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.

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

Latest income

£933k

Latest spending

£847k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

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

Reserves policy: £200,000 (held: £317k)

“The Trustees have decided to increase the Charity’s reserves policy for 2025/26 to £200,000” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Molly Olly's Wishes (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Total income

£933k

Total spending

£847k

Cost of raising funds

£319k

Reserves (reported)

£317k

Employees

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£933k	£847k
30/09/2024	£693k	£521k
30/09/2023	£623k	£898k
30/09/2022	£488k	£409k
30/09/2021	£392k	£323k

Common questions

Is MOLLY OLLY'S WISHES financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MOLLY OLLY'S WISHES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MOLLY OLLY'S WISHES as a grant recipient include THE RIGBY FOUNDATION, THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION, THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED, GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST, WARWICK PROVIDENT DISPENSARY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE RIGBY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£15k
THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION	FY2022	£15k	Sponsored Grant
THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k	Sponsored Grant
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2023	£5k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
WARWICK PROVIDENT DISPENSARY	FY2025	£1k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£500

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 PENNIES FOUNDATION	2	£43k
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION	2	£8k
THE THALES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	—
THE KENTOWN WIZARD FOUNDATION	1	£8.3m
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£670k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£399k
THE HINDUJA FOUNDATION	1	£293k
THE MANOUKIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£151k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EAST ANGLIA'S CHILDREN'S HOSPICES.

EAST ANGLIA'S CHILDREN'S HOSPICES income £22.4m
PROMISE DREAMS income £237k
THE MILLIE WRIGHT CHILDREN'S CHARITY income £124k
MOLLY ROSE FOUNDATION income £2.2m
OLLY'S FUTURE income £106k
SINCERE SUPPORT income £122k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MOLLY OLLY'S WISHES	£933k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EAST ANGLIA'S CHILDREN'S HOSPICES FY2025	£22.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PROMISE DREAMS FY2024	£237k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MILLIE WRIGHT CHILDREN'S CHARITY FY2025	£124k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MOLLY ROSE FOUNDATION FY2024	£2.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OLLY'S FUTURE FY2025	£106k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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