FAIRY BRICKS

Registered charity 1161639 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Specialise in the donation of new LEGO sets to children in a hospital and hospice environment.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN IN A HOSPITAL AND HOSPICE ENVIRONMENT BY DONATING THE HOSPITALS AND HOSPICES LEGO SETS TO ASSIST THEIR RECOVERY AND QUALITY 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 funds total £760,282, with free reserves of £710,571, significantly exceeding the trustee policy target of covering outstanding liabilities. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status, noting that income continues to outstrip expenditure.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

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

Reported reserves equal ~10.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (61% 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: 40.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kerry Louise Barrasschair
• David John Fennell
• Jason Sloan Granet

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

Operates in: Australia · Belgium · Canada · Croatia · Denmark · France · Germany · Ireland · Italy · Northern Ireland · Norway · Portugal

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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