THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY
Registered charity 505002 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CENTENARY APPEAL LIMITED, SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY, SHEFFIELD CHILDRENS HOSPITAL CHARITY, THE CHILDRENS APPEAL, THE CHRIS FUND LIMITED
Enhancing Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust and its reputation as a centre of excellence for the care, prevention & cure of illnesses. Specifically funding: Research into children's illnesses; New facilities to extend the range of treatment provided ; Specialist medical equipment to enhance the care programme of the Trust; Improving the environment for our patients, families and visitors.
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 generated a net income of £2,250,420 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £10,750,107. The trustees report that the charity holds sufficient unrestricted undesignated reserves to cover six months of operational costs, with available reserves calculated at £3,538,261. The financial position is described as healthy, with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Trading subsidiary: Theo Bear Trading Company Limited
“The charity has one wholly-owned trading subsidiary, Theo Bear Trading Company Limited” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Hawsons Chartered Accountants. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
THEO BEAR TRADING COMPANY LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sheffield Children's Hospital Charity (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- ACEVEDO, Charlotte Marie — director, appointed 02/12/2024on trustee list
- LUMLEY, Louise Dawn — director, appointed 02/12/2024on trustee list
- CURRIE, Matthew James — director, appointed 02/12/2024on trustee list
- GILLETT, Adam James — director, appointed 02/12/2024on trustee list
- HARTLAND, Peter Conway — director, appointed 01/10/2024on trustee list
- MCMAHON, Jonathan Neil — director, appointed 31/07/2023on trustee list
- WHITE, Rachel Evelyn — director, appointed 01/07/2022on trustee list
- ROOKER, Mark Andrew — director, appointed 01/07/2022on trustee list
- BROWN, Ruth Elizabeth — director, appointed 19/10/2020on trustee list
- OFFIAH, Cynthia Nwamaka, Professor — director, appointed 14/09/2020on trustee list
- BARNETT, David, Professor — director, appointed 22/01/2018on trustee list
- ARMSTRONG, John David — secretary, appointed 02/08/2021
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £495k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£1.9m
Reported reserves equal ~35.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 35.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (14/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (23/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (07/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Jonathan Neil McMahonchair
- Adam James Gillett
- Charlotte Acevedo
- Dr David Barnett
- Louise Dawn Lumley
- Mark Andrew Rooker
- Matthew James Currie
- Peter Conway Hartland · trustee of 1 other charity
- Professor Cynthia Nwamaka Offiah
- Rachel Evelyn White
- Ruth Brown
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £2,250,420 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £10,750,107. The trustees report that the charity holds sufficient unrestricted undesignated reserves to cover six months of operational costs, with available reserves calculated at £3,538,261. The financial position is described as healthy, with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hawsons Chartered Accountants.
Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY as a grant recipient include THE PENNIES FOUNDATION, MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HOSPITAL OF GILBERT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY AT SHEFFIELD, MATTHEW GOOD FOUNDATION, Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust.
Known funders
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