MOLLY OLLY'S WISHES

Registered charity 1145312 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support emotionally and financially where appropriate the lives of children suffering from terminal and life threatening illnesses throughout the UK and the Republic of Ireland, and to advise and assist families with children suffering from terminal or life threatening illnesses.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS AND PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM TERMINAL AND LIFE THREATENING ILLNESSES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS THROUGHOUT THE UK AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, ACTIVITIES AND SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE SAID BENEFICIARIES.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Warwick, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £316,716, exceeding the stated policy target of £200,000. The charity reported a net income of £85,955 for the year, with total incoming resources of £932,643 and total expenditure of £846,688. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with sufficient funds to meet current commitments.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07762229

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Molly Olly's Wishes (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.

• RAVENHALL, Ian — director, appointed 11/06/2026on trustee list
• BARNES, Natalie Ann — director, appointed 12/12/2024on trustee list
• BRINDLEY, Joanne — director, appointed 03/10/2023on trustee list
• SILCOCK, Amanda Jayne — director, appointed 21/03/2023on trustee list
• OLLERENSHAW, Rachel Susan — director, appointed 05/09/2011on trustee list
• WALSH, Kevin Michael Patrick — secretary, appointed 30/09/2020

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 34.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Jayne Silcock
• Gurmukh Singh Hayre
• Ian Ravenhall
• Joanne Brindley
• Natalie Ann Barnes
• RACHEL OLLERENSHAW

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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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOLLYS HEARTS.

• HOLLYS HEARTS income £128k
• YOUR ONE WISH income £87k
• THE MILLIE WRIGHT CHILDREN'S CHARITY income £71k
• WISHES 4 KIDS income £249k
• BRIONYS GIFT income £68k
• THE MARY DOLLY FOUNDATION income £295k

Side by side with its peers

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