FAMILIES OF OCEAN WARD

Registered charity 1145013 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SOCIAL EVENTS FOR HEART PATIENTS AND SIBLINGS. HARDSHIP FUNDPROVISION OF EQUIPMENT TO PATIENTSPROVISION OF EQUIPMENT TO OCEAN WARD.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF AND RELIEVE SICKNESS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS WITH CONGENITAL HEART CONDITIONS WHO ARE TREATED AT SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL AND LOCATED ACROSS THE SOUTH AND THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WEST SUSSEX, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS, HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT, BERKSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE BY SUCH ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted donations decreased to £47,380 from £57,137 in the previous year, while total expenditure fell to £27,826. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £141,942, which significantly exceeds the trustees' estimated requirement of £20,000 for one year of basic running costs and core support. The trustees note that a decrease in income would impact the charity's operations, highlighting a dependency on continued donor support.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Families of Ocean Ward (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rachel Carterchair
• Catherine Dalton
• Kelly Luan Sparks
• SAM PRIOR

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

Operates in: Devon · Dorset · East Sussex · Hampshire · Oxfordshire · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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