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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Latest income
£6.2m
Latest spending
£5.6m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

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

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.

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)

Total income
£6.2m
Total spending
£5.6m
Cost of raising funds
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
110

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).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£6.2m£5.6m
30/06/2024£4.0m£5.3m
30/06/2023£4.3m£4.4m
30/06/2022£4.1m£3.3m
30/06/2021£3.9m£2.8m

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

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).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/03/2024£20kBereavement Service
UK government04/04/2023£641kChildren and Young Peoples Hospice Grant 2023-24 Zoë's Place Trust (Coventry)
UK government01/06/2022£150kZoë's Place Trust (Liverpool)
UK government01/06/2022£100kZoë's Place Trust (Middlesbrough)
Community Foundation North East10/02/2022£5kA grant to Zoe's Place Trust
UK government14/09/2021£237kZoe's Place Trust (Middlesbrough)
UK government14/09/2021£237kZoe's Place Trust (Liverpool)
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2021£6kPlay Therapy for Children with Long Term Health Conditions
The National Lottery Community Fund15/01/2020£72kBereavement Lead
UK government01/04/2019£224kZoë's Place Trust (Middlesbrough)
UK government01/04/2019£224kZoë's Place Trust (Liverpool)
UK government01/04/2019£136kZoë's Place Trust (Coventry)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/12/2018£10k"The Conservation of Crossbeck House"
The National Lottery Community Fund05/07/2018£9kCome and Play Day
The National Lottery Community Fund18/05/2016£195kThe Helping Hands Team
The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2012£5kZoes Place Information Library
The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2010£7kMulti-sensory Room

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ZOE'S PLACE TRUST£6.2m——unclear—no doubt
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
DEMELZA HOSPICE CARE FOR CHILDREN FY2025£17.3m——unclear—no doubt
ALEXANDER DEVINE CHILDREN'S CANCER TRUST FY2025£2.8m£80,001 - £90,0003below—no doubt
CHILDREN'S HOSPICE SOUTH WEST FY2025£22.4m£120,001 - £130,000—below12.0%no doubt
EAST ANGLIA'S CHILDREN'S HOSPICES FY2025£22.4m——unclear—no doubt

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