Registered charity (CIO) · Fareham
Sophie's Legacy
- 8 trustees
- Income £624k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.sophieslegacy.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2022
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£624k£631k
- 2024£508k£331k
- 2023£231k£85k
Income trend, 2023 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND TO RELIEVE THOSE SUFFERING FROM OR AFFECTED BY CHILDHOOD CANCER OR OTHER ILLNESSES INCLUDING THEIR PARENTS/GUARDIANS AND THEIR FAMILIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:A. THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT TO PARENTS/GUARDIANS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THE CHILDREN ON CHILDREN’S WARDS IN HOSPITALS IN THE FORM OF SNACKS AND TOILETRIES BOXES;B. THE PROVISION OF ART THERAPY PROVIDED BY QUALIFIED ART THERAPISTS ON CHILDREN’S WARDS AS WELL AS IN THE COMMUNITY;C. RAISING AWARENESS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER AND ACTING AS AN ADVOCATE FOR EARLIER DIAGNOSIS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER;D. IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF CHILDREN’S TIME IN HOSPITAL BY WORKING WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO ADVANCE FOOD STANDARDS AND THE PROVISION OF PLAY.E. AND BY ANY OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE.
Grants received
2 grants · £4,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
8 trustees on the board
- Fred Birkett Chair since 2023
- Clare Meachin since 2025
- Edward Butler since 2023
- Emma Louise Cole since 2026
- Karen Kirkpatrick since 2022
- Karyn Jayne Daysh since 2025
- Maria Edwards since 2022
- Matthew Charlton since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Fred Birkett Chair since 2023
- Edward Butler since 2023
- Emma Louise Cole since 2026
- Karen Kirkpatrick since 2022
- Maria Edwards since 2022
- Matthew Charlton since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Clare Meachin since 2025
- Karyn Jayne Daysh since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.9 in 2023
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1198979
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 May 2022
- Contact on the register
- 07842413043 · info@sophieslegacy.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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