CREATE A DREAM FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1172133 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objective of the charity is to relieve individuals suffering from serious, terminal or life threatening illness and the families of such individuals by creating dreams and wishes for those individuals who are seriously or terminally ill to create special memories for them and their families. The charity operates primarily in the South Yorkshire region.

Objects

TO RELIEVE INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM SERIOUS, TERMINAL OR LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS AND THE FAMILIES OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY GRANTING FINANCIAL AID TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO OR IDENTIFIED BY THE CHARITY.THIS WILL BE PRIMARILY BE DONE BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CREATING DREAMS AND WISHES FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SERIOUSLY OR TERMINALLY ILL TO CREATE SPECIAL MEMORIES FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.THIS MAY INCLUDE DIRECTLY SUPPORTING MEDICAL CARE.

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 the charity generated a surplus of £7,073.27 for the year ended 30 November 2025, with total incoming resources of £55,731.61 and resources expended of £48,658.34. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves totaled £55,663.02, which is above the stated policy threshold of £20,000.00, allowing the charity to maintain normal operations and dream commitments.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Create A Dream Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• McLaren Sheffield — “A huge thank you to Dave Haddon, Joe Hughes and all staff at McLaren Sheffield. Staff have been fundraising for us this year at events and o…” (source page)

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• NEIL MCLEANchair
• ADAM AINGER
• Ailsa Watson
• Benjamin Ainger
• CHRISTOPHER ELLIS
• MATTHEW PEACE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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