LITTLE MIRACLES CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1160178 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Emotional and practical support for families that have children with additional needs, disabilities and life limiting conditions.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES AND/OR LIFE LIMITING CONDITIONS AND/OR ADDITIONAL NEEDS, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF DROP IN SESSIONS, INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT ON ALL ASPECTS OF CARING FOR A CHILD OR YOUNG ADULT WITH SUCH CONDITIONS.

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 · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £71,077 with total income exceeding £1 million for the first time. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £330,437, providing a financial base for future plans.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: up to six months of expenditure as unrestricted funds (held: £330k)
“The Trustees therefore aim to hold up to six months of expenditure as unrestricted funds.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by GH Audit Ltd. 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Little Miracles (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.0m
Cost of raising funds
£132k
Reserves (reported)
£330k
Employees
49

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (65% 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: 12.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Lincolnshire · Northamptonshire · Peterborough City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.1m£1.0m
31/03/2024£1000k£904k
31/03/2023£590k£621k
31/03/2022£335k£393k
31/03/2021£507k£366k

Common questions

Is LITTLE MIRACLES CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £71,077 with total income exceeding £1 million for the first time. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £330,437, providing a financial base for future plans. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by GH Audit Ltd.

Who funds LITTLE MIRACLES CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LITTLE MIRACLES CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION as a grant recipient include BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2kAnn Rylands Small Donations
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUSTFY2024£1kRound One - Projects for improving employment prospects for people with disabilities

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery28/04/2025£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund21/02/2025£20kPlay and Connect for Disabled Children in Peterborough
UK government08/11/2024£11kALB-Sport England-Fenland Miracle Squad
The National Lottery Community Fund02/02/2024£20kActivities for Families with Disabled Children in Milton Keynes
Postcode Lottery31/07/2023£25kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund17/06/2022£10kWelcome to Little Miracles
The National Lottery Community Fund10/06/2022£10kCommunityActivities and Family Support for Disabled Children in Ramsey
The National Lottery Community Fund23/04/2021£10kPeterborough Receptionist
The National Lottery Community Fund05/03/2021£10kLocal support for families with disabled children around Ramsey Cambridgeshire
UK government09/09/2020£39kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund02/05/2019£9kSecurity, rent and volunteer costs
The National Lottery Community Fund17/01/2019£10kFamily Support for Children with Disabilites
Sport England07/06/2018£25kFamily sports
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2015£7kNurturing understanding through knowledge
The National Lottery Community Fund29/07/2015£10kA4A - Feet on the Ramsey Rainbow

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MIRACLES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LITTLE MIRACLES CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
MIRACLES FY2024£351k—0unclear—no doubt
LITTLE LIVES UK FY2026£1.5m£80,000 - £89,9992unclear—no doubt
LITTLE HERO FY2025£69k—0above—no doubt
LITTLELIFTS FY2025£777k—0above—no doubt
THE LITTLE CHARITY FY2025£111k—0unclear—no doubt

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