CROYDON SICKLE CELL AND THALASSAEMIA SUPPORT GROUP

Registered charity 1100120 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide support for sickle cell and thalassaemia suffers.

Objects

1) THE RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY SICKLE CELL AND THALASSAEMIA, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS (THE BENEFICIAL CLASS); SO AS TO EMPOWER THEM AND IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR THE BENEFICIAL CLASS SO AS TO IMPROVE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT.3) THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH IN THE GENERAL POPULATION AND IN PARTICULAR, AMONGST THE BENEFICIAL CLASS.

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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Registered contact address: Croydon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £38,482.82, funded by donations and specific project grants. The organization is run entirely by volunteers and states it does not foresee resource shortages as a problem. While annual events were cancelled due to the death of the secretary, supporters continued to raise funds, indicating ongoing operational stability.

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 3 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 05/02/2026, 5 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 20/05/2024, 110 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 13/10/2023, 255 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 24/03/2022, 52 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Croydon Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Support Group (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sonia Meiklechair
• JACQUELINE SIMPSON

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

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SICKLE CELL SOCIETY.

• THE SICKLE CELL SOCIETY income £1.2m
• SICKLE CELL CARE MANCHESTER income £88.9m
• SARCOIDOSISUK income £185k
• SICKLE CELL AND THALASSAEMIA SUPPORT PROJECT (WOLVERHAMPTON) income £706k
• THE THALIDOMIDE TRUST income £28.6m
• THE SCHINZEL-GIEDION SYNDROME FOUNDATION income £68k

Side by side with its peers

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