THE BRITISH POLIO FELLOWSHIP

Registered charity 1108335 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC038863 (OSCR)

We provide information, help and suppport for people with Polio and Post Polio Syndrome.We also provide welfare and holiday grants and campaign for the rights of people with polio and post polio syndrome.

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Latest income

£1.1m

Latest spending

£630k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended 2024 in a strong financial position with total net assets of £2,787,282, an increase from the previous year. The Trustees report an operating surplus driven by significant legacy income and investment gains, noting that unrestricted reserves are adequate to maintain core activities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: in excess of £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“1 individual earned in excess of £60,000 per annum in the year (2023: 1).” — page 26

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“1 individual earned in excess of £60,000 per annum in the year (2023: 1).” — page 26

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 12 months' operating costs (being approximately £600,000) (held: £2.3m)

“As we are so dependent on legacies it is considered that the level of reserves needs to be adequate to maintain core activities and this should not fall below 12 months’ operating costs (being approximately £600,000).”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Three Trustees were reimbursed for travelling and hotel expenses amounting to £680. No remuneration was paid to any trustee nor any person connected to them in the year.

“Three Trustees were reimbursed for travelling and hotel expenses amounting to £680 (2023: £Nil). No remuneration was paid to any trustee nor any person connected to them in the year.” — page 24

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — British Polio Fellowship (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).

The Colin M.B.E. & Dawn Powell Charitable Trust Fund — “With thanks to The Colin M.B.E. & Dawn Powell Charitable Trust Fund.” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£1.1m

Total spending

£630k

Cost of raising funds

£42k

Reserves (reported)

£2.3m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~43.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Frances Quinn · trustee of 1 other charity
Gordon Cameron Richardson
John Adu
Linda Davis
Lisa Welsh
Michael Harper
Naliben Patel
Susan Brown
TERENCE COLIN BLACKMAN

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.1m	£630k
31/12/2023	£663k	£618k
31/12/2022	£526k	£515k
31/12/2021	£888k	£393k
31/12/2020	£536k	£409k

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH POLIO FELLOWSHIP financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended 2024 in a strong financial position with total net assets of £2,787,282, an increase from the previous year. The Trustees report an operating surplus driven by significant legacy income and investment gains, noting that unrestricted reserves are adequate to maintain core activities. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE BRITISH POLIO FELLOWSHIP earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the in excess of £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE BRITISH POLIO FELLOWSHIP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRITISH POLIO FELLOWSHIP as a grant recipient include THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST, R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST, MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust, THE KNOLL CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£10k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2025	£2k
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2024	£1k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust	FY2022	£500	Disability
THE KNOLL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£200
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS WARWICK	FY2024	£100	Charitable Donations from St Nicholas
THE KNOLL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£25
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS WARWICK	FY2025	£0	Charitable Donations from St Nicholas

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/09/2022	£5k	Polio Community Engagement Day
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/11/2009	£5k	Refurbishment of Branch Headquarters
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/10/2008	£48k	"Polio: A Living History"
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/11/2006	£5k	London Region Forum
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/07/2006	£5k	The British Polio Fellowship - Yorkshire Regional Forum
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/05/2004	£3k	Holiday for the disabled group members

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	—
THE POLONIA AID FOUNDATION TRUST	1	—
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£37k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	1	£5k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
WARWICKSHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, IGHTHAM	1	£382

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with POLIO AND CHILDREN IN NEED CHARITY.

POLIO AND CHILDREN IN NEED CHARITY income £148k
THE MYALGIC ENCEPHALOPATHY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £895k
Inflammatory Neuropathies UK income £196k
POA WELFARE FUND income £451k
THE CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT FELLOWSHIP income £367k
THE MEDICAL AID FOR POLAND FUND income £47k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BRITISH POLIO FELLOWSHIP	£1.1m	in excess of £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
POLIO AND CHILDREN IN NEED CHARITY FY2023	£148k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MYALGIC ENCEPHALOPATHY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£895k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Inflammatory Neuropathies UK FY2025	£196k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
POA WELFARE FUND FY2024	£451k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT FELLOWSHIP FY2024	£367k	£60,000 or above	1	unclear	—	no doubt

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