ARCHIE'S CARAVAN

Registered charity 1205833 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve the needs of those children, aged under 18 years, diagnosed within the preceding 12 month period and suffering from oncology related illnesses in Yorkshire/The Humber, The Midlands & The North West & North East of England by providing free leisure style accommodation and providing any additional support to relieve suffering which the trustees from time to time see fit

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE CHILDREN, AGED UNDER 18 YEARS, RECENTLY DIAGNOSED AND SUFFERING FROM ONCOLOGY RELATED ILLNESSES IN YORKSHIRE, THE HUMBER, THE MIDLANDS, THE NORTH EAST AND THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND, BY PROVIDING FREE LEISURE STYLE ACCOMMODATION AND PROVIDING ANY ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO RELIEVE SUFFERING WHICH THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME SEE FIT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income

£130k

Latest spending

£108k

Registered

2023

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated total receipts of £129,596 against total payments of £108,258, resulting in a surplus and a cash balance of £21,338. The trustees consider the financial position to be sound for an organisation in its first period of operation, with sufficient funds to meet ongoing commitments. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £21,338, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of approximately £10,000–£12,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (84% of income)

“The charity's primary source of income was donations, which totalled £98,033 and represented approximately 84% of gross income.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of operational expenditure (approximately £10,000–£12,000) (held: £21k)

“The trustees aim to hold sufficient reserves to cover approximately three months of operational expenditure (approximately £10,000–£12,000), ensuring the charity can continue to provide holidays without interruption.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Craig Vaughanchair
CHRISTOPHER HENRY LEES
Georgina May Paszke
Hayley Vaughan
Helen Liley
Lynsey Tate

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£130k	£108k

Common questions

Is ARCHIE'S CARAVAN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated total receipts of £129,596 against total payments of £108,258, resulting in a surplus and a cash balance of £21,338. The trustees consider the financial position to be sound for an organisation in its first period of operation, with sufficient funds to meet ongoing commitments. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £21,338, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of approximately £10,000–£12,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£40k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION	2	£14k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£13k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£12k
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUST	2	£11k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£10k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	2	£2k
THE CHANDRIS FOUNDATION	2	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TEDDY20 SUPPORTING CHILDREN WITH CANCER LIMITED.

TEDDY20 SUPPORTING CHILDREN WITH CANCER LIMITED income £125k
ALICE'S ARC income £788k
VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY income £7.2m
LENNOX CHILDRENS CANCER FUND income £1.4m
SASHA WOULD'VE LOVED IT income £112k
THE CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP income £5.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ARCHIE'S CARAVAN	£130k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TEDDY20 SUPPORTING CHILDREN WITH CANCER LIMITED FY2025	£125k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ALICE'S ARC FY2025	£788k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY FY2025	£7.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
LENNOX CHILDRENS CANCER FUND FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	12.3%	no doubt
SASHA WOULD'VE LOVED IT FY2025	£112k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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