DAVID RANDALL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1151121 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DRF

We provide a unique service to people with life limiting illnesses, by organising a series of outings for them throughout their illness. Each applicant has their own ambassador who organises their outings and keeps in touch with the family.Our grants for music and sport give opportunities to young people who may not otherwise be able to afford to maximise their talent.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT TO ENABLE THEM TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION AND DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES IN ACTIVITIES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD.2) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AMONG PEOPLE WITH LIFE LIMITING ILLNESSES LIVING IN ESSEX BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR AND THEIR FAMILIES' CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £184,228, an increase from the previous year, with no funds in deficit. The trustees consider these reserves to be within acceptable guidelines to maintain a sound financial basis for developing activities. The charity is supported entirely by volunteers and has received an independent examination report confirming no material issues.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW BARNES
• GARY BANNISTER
• JOHN RANDALL
• Kimberley Roig
• Lee Monk · trustee of 2 other charities
• MR JIMMY AINSCOUGH
• Mark Bennett
• Mark Thomson
• NEIL FOSTER
• SUSAN RANDALL

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

Operates in: Essex · Havering · Suffolk

Income and spending

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