SAM'S SUPERHEROES FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1210458 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAM'S SUPERHEROES

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM FEBRILE INFECTION RELATED EPILEPSY SYNDROME (FIRES) AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS BY:THE PROVISION OF GRANTS FOR FACILITIES, GOODS AND SERVICES, SUCH AS ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPIES AND HOLIDAYS FOR RESPITE OR CONVALESCENCE.RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT FIRESMAKING DONATIONS TO RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS EXAMINING THE CAUSES, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT OF FIRES.

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

Latest income
£100k
Latest spending
£57k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity carried out activities supporting research into FIRES/NORSE and raising awareness through events like "Sam's Big Scoot". The trustees confirm they have had regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. The document does not disclose specific financial figures for reserves, income, or expenditure.

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 3 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 20

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sam's Superheroes Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£100k£57k

Common questions

Is SAM'S SUPERHEROES FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity carried out activities supporting research into FIRES/NORSE and raising awareness through events like "Sam's Big Scoot". The trustees confirm they have had regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. The document does not disclose specific financial figures for reserves, income, or expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SAM'S SUPERHEROES FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SAM'S SUPERHEROES FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUSTFY2022£500100 for 500