RIPPLES OF COMPASSION

Registered charity 1185499 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity supports bereaved parents through providing access to therapy/counselling free of charge; activities/services to help them remember their child that has died; and activities to help them remember to look after their emotional well-being. We support children with cancer and life limiting conditions and their families by providing gifts and activities whilst receiving treatment.

Objects

TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH, AND RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AFFECT BY CHILDHOOD CANCER OR OTHER SERIOUS CHILDHOOD ILLNESS OR BEREAVEMENT AND THOSE THAT SUPPORT THEM FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY RAISING AWARENESS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER, CHILD BEREAVEMENT AND THEIR RELATED ISSUES, AND THE PROVISION OF RESOURCES AND GRANTS.

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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Registered contact address: South Gloucestershire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a deficit of £906 for the year ended 31 December 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Total reserves stood at £19,350, comprising £9,350 in free reserves and £10,000 in designated funds for bereavement therapy contingency. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern, confident it can meet financial obligations for at least 12 months.

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
• 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)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ripples of Compassion (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Fiona Corlesschair
• Carolyn Delyth Watson
• Matthew Longley
• Samuel Davis

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RIPPLE SUICIDE PREVENTION CHARITY.

• RIPPLE SUICIDE PREVENTION CHARITY income £420k
• THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS income £564k
• SLIDE AWAY income £109k
• CHILDREN'S RESPITE TRUST income £403k
• MAKING MIRACLES income £301k
• CONTACT A FAMILY income £8.8m

Side by side with its peers

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