ANNABELLES CHALLENGE

Registered charity 1157074 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND MEDICAL PROFESSION IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO VASCULAR EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME2. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH AND EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF VEDS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH3. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND GOOD MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF VEDS, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £50,317 for the year ending 31st March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £265,245. The trustees confirm the charity is in a good financial position, with £182,000 of the carried-forward funds specifically designated for research purposes.

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
• 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
• Investment
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Annabelles Challenge (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Catterall DLchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Andy Fish
• Clare Frances Edge
• Connor Peebles
• Elizabeth Whelan
• Megan Thornton-Thompson

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).