CREATING MEMORIES

Registered charity 1189423 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To help make the wishes of life limiting and terminally ill children come true within Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.

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Latest income
£34k
Latest spending
£32k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £29,462 in unrestricted reserves at the end of the financial year, resulting in a net surplus of £1,745. The trustees consider the charity to be in good financial health, noting that it has sufficient funds to pay salaries and bills as they fall due. The charity continues to have limited running costs, although it engaged additional external resources in the latter part of the year to support forward plans.

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.

In the news

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Trustees · trustee networks

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Operates in: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Central Bedfordshire · Hertfordshire · Luton · Milton Keynes

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/04/2025£34k£32k
01/04/2024£37k£24k
01/04/2023£11k£12k
01/04/2022£13k£116
01/04/2021£4k£900

Common questions

Is CREATING MEMORIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £29,462 in unrestricted reserves at the end of the financial year, resulting in a net surplus of £1,745. The trustees consider the charity to be in good financial health, noting that it has sufficient funds to pay salaries and bills as they fall due. The charity continues to have limited running costs, although it engaged additional external resources in the latter part of the year to support forward plans. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CREATING MEMORIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CREATING MEMORIES as a grant recipient include THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTISTFY2024£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/10/2025£15kCreating Memories: Expanding vital support across Beds Bucks and Herts
Postcode Lottery29/07/2024£4kUnrestricted Funding