ZOE'S PLACE TRUST
Registered charity 1092545 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Provision of hospice care for children aged 0 to 5 years. This may be extended to age 7 if there is a clinical or social need
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity recorded a net incoming resource of £689,594 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted free reserves of £1,092,455. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory, noting that while income is volatile, the charity has strong positive cash balances and forecasts to continue operational existence.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: four months expenditure (held: £1.1m)
“Taking these factors into account the Trustees consider it would be appropriate to hold the equivalent of four months expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee J Stainsby was reimbursed for travel expenses.
“J Stainsby (Trustee) The Trust reimbursed J Stainsby for travel expenses in the year of £5,220 (2024 - £5,112). At the balance sheet date the amount due J Stainsby was £Nil”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Zoe's Place Trading Limited
“Zoe's Place Trading Limited is a separate limited company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zoe's Place Trust and is consolidated as part of these accounts.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
ZOE'S PLACE TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Profit before tax: £24k
- The company undertook related party transactions with wholly owned members of the Zoe's Place Trust group during the year and has taken the exemption from disclosure of these transactions available under FRS 102 Section 33 Paragraph 33.1A.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Zoe's Place Trust - Middlesbrough (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- David Reynolds — Finance Director (Interim) (source)
- Joan Stainsby — Executive Trustee (source)
- Gina Ainsworth — Director of Clinical Services (source)
- Tommy Harrington — Director of Income Generation and Marketing (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.
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.
- ZAPASNICK, Lois — director, appointed 07/12/2023not on trustee list
- SCHOFIELD, Alan, Mr. — director, appointed 11/11/2022on trustee list
- TIN, Win, Professor — director, appointed 28/05/2019on trustee list
- GREENALL, Christopher — director, appointed 07/12/2017on trustee list
- STAINSBY, Joan — director, appointed 29/09/2008on trustee list
- MCGUIRE, Peter Damien, Rev — director, appointed 23/05/2002on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Zoe's Place Trust — Registered, 3 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 15/11/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£1.4m
Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 21.9% 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).
- Zoe's Place Middlesbrough: Good (14/01/2020) · CQC record
- Zoe's Place Baby Hospice: Good (29/10/2025) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (18/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (15/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (04/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (24/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (21/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (13/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Alan Schofieldchair
- CHRISTOPHER GREENALL
- JOAN STAINSBY
- Lois Zapasnik
- Rev PETER DAMIEN MCGUIRE
- Win Tin
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ZOE'S PLACE TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net incoming resource of £689,594 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted free reserves of £1,092,455. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory, noting that while income is volatile, the charity has strong positive cash balances and forecasts to continue operational existence. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.
Who funds ZOE'S PLACE TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ZOE'S PLACE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION, THE INLIGHT TRUST, THE PIERREPONT TRUST, BAIN CHARITABLE TRUST, MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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