POPPY'S LIGHT FOUNDATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 20 February 2025
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 20 February 2025 – 31 August 2025
Latest income: £127,282
Latest expenditure: £35,485
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: T M S GRID, 15 TOWER ROAD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2SH

Website recorded by the regulator: www.poppyslightfoundation.com (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Poppy's Light Foundation offers support to children, young people and their families, through holistic interventions. With an additional advancing health offer to prevent young sudden cardiac death in our region, through awareness, screening, research and support for affected families.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 20 February 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 24 June 2026
Date Accounts Received: 24 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £127,282
Total Gross Expenditure: £35,485

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 20 February 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2026
Ar Received Date: 24 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £127,282
Total Gross Expenditure: £35,485
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 3

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Newcastle Upon Tyne City
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Tyne And Wear
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Stockton-on-tees
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: North Tyneside
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Tyne And Wear
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Durham
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Sunderland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Tyne And Wear
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: South Tyneside
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Tyne And Wear
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: POPPY'S LIGHT FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2025-02-20T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 Feb 2025
Charitable Objects: (1) TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AMONGST PARENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND (THE BENEFICIARIES) WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN BEREAVEMENT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY A BEREAVEMENT CAUSED BY AN UNDIAGNOSED CARDIAC CONDITION, BY: • ORGANISING ACTIVITIES, EXPERIENCES AND GAMES THAT BRING JOY TO THE BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR LOSS; AND• OFFERING BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT FROM SPECIALISTS FOLLOWING THE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED BEREAVEMENT.(2) TO PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF EVERY CHILD AND YOUNG PERSON, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AGED FROM BIRTH TO 21 IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND, AND SUCH OTHER PERSONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY: • PROMOTING AND FACILITATING GRASS ROOTS AND SCHOOL BASED NON-INVASIVE FREE CARDIOVASCULAR SCREENING SO AS TO REDUCE EARLY DEATH RATES FROM PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN OR UNDETECTED CARDIAC ABNORMALITIES EVERY 3 YEARS;• EDUCATING FAMILIES OF POSITIVE LIFESTYLE CHANGES TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF CARDIAC CONDITIONS; AND• RAISING AWARENESS OF YOUNG AND UNEXPLAINED CARDIAC DEATHS SO THAT SCREENING MAY ENABLE THE DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF CARDIAC CONDITIONS TO PREVENT DEATH AND FURTHER DETERIORATION OF THE HEART.(3) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries