charles Beresford

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

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).

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.

Charities like this

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

• NOAH'S ARK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY income £2.3m
• NOAH'S ARK NURSERY SCHOOL income £245k
• NOAH'S ARK PRE-SCHOOL (BILLERICAY) income £159k
• NOAH'S ARK NURSERY GROUP income £162k
• NOAH'S ARK ( TOLWORTH ) PRE-SCHOOL income £201k
• NOAH'S ARK PLAYGROUP income £186k

Side by side with its peers

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