ALS PALS

Registered charity 1184001 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£99k

Latest spending

£69k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a solvent position without overdraft, creditors, or investors, despite facing a precarious cash-flow situation earlier in the year. Per the trustees' report, the charity ended the period with a positive net movement in funds and sufficient reserves to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unclear (held: £39k)

“reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee Darren Smallridge paid £500 to the charity for fundraising events.

“Darren Smallridge paid £500 to Als Pals for fundraising events during the year. There are no other related party transactions during the period .” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Als Pals (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (27/05/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Antony Smithchair
Darren Smallridge
Fiona Jones
John Alan Edwards
Sandra Burch
Stephen Whitton

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

Operates in: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Hertfordshire · Milton Keynes · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£99k	£69k
31/07/2024	£79k	£66k
31/07/2023	£57k	£65k
31/07/2022	£31k	£28k
31/07/2021	£12k	£6k

Common questions

Is ALS PALS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained a solvent position without overdraft, creditors, or investors, despite facing a precarious cash-flow situation earlier in the year. Per the trustees' report, the charity ended the period with a positive net movement in funds and sufficient reserves to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ALS PALS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ALS PALS as a grant recipient include THE ASTOR FOUNDATION, The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ASTOR FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k	Advice and counselling
The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited	FY2024	£1k	Education

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/09/2023	£7k	We've reached a tipping point!
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/08/2022	£10k	Befriending Support For Patients With Cancer & Terminal Conditions