WOLO FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1188412 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOLO

Wolo Foundation help families living in Sussex through their cancer journeys. They support them by offering practical help and support to make their day-to-day lives easier. They work with local businesses and communities to offer families a wealth of services to support them through their diagnosis, treatment and beyond.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF FAMILIES* LIVING IN SUSSEX THAT ARE AFFECTED BY CANCER; THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GOODS/SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, OR BY PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GOODS OR SERVICES.*DEFINITION OF 'FAMILIES' IS THOSE WITH A CHILD OR CHILDREN AGED UNDER 16 YEARS AT THE TIME OF DIAGNOSIS.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wealden, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £24,485, which the trustees describe as 'just under 3 months worth of reserves' against a policy target of 3 to 6 months of expenditure. The trustees note that efforts to build satisfactory reserves have been hindered by the cost of living crisis and unprecedented demand, but they remain confident that reserves will grow to the target level in time.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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 — Wolo Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Justin Bricknell
• Kirsty Mitchell
• Stuart MacLean

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILLOW FOUNDATION.

• WILLOW FOUNDATION income £4.1m
• THE WATERLOO FOUNDATION income £15.5m
• ELBWO income £44k
• SUSSEX CANCER FUND income £433k
• THE WOOSNAM FOUNDATION income £587k
• THE SWALLOW TRUST income £436k

Side by side with its peers

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