THE BRADLEY LOWERY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1174333 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLF - SMILE, BRADLEY LOWERYS FIGHT, BRADLEYS FIGHT

BLF support families affected by illness and disability by reducing stress and improving wellbeing. We help families raise funds for medical treatment, therapies, and equipment not available through the NHS.We also provide memory-making experiences, including access to a purpose-built holiday home, giving families time to rest, spend quality time together, and create lasting memories.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF SICKNESS DISEASE OR HUMAN SUFFERING OF PEOPLE RESIDING PERMANENTLY IN ENGLAND AND WALES (“THE AREA OF BENEFIT”) INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:1) THE ALLEVIATION OF SYMPTOMS AND THE CURE OF ILLNESS OR RELIEF OF SUFFERING BY TREATMENT OR THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT AND AIDS (EQUIPMENT FOR 18 YEARS AND YOUNGER) WHICH THOSE WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD.2) SUPPORTING FAMILIES AND PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND SHORT TERM BREAKS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THEY ARE INTENDED. IN ADDITION THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT WILL BE GIVEN TO FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS IN THE EVENT OF THE DEATH OF THE CHILD OR YOUNG PERSON AND ALSO FOR THE TRAVEL / ACCOMMODATION AND FOR TREATMENTS BEING PROVIDED DURING THEIR LIFE.3) ASSISTING IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM LIFE LIMITING OR DISABLING CONDITIONS OR HEALTH AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO THAT HEALTH CONDITION OR DISABLING DISEASE AND TO ASSIST FAMILIES IN SEIZING FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES.

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 · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net deficit of £57,309 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £407,645 and charitable expenditure of £464,954. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £527,055, which is above the stated policy target of covering running costs for at least one financial year. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the financial statements.

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 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
• 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

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 — The Bradley Lowery Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~17.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% 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: 6.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• REBECCA HARBRON GRAYchair
• David Flett
• GEMMA LOUISE LOWERY
• LYNN MURPHY
• PHILIP CHARLES EMPSON

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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