WELLCHILD

Registered charity 289600 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARICO, CHILDREN NATIONWIDE MEDICAL RESEARCH FUND, THE WELLCHILD TRUST · listed website unreachable when last crawled · also registered in Scotland as SC045010 (OSCR)

Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a total surplus of £68,264 and unrestricted reserves of £587,358, which equates to five months of operating expenditure. This reserve level is within the charity's stated policy target of four to eight months. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four- and eight-months’ operating expenditure (held: £587k)
The charity’s policy is to aim for a general (undesignated) reserve of between four- and eight-months’ operating expenditure.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee donations and expenses
Total donations of £21 (2024: £141) were received from one (2024: three) member of the Trustee Board and £157 has been expensed for trustee. There were no pro bono legal services provided by any trustees in the year (2024: pro-bono legal services £1,000). There were no other related party transactions during the year. — page 41
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Ltd.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — WellChild (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£702k
Reserves (reported)
£587k
Employees
29

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.9m£1.8m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.9m
31/03/2023£2.2m£2.1m
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.6m
31/03/2021£1.9m£2.0m

Common questions

Is WELLCHILD financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a total surplus of £68,264 and unrestricted reserves of £587,358, which equates to five months of operating expenditure. This reserve level is within the charity's stated policy target of four to eight months. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Godfrey Wilson Ltd.

Who funds WELLCHILD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WELLCHILD as a grant recipient include THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST, DUKES FOUNDATION, CHELTENHAM ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUST FUND, THE ICELAND FOODS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

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