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.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE THE RELIEF OF THE SICKNESS AND DISABILITY OF CHILDREN IN HOSPITALS BY ANY METHOD WHICH MAY BE REGARDED AS CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY (1) THE PROVISION OF ENTERTAINERS AND CLOWNS TO BRING ENJOYMENT; AND (2) THE MAKING OF GRANTS OR OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; AND (3) THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04535844

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)

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.

• NOTZ CATSIAPIS, Sabine Valerie Jeanne Marie — director, appointed 20/02/2023not on trustee list
• FENTIMEN, Helen Lesley — director, appointed 20/12/2022on trustee list
• LEE, Janet — director, appointed 19/12/2022on trustee list
• KELLY, Ian — director, appointed 12/11/2015on trustee list
• WISE, Daniel Joseph — director, appointed 12/11/2015on trustee list
• POULIE, Andre — director, appointed 16/09/2002on trustee list
• POULIE, Jan — director, appointed 16/09/2002on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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