THE BODIE HODGES FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1196162 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We support families bereaved of a child (any age) by providing one-to-one and group bereavement counselling sessions, along with a variety of support groups. We also actively campaign to raise awareness of the Organ Donor Register in an attempt to help to increase the number of people who sign up for this.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £56,381 and unrestricted free reserves of £212,665, which are significantly above the stated policy target of £87,000. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. The charity relies heavily on voluntary income, with 97% of its funds coming from community and business support rather than grants.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bodie Hodges Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £432k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~107.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (78% 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: 3.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gemma Louise Ortonchair
• Andrew Mark Stubbs
• Emma Jane Frain
• Helen Elizabeth Whitby
• Nicholas John Ball

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Child Bereavement UK.

• Child Bereavement UK income £2.7m
• HALO CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION income £106k
• CBUK26 income £4.2m
• 2wish income £2.0m
• BALLOONS (DEVON) income £312k
• HOSPICE AID UK income £115k

Side by side with its peers

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