THE OLIVER FISHER SPECIAL CARE BABY TRUST

Registered charity 292375 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity is established to provide and maintain medical equipment, facilities and personnel required for the treatment of babies needing intensive and special care.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£190k

Latest spending

£189k

Registered

1985

Accounts read

FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The charity reported a net income surplus of £64,480 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £940,275. The trustees maintain free reserves at a level they consider prudent to cover management, administration, and fundraising costs, as well as to meet urgent requests for new equipment. The accounts were subject to an independent examination which confirmed no material matters required attention.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £30,184 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“The Trust continues to operate on a purely voluntary basis with the exception of the Publicity & Fundraising Co-Ordinator who for the year 2023 cost the Trust £30,184 in salary and pension costs.” — page 5

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Donations (68% of income)

“In 2023, the OFSCBT received total income of £172,897 and would like to take the opportunity to thank all those who support the Trust with both large and small donations as they are vitally important.” — page 3

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to cover obligations with regard to management and administration costs and fundraising and publicity costs (held: £940k)

“the trustees also consider it prudent to maintain sufficient funds to cover obligations with regard to management and administration costs and fundraising and publicity costs.”

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Oliver Fisher Special Care Baby Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

ME Card — “With thanks to ME Card for sponsoring our website hosting fees this year.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

DR A SOEchair
Alison Jane Youdale
Dr Santosh Pattnayak · trustee of 1 other charity
GEOFFREY LAWRENCE
Mr D Liddiard
Ms H Ditton
Olivia Grace Lawrence
Samantha Short
Sarah Jane Clarke

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

Operates in: Kent · Medway

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£190k	£189k
31/12/2023	£173k	£108k
31/12/2022	£103k	£169k
31/12/2021	£236k	£54k
31/12/2020	£159k	£58k

Common questions

Is THE OLIVER FISHER SPECIAL CARE BABY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The charity reported a net income surplus of £64,480 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £940,275. The trustees maintain free reserves at a level they consider prudent to cover management, administration, and fundraising costs, as well as to meet urgent requests for new equipment. The accounts were subject to an independent examination which confirmed no material matters required attention. Its FY2023 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE OLIVER FISHER SPECIAL CARE BABY TRUST earn?

Per its FY2023 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £30,184 band.

Who funds THE OLIVER FISHER SPECIAL CARE BABY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE OLIVER FISHER SPECIAL CARE BABY TRUST as a grant recipient include BRCK Foundation.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
BRCK Foundation	FY2025	£1k	Sponsorship Matching

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 PENNIES FOUNDATION	2	£1.1m
MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£14k
THE HOSPITAL OF GILBERT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY AT SHEFFIELD	1	£7k
MATTHEW GOOD FOUNDATION	1	£4k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
THE J A R CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
THE CADBURY FOUNDATION	1	£3k
THE S M B TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BABIES IN BUSCOT SUPPORT.

BABIES IN BUSCOT SUPPORT income £112k
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY income £5.4m
FRIENDS OF PICU income £283k
THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF NAZARETH CHARITABLE TRUST income £2.7m
WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND income £315k
BABY LIFELINE LIMITED income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE OLIVER FISHER SPECIAL CARE BABY TRUST	£190k	£30,184	0	above	—	no doubt
BABIES IN BUSCOT SUPPORT FY2025	£112k	—	0	within	21.7%	no doubt
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY FY2025	£5.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF PICU FY2025	£283k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF NAZARETH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£2.7m	—	1	below	—	no doubt
WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND FY2025	£315k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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