DAME VERA LYNN CHILDREN'S CHARITY

Registered charity 1089657 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DAME VERA LYNN TRUST FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY

This charity provides early intervention and other relevant related services to children with cerebral palsy and other motor impairments and associated disabilities and their parents and carers.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £167,982 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven largely by legacies and increased fundraising. Free reserves stood at £215,743, which the trustees noted was just short of their six-month policy target, though they expressed confidence in meeting it going forward.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dame Vera Lynn Children's Charity (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).

• UK Research and Innovation — “Six months into a UK Research and Innovation-funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Dame Vera Lynn Children…” (source page)
• Teladoc Health — “Seeing the children and parents during sessions and learning about the positive impact DVLCC has on their lives showed how vital its service…” (source page)
• Slater and Gordon — “This charity is a lifeline for many of the families who access its services… we are so pleased to be able to support the DVLCC team in growi…” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 24.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (05/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Michael Nicholas Duttchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alastair Hitchman
• Carolyn Scott
• Deborah Fry
• Douglas William Hill · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Haigh-Reeve
• Sarah Whiteley

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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).