Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 9

ABBY'S HEROES

Supporting children, teenagers, young adults and their families, across the South Coast of England, having been diagnosed with cancer, and being treated at Southampton General Hospital. We offer financial and practical support through grant giving, and also we help families with the opportunity to make some family memories.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/11/22	£453	£399	£54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
30/11/21	£324	£268	£56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
30/11/20	£268	£201	£68	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
30/11/19	£304	£200	£104	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
30/11/18	£168	£93	£76	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	30
30/11/17	£143	£48	£95	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.abbys-heroes.org

info@abbys-heroes.org

02381 103103

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient services

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides other finance

Where it operates

Dorset, Hampshire, Isle Of Wight, West Sussex, Wiltshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
65 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£10,000
Co-Operative Group	£9,264
Wates Family Enterprise Trust	£6,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£5,976

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Abby's Heroes
£2,279	21/10/2023	We would like to offer families whose children have been diagnosed with cancer, the opportunity to seek counselling to help them through this awful experience and to improve their mental wellbeing.
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - Welfare Packs-Group Grant-July 2023
£6,000	17/07/2023	Funding for our Welfare Packs for parents of newly diagnosed children and Young People to help ease the financial pressure of living at the hospital in those early weeks. Parents are in a state of ....more Funding for our Welfare Packs for parents of newly diagnosed children and Young People to help ease the financial pressure of living at the hospital in those early weeks. Parents are in a state of fear, turmoil, severe emotional distress when they arrive on the ward, often straight from A&E or their GP. Sometimes the child and parents only have the clothes they are standing up in and are not prepared for a potentially long stay in hospital while their child undergoes an onslaught of tests. Our Welfare Packs include vouchers for 14 days Hospital Car Parking together with Gift Cards for the Hospital Outlets such as M&S, Costa and WHSmith so they can buy some food, coffee and a toothbrush to enable them to focus on their child's treatment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Funding towards rent for our premises
£5,976	24/06/2022	The funding will be used to contribute towards the rent of the project's premises. The funding will enable the group to continue their support for children teenagers and young adults living with ....more The funding will be used to contribute towards the rent of the project's premises. The funding will enable the group to continue their support for children teenagers and young adults living with cancer and their families.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Abby's Heroes
£3,121	23/10/2021	We would like to update the toys in the ward's main playroom, and provide a range of toys/activities/games that can be used when children are isolating in their rooms on the ward.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Abby's Heroes
£3,865	24/10/2020	We'd like to arrange a trip to Marwell Zoo for families of children with cancer, who are being treated at Southampton General Hospital.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	02/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALEXANDRA CLARE WOOD Appointed: 2019

ANTONY WAGHORN Appointed: 2024

HELEN GREEN Appointed: 2022

KATHRYN MARY GOODYER Appointed: 2016

KIELE CARTER Appointed: 2022

LYNNE MICHELLE SQUIBB Appointed: 2016

LORNA FORD Appointed: 2019

LOUISE HEWLETT Appointed: 2022

RACHEL ELIZABETH DARKE Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/12/2016, number: 1170676

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

04/11/2019 - Asset transfer in from THE JOE GLOVER TRUST - CHILDRENS CANCER CHARITY
09/12/2022 - Asset transfer in from AMAZING ALICE

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE JOE GLOVER TRUST - CHILDRENS CANCER CHARITY on 04/11/2019
Asset transfer in from AMAZING ALICE on 09/12/2022

Main office

Unit 18
Basepoint Centres
Andersons Rd
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 5FE

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND SUFFERING AND THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS DURING AND AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCER BY THE ONCOLOGY DEPARTMENTS AT SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND THEIR FAMILIES, BY THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL AND FINANCIAL HELP INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR MEMORY MAKING

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