DAY ONE TRAUMA SUPPORT

Registered charity 1194227 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide practical and emotional support, alongside the healthcare provided by the NHS, for patients, their loved ones, and other individuals within their support network. Referrals to our service are made, working within our service criteria, either by partners within the NHS delivering the healthcare, or direct from patients, their loved ones, or other individuals within their network.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£2.4m

Latest spending

£1.8m

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £593,581 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £2,373,885. Per the trustees' report, free reserves totalled £792,258, which is slightly above the stated policy target of £285,000. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“There were two employees (2024- two) who received total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) of more than £60,000.” — page 31

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“There were two employees (2024- two) who received total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) of more than £60,000.” — page 31

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 2.5 months of salaries plus 1 month’s other expenditure (held: £792k)

“the reserves policy of Day One, which has been approved by the Trustees, states that we should aim to hold a minimum of 2.5 months of salaries plus 1 month’s other expenditure, based on running costs. This figure is £285,000 for the year ending 31 March 2025”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from Over £60,000 (FY2024) to more than £60,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Day One Trauma Support (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Lucy Nickson — CEO (source)
Amy Bond — Director of Operations (source)
Jen Murgatroyd — Director of Income and Engagement (source)
Emily Smith — Director of Finance and Resources (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£2.4m

Total spending

£1.8m

Cost of raising funds

£429k

Reserves (reported)

£792k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 18.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

David Ross Hay
Dr Anthony John Howard
Dr Louise Johnson
Heather Kathleen McLellan
Jamie Rhind
Julie Claire Kendall
Katherine Bratt-Farrar
Mark O'Donnell · trustee of 2 other charities
Prof. Philip Gartside Turner
Simon Morrow
Tony Peter Gardiner

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.4m	£1.8m
31/03/2024	£1.1m	£1.1m
31/03/2023	£604k	£981k
31/03/2022	£1.3m	£669k

Common questions

Is DAY ONE TRAUMA SUPPORT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £593,581 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £2,373,885. Per the trustees' report, free reserves totalled £792,258, which is slightly above the stated policy target of £285,000. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

What does the highest-paid employee of DAY ONE TRAUMA SUPPORT earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds DAY ONE TRAUMA SUPPORT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DAY ONE TRAUMA SUPPORT as a grant recipient include IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATION, THE REED FOUNDATION, PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND, PAVERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATION	FY2025	£591k
IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATION	FY2023	£188k
THE REED FOUNDATION	FY2022	£70k	Christmas Challenge
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	FY2025	£10k
PAVERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	FY2023	£6k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	FY2024	£5k	Mental Health
IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATION	FY2024	£14

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£4k
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£4k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£2k
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION	1	£326k
The Leathersellers' Foundation	1	£200k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION	1	£165k
THE THALES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£156k
THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION	1	£150k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MAKING MIRACLES.

MAKING MIRACLES income £301k
HEARTS TOGETHER income £674k
SUE YOUNG CANCER SUPPORT IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND income £225k
YOU OKAY, DOC? income £115k
Cruse Bereavement Support income £6.4m
NEW PATHWAYS FAMILY FRIENDLY THERAPEUTIC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE income £4.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DAY ONE TRAUMA SUPPORT	£2.4m	more than £60,000	2	above	—	no doubt
MAKING MIRACLES FY2025	£301k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HEARTS TOGETHER FY2025	£674k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SUE YOUNG CANCER SUPPORT IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND FY2026	£225k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YOU OKAY, DOC? FY2026	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Cruse Bereavement Support FY2025	£6.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.