CDH UK- THE CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA CHARITY

Registered charity 1106065 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CDH UK, CHERUBS UK · also registered in Scotland as SC042410 (OSCR)

CDH UK provides support and help to families affected by the medical condition Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH). Anyone with any connection or interest in CDH is welcome to access the services we offer. We raise awareness and provide social activities. We contribute to medical research including awarding grants from our own research fund and participating in international networking.

Objects

A. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE HEALTH OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA AND ANY RELATED CONDITION AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO B. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC INTO CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FAMILY.C. THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, EFFECTS, TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.

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: King's Lynn and West Norfolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £14,884 for the year ended 7 June 2025, with total funds increasing to £490,345. Free reserves amounted to £67,645, which the trustees note exceeds their policy target of approximately £10,500 (three months of unrestricted expenditure). The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the financial statements.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Investment
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 07/06/2025 (received 08/04/2026, 1 day after the 07/04/2026 due date); year ending 07/06/2024 (received 22/04/2025, 15 days after the 07/04/2025 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 — CDH UK (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MRS BEV POWERchair
• BRENDA LANE
• BRENDA LANE
• DONNA FAHEY

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CDG UK.

• CDG UK income £30k
• CURE DHDDS income £131k
• PRIMARY CILIARY DYSKINESIA SUPPORT UK income £16k
• OPERATION HERNIA income £66k
• CdLS Foundation UK & Ireland income £54k
• CDS UK (CLINIC FOR DISSOCIATIVE STUDIES) income £2.3m

Side by side with its peers

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