THE SCAR FREE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1078666 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HEALING FOUNDATION, THE HEALING TRUST

Carry out and fund research into the improvement of treatments for the benefit of people who suffer from physical, psychological, social or emotional disadvantages as a result of physical disfigurement or functional impairment present at birth or acquired through accident, disease or illness and into the prevention of accidents which may cause such conditions.

Objects

FOR THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND FOR THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH BY:- (1) CARRYING OUT AND FUNDING RESEARCH INTO THE IMPROVEMENT OF TREATMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL, OR EMOTIONAL DISADVANTAGE AS A RESULT OF PHYSICAL DISFIGUREMENT OR FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT PRESENT AT BIRTH OR ACQUIRED THROUGH ACCIDENT, DISEASE, OR ILLNESS AND INTO THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS WHICH MAY CAUSE SUCH CONDITIONS; AND (2) DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND TO HELP TRAIN HEALTH WORKERS IN APPROPRIATE TREATMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; AND (3) INFORMING PEOPLE ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH TREATMENTS

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

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £751,891, with free reserves of £734,352, which the trustees consider to be within the target range relative to their policy of covering 12 months of core expenditure. Although the charity reported a net expenditure for the year and noted that reserves are expected to dip below the policy threshold temporarily during the 2025/26 financial year, the trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03831398

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Scar Free Foundation (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.

• ATHREYA, Sridhar — director, appointed 28/01/2026on trustee list
• ROBERTS-MOK, Iwan James — director, appointed 28/01/2026not on trustee list
• TILLOTSON, Sam — director, appointed 28/01/2026on trustee list
• WELLS, Galina — director, appointed 28/01/2026on trustee list
• EDMINSON, Bridget Ann — director, appointed 01/11/2025on trustee list
• VERJEE, Liaquat Nizar — director, appointed 01/04/2025on trustee list
• MODASIA-SHAH, Hemani, Dr — director, appointed 20/01/2022on trustee list
• CLARKE, Alison Jane — director, appointed 13/02/2018on trustee list
• KEOGH, Bruce Edward, Sir — director, appointed 15/07/2014on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~10.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (88% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 43.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Sir Bruce Edward Keoghchair
• Alison Clarke
• Bridget Edminson
• Galina Wells
• Hemani Modasia-Shah
• Iwan Robert-Mok
• Liaquat Verjee
• Sam Tillotson
• Sridhar Athreya · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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• THE ROSALYN AND NICHOLAS SPRINGER CHARITABLE TRUST income £78k
• STAND AGAINST RACISM & INEQUALITY income £994k
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• THE SERTH AND GATES CHARITY income £336k
• THE REAL GOOD FOUNDATION income £28k

Side by side with its peers

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