SOPHIE'S JOURNEY

Registered charity 1168194 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDE FREE HOLIDAYS TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH CANCER IN LINCOLNSHIRE

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 IN LINCOLNSHIRE, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FREE HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION, INFORMATION ADVICE AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lincoln, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £163,852, which is above the trustees' policy target of approximately £19,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity remained in a surplus position for the year, supported by donations and fundraising events.

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 4 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sophie's Journey (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW MARSHALL
• BEN ROBINSON
• NICOLA GALLOP

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHARLIE'S PROMISE.

• CHARLIE'S PROMISE income £274k
• SOPHIE'S LEGACY income £817k
• COST OF CANCER income £24k
• JOURNEY WITHIN FOUNDATION income £229k
• GOLD GEESE income £320k
• FAIRHOLT CHARITY TRUST income £39k

Side by side with its peers

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