GIDDO'S GIFT

Registered charity 1177285 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide grants and wishes to teenagers and young adults living with cancer also to provide bereavement grants and support to grieving families. To offer free holidays in caravan in Porthmadog to bereaved families and young people and their families going through a cancer diagnosis.

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Latest income
£85k
Latest spending
£94k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £5,255 for the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £130,755. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting six months of operational costs and one year of caravan expenses, supported by significant unrestricted fund balances. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and financial statements accorded with those records.

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£85k£94k
31/01/2024£104k£79k
31/01/2023£90k£79k
31/01/2022£76k£45k
31/01/2021£66k£43k

Common questions

Is GIDDO'S GIFT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £5,255 for the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £130,755. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting six months of operational costs and one year of caravan expenses, supported by significant unrestricted fund balances. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and financial statements accorded with those records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery28/06/2024£15kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2023£10kGiddos Gaff Caravan
The National Lottery Community Fund08/06/2020£8kCOVID-19 Helping teenagers and young people battling cancer
The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2019£3kGoodie Boxes