DREAMS AND WISHES

Registered charity 1145648 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

DREAMS AND WISHES IS A CHARITY DEDICATED TO HELPING SERIOUSLY ILL CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.

Objects

TO RELIEVE CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM SERIOUS OR TERMINAL ILLNESS AND THE FAMILIES OF SUCH CHILDREN BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY GRANTING FINANCIAL AID TO THOSE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF THOSE CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE CHARITY SUPPORTING SPECIALIST MEDICAL CARE AFFORDED OR REFERRED TO THE CHARITY BY MEANS OF FINANCIAL AID OR OTHERWISE TO CREATE DREAMS AND WISHES FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE SERIOUSLY OR TERMINALLY ILL TO CREATE SPECIAL MEMORIES FOR BOTH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF THOSE CHILDREN.THE CHARITY WILL OPERATE THROUGHOUT ENGLAND & WALES

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newport, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £456,485 for the year ended 30 November 2025, with total incoming resources of £632,119 against resources expended of £175,634. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,830,028, which is above the stated policy target of maintaining between three and six months of expenditure. The charity is being independently examined rather than audited, with no material uncertainties or governance issues disclosed.

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 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (75% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (08/08/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIDGET ATKINSON
• JONATHAN CHARLES COLLINGBORNE
• TONY CURTIS MBE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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