WELLCHILD
Registered charity 289600 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARICO, CHILDREN NATIONWIDE MEDICAL RESEARCH FUND, THE WELLCHILD TRUST · also registered in Scotland as SC045010 (OSCR)
WellChild is the UK's national charity for sick children. The charity's work is focused on ensuring that all children and young people in the UK - especially those with serious illness, complex health conditions or long-term care needs - have the very best possible quality of care and support.
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
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.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
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. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — WellChild (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£702k
Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 37.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (04/09/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Amanda Wilkinson
- Anna Ruth Jones
- Benjamin James Bedford
- Claire Watson
- David Craig Hatch
- Dr Hazel Jean Evans
- Nicholas Fisher
- ROSALIND CHARLOTTE FUTTER
- Simon Hardy
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WELLCHILD financially healthy?
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. 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 TRUE COLOURS TRUST, THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST, G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST, DUKES FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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