TINY LIVES TRUST
Registered charity 1150178 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TINY LIVES
The Tiny Lives Trust is a registered charity that helps to care for premature and sick newborn babies, their mothers and families, in particular those looked after by the Newcastle Neonatal Service at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne. The fund aims to provide the highest quality of care on an ongoing basis to support a range of facilities, staff, and equipment.
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £57,575 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £747,805. The trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring unrestricted reserves equivalent to at least six months of operating costs, and the current unrestricted funds of £721,001 exceed this target. The auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months operating costs (held: £721k)
“This policy stipulates that the charity will maintain unrestricted reserves equivalent to at least six months operating costs.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Robson Laidler Accountants Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Tiny Lives (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.
- SHARP, Robert — director, appointed 06/08/2025on trustee list
- ZALEWSKI, Stefan, Dr — director, appointed 09/05/2025on trustee list
- TURNBALL, Richard — director, appointed 09/05/2025not on trustee list
- CHADDERTON, Kayleigh — director, appointed 08/05/2025on trustee list
- HODGSON, Ailie — director, appointed 20/11/2023on trustee list
- HALL, David Cameron — director, appointed 18/11/2022on trustee list
- SOUTHAM, Sarah — director, appointed 16/11/2022on trustee list
- DUNSMURE, Andrew David Thomas — director, appointed 13/11/2022on trustee list
- DIXON, Jennifer Helen, Dr — director, appointed 16/02/2021on trustee list
- CARRUTHERS JONES, Jennifer Anne — director, appointed 01/05/2019not on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£148k
Reported reserves equal ~10.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 17.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Ailie Hodgson
- Andrew David Thomas Dunsmure
- David Cameron Hall
- Dr Jennifer Helen Dixon
- Dr Stefan Zalewski
- Jennifer Carruthers Jones
- Kayleigh Chadderton
- Richard Turnbull
- Robert Sharp
- Sarah Southam
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is TINY LIVES TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £57,575 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £747,805. The trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring unrestricted reserves equivalent to at least six months of operating costs, and the current unrestricted funds of £721,001 exceed this target. The auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Robson Laidler Accountants Limited.
Who funds TINY LIVES TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name TINY LIVES TRUST as a grant recipient include WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (UK) CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION, THE MIDDLETON FOUNDATION, Becht Foundation, THE W A HANDLEY CHARITY TRUST, HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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