TOM'S TRUST

Registered charity 1183559 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are dedicated to raising funds to provide psychological support for children and young people with brain and CNS tumours and their families. This includes provision of clinical psychologists in children's hospitals, provision of professional and family information via a resources hub, family support and professional development to improve standards of support for families.

Objects

TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH TUMOURS OF THE BRAIN AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMAND THEIR FAMILY/CARERS FROM THEIR DIAGNOSIS, THROUGH TREATMENT AND BEYOND BY MEASURES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO (I) FUNDING THE PROVISION OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND OTHER EXPERT SUPPORT; (II) FUNDING MEASURES TO IMPROVE RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICE; (III) FUNDING THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND EDUCATION; (IV) FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILY AND PEER-TO- PEER SUPPORT AND PERSONAL ADVOCACY; AND (V) PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION AND IMPROVEMENT OF FACILITIES, SUPPORT SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.”

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Uttlesford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £384,756, which is below the policy target of maintaining cash and assets sufficient to fund 12 months of outstanding commitments plus six months of total operating costs. The charity relies on continued fundraising income and donations to support its activities.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• 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 — Tom's Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (63% 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: 35.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/07/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW WOOSEYchair
• ANDREW GRAHAM WHITELEY
• ANIL MALHOTRA
• Alexandra Jane Worden
• Dr Catherine Harter
• Dr Catherine Jane Pringle
• Dr PETER GOUGH · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jodie Vaughan
• Martin Peter Shave
• Peter Stewart McLintock

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JOSS SEARCHLIGHT.

• JOSS SEARCHLIGHT income £180k
• THE TONY BRAMALL CHARITABLE TRUST income £105k
• ANNA'S HOPE income £54k
• SHANNON MOORE TRAUMA TRUST income £131k
• BRAINSTORM (THE OXFORD BRAIN TUMOUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION) CIO income £51k
• THE CALM TRUST income £80k

Side by side with its peers

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