YELLOW BALL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1211087 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC054064 (OSCR)

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (A) MAKING GRANTS AND GIVING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE; AND (B) MAKING GRANTS AND GIVING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHICH RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS OF BLUE LIGHT SERVICES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, 'BLUE LIGHT SERVICES' MEANING THE FIRE SERVICE, AMBULANCE SERVICE, POLICE AND HM COASTGUARD AND SERVICES ANCILLARY THERETO AND ANY SUCCESSOR TO ANY OF THOSE SERVICES.

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

Causes: Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £90,004 from unrestricted funds, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £90,004 at year-end. Per the trustees' report, the charity is in a strong financial position with adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The trustees consider the going-concern basis appropriate based on held funds, planned grants, and expected support.

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 2 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Yellow Ball Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jane Margaret O'Riordan
• PAUL BARHAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul James Cutter

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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