THE THEODORA CHILDREN'S CHARITY

Registered charity 1094532 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE THEODORA CHILDREN'S TRUST

The Theodora Children's Charity brings music, magic and laughter to children living with illness, disability and serious health challenges with Giggle Doctor visits. They are professional performers, trained by the charity, to work in a clinical setting to bring therapeutic play to relieve a childs' distress, and improve their wellbeing and experience of being in hospital.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves stood at £257,115, which is below the charity's stated policy target of holding between three and six months of running costs. The trustees acknowledge this level is lower than desired but confirm that resources are adequate to continue operating in the medium term.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Theodora 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).

• Cencora Impact Foundation — “The Cencora Impact Foundation is kindly supporting our Giggle Doctor Programme to improve the health and wellbeing of children in hospital” (source page)
• Joie — “Through the partnership, Joie’s generous support will help our Giggle Doctors to bring moments of joy, laughter and connection to nearly two…” (source page)
• Sussex Community Foundation — “Sussex Community Foundation raises funds for and make grants to local charities and community groups across East and West Sussex and Brighto…” (source page)
• The Community Fund at The Leys — “The Community Fund at The Leys aims to support charitable endeavours across Cambridgeshire and East London. Through this support, they empow…” (source page)
• The Sarah Nulty Power of Music Foundation — “The Sarah Nulty Power of Music Foundation exists to celebrate and support people to experience the transformative power of music. We are her…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 22.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDRE POULIE
• Daniel Wise
• Helen Fentimen
• IAN KELLY
• JAN POULIE
• Janet Lee
• Kenneth Lawrence Robertshaw
• Sabine Valerie Jeanne Marie Notz Catsiapis

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MUSIC IN HOSPITALS AND CARE.

• MUSIC IN HOSPITALS AND CARE income £825k
• HEAD2HEAD THEATRE income £219k
• SPREAD A SMILE income £2.2m
• STARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION income £4.0m
• ROALD DAHL'S MARVELLOUS CHILDREN'S CHARITY income £1.3m
• TEDDY20 SUPPORTING CHILDREN WITH CANCER LIMITED income £125k

Side by side with its peers

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