JAMES BULGER MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1141125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal objects and activities of the charity are the provision of resources and facilities that benefit and support young people who are disadvantaged by reason of having become the victims of crime or bereavement and to reward those who are judged to have shown exemplary conduct making a positive contribution to sick or disabled relatives or to the welfare of others or society in general.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFCALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO BENEFIT AND SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED BY REASON OF HAVING BECOME THE VICTIMS OF CRIME, HATRED OR BULLYING.TO REWARD THOSE WHO ARE JUDGED TO HAVE SHOWN EXEMPLARY CONDUCT, MAKING A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELFARE OF OTHERS,OR SOCIETY IN GENERAL.TO DO SO BY PROVIDING COST-FREE TRAVEL AND HOLLIDAY ACCOMMODATION FOR SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES;ALONG WITH A RANGE OF OTHER TANGIBILE REWARDS,AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE TRUSTEES OR THEIR APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVES,AND TO SUPPORT OTHER ORGANISATIONS BENEFITING CHILDREN IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES,AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE TRUSTEES.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource position for the year, with total resources expended (£71,247) exceeding total incoming resources (£47,188). Consequently, unrestricted funds decreased from £159,362 to £135,303, while the total net assets fell from £232,436 to £208,377. The independent examiner confirmed that the financial statements accord with the accounting records and comply with applicable requirements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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 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
• Paying staff
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07437397

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The James Bulger Memorial Trust. (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• MORRIS, Kimberley Geraldine — director, appointed 17/04/2025not on trustee list
• MORRIS, Steven Andrew — director, appointed 17/04/2025not on trustee list
• FERGUS, Denise — director, appointed 11/11/2011on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kym Morrischair
• DENISE FERGUS
• Steve Morris
• Tony O'Brien

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Halton · Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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