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.

Objects

2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND IN PARTICULAR:A. TO ENHANCE THE SERVICES, FACILITIES AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE FOUNDATION TRUST AND ITS REPUTATION AS A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE CARE, PREVENTION AND CURE OF ILLNESSES AFFECTING CHILDREN;B. TO FURTHER ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO THE GENERAL OR ANY SPECIFIC PURPOSES OF THE FOUNDATION TRUST OR THE PURPOSES OF THE HEALTH SERVICE;C. TO PROMOTE, PROTECT, PRESERVE AND ADVANCE ALL OR ANY ASPECTS OF THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC; ANDD. TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION IN MEDICINE INCLUDING BY ENGAGING IN AND SUPPORTING MEDICAL RESEARCH (AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS).”PROVIDED THAT SUCH SUPPORT IS NOT OF A KIND THAT WOULD ORDINARILY BE GIVEN BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

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

Accounts audited by Hawsons Chartered Accountants. Discloses 3 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01224751
• Trading subsidiary: THEO BEAR TRADING COMPANY LIMITED Companies House 02946773

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)

Reported reserves equal ~35.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 35.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jonathan Neil McMahonchair
• Charlotte Acevedo
• Dr David Barnett
• Louise Dawn Lumley
• 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

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION LIMITED.

• THE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION LIMITED income £563k
• SHEFFIELD HOSPITALS CHARITY income £3.3m
• THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST income £9.7m
• VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY income £7.2m
• THE CHILDRENS WELFARE AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION income £136k
• THE SHREWSBURY AND TELFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST CHARITY income £557k

Side by side with its peers

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