# SPARKLE (SOUTH WALES)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1093690
- **Other names:** SOUTH GWENT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION, SPARKLE (SOUTH WALES) LIMITED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 4, 2002
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1093690


## Contact

- **Address:** Serennu Children's Centre, CWRT CAMLAS, ROGERSTONE, NEWPORT
- **Postcode:** NP10 9LY
- **Phone:** 01633748092
- **Email:** Carla.Hopkins@wales.nhs.uk
- **Website:** http://www.sparkleappeal.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONG CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES AND THE RELIEF OF SIBLINGS, PARENTS AND CARERS OF SUCH CHILDREN WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION AND ADVOCACY AND THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED

**Activities:** Sparkle (South Wales) Limited under appeal name "the Sparkle Appeal" provides sporting, leisure and support services for the 1200 children with complex disabilities in the Gwent areas and their families. It provides many enhanced services for children with wide ranging disabilities and supports provision of treatment, consultation, care, leisure and information all under one roof.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. NEWPORT (GWENT) MONMOUTHSHIRE TORFAEN




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Amateur Sport, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Blaenau Gwent
- Caerphilly
- Monmouthshire
- Newport City
- Torfaen



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £917022 | £759668 | £813448 | 124 |
| March 31, 2024 | £639374 | £787224 | £656094 | 111 |
| March 31, 2023 | £647367 | £671395 | £803944 | 110 |
| March 31, 2022 | £728687 | £699043 | £827972 | 96 |
| March 31, 2021 | £526894 | £502686 | £798328 | 83 |



## Trustees

- **Janet Mary Kelly** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 19, 2019
- Gary Handley — appointed Dec. 18, 2025
- JOAN YVONNE SHEPPARD
- Martin Gerrard — appointed Sept. 19, 2019
- NICOLE GARNON — appointed April 29, 2021
- Noel Geoffrey Williams — appointed Aug. 8, 2019
- Siobhan Downes — appointed July 10, 2025
- Tracey Ann Pead — appointed March 30, 2023