BLUE LIGHT CARD FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1198492 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Blue Light community goes above and beyond for us every day, sometimes putting their own health and wellbeing in jeopardy. The Blue Light Card Foundation exists to empower all those who work, have worked, or volunteer in the Blue Light community. We give life-enhancing local and national projects the backing they need, through grants, to support the wellbeing of this incredible community.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF MEMBERS OF THE BLUE LIGHT COMMUNITY WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOME OTHER IDENTIFIABLE CHARITABLE NEED, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF CHARITABLE GRANTS TO CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO RELIEVE THOSE NEEDS.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE “BLUE LIGHT COMMUNITY” MEANS THE FOLLOWING GROUPS: AMBULANCE SERVICE (INCLUDING RETIRED STAFF), BLOOD BIKES, FIRE SERVICE (INCLUDING RETIRED FIREFIGHTERS), HIGHWAYS TRAFFIC OFFICERS, HM ARMED FORCES, HM ARMED FORCES VETERAN, HM COASTGUARD, HM PRISON AND PROBATION SERVICE, HOME OFFICE (BORDERS AND IMMIGRATION), INDEPENDENT LIFEBOATS, MOD CIVIL SERVANT, MOD FIRE SERVICE, MOD POLICE, NHS (INCLUDING RETIRED NHS), NHS DENTAL PRACTICE, PHARMACY, POLICE (INCLUDING RETIRED OFFICERS), RED CROSS, RESERVED ARMED FORCES, RNLI, SEARCH AND RESCUE, 4X4 RESPONSE, CAVE RESCUE, LOWLANDS SEARCH AND RESCUE, MINES RESCUE, MOUNTAIN RESCUE, SEARCH AND RESCUE, SOCIAL CARE, CARE COMPANY WORKFORCE, CARE HOME, COUNCIL (WORKING IN CARE SECTOR), FOSTER CARERS, RESIDENTIAL CARE, SOCIAL WORKER, ST ANDREWS AMBULANCE, AND ST JOHN AMBULANCE.

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 · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Charnwood, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £844,277, which is above the trustees' stated target range of £230,000 (representing six months of operating costs). The charity reported a net movement in funds of £198,047, supported by £699,474 in donations, while total charitable expenditure amounted to £481,042.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. 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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Blue Light Card Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Blue Light Card — “We also support the Blue Light Card Foundation with donations that help fund the Foundation’s vital work.” (source page)
• The Nottingham Panthers — “The Blue Light Card Foundation receives an annual percentage of Blue Light Card profits.” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~29.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 8.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Karen Jane Allison Hodgsonchair
• David Crews
• Jeffrey Davies
• Katie Pavoni
• Robin Thomas Clegg
• STEPHEN CHARLES DENNY
• Thomas James Dalby

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

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

Income and spending

Common questions

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 CARD FACTORY FOUNDATION.

• CARD FACTORY FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• TURNING THE RED LIGHTS GREEN income £1.1m
• A LIGHT IN THE DARK income £81k
• BRIGHT LIGHTS PROJECTS income £310k
• BLUE CABIN CIO income £485k
• BLYTH STAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED income £2.6m

Side by side with its peers

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