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THE MARINA DALGLISH APPEAL

Registered charity 1111193 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity is currently engaged in assisting Liverpool Broadgreen Hospital Trust by providing funds to instal robotic surgery equipment for the treatment of prostate and kidney cancers as well as operating the Larks drop-in centre in central Liverpool for the benefit and wellbeing of cancer patients

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£851k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a significant increase in unrestricted reserves, rising from £2.77 million to £3.77 million, driven by a surplus of £1.01 million against prior-year deficits. The accounts state that the trustees have assessed the charity as a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 17.5% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“The cost of raising funds rose in 2025 as a result of the full schedule of events, resulting in an increase in costs from £103k to £324k.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: establish a sinking fund to provide for the continued maintenance of the unit (held: £3.8m)
“The Trustees will review the current and projected financial position in order to establish a sinking fund to provide for the continued maintenance of the unit during its likely life so that it is repaired and maintained to its original standard.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: A daughter of two trustees received remuneration for work performed organising events for the charity.
“A daughter of two trustees received remuneration for work performed organising events for the charity. Remuneration of £21,600 (2024:£21,600) was paid in the year.” — page 19
“At the year end, the charity had an outstanding debtor balance of £5,950 (2024: £nil) owed by a trustee, representing an unpaid donation.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Outstanding debtor balance owed by a trustee for an unpaid donation.
“A daughter of two trustees received remuneration for work performed organising events for the charity. Remuneration of £21,600 (2024:£21,600) was paid in the year.” — page 19
“At the year end, the charity had an outstanding debtor balance of £5,950 (2024: £nil) owed by a trustee, representing an unpaid donation.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Marina Dalglish Appeal (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£851k
Cost of raising funds
£324k
Reserves (reported)
£3.8m
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~53.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 17.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£1.9m£851k
31/07/2024£400k£1.2m
31/07/2023£1.3m£595k
31/07/2022£1.3m£346k
31/07/2021£118k£153k

Common questions

Is THE MARINA DALGLISH APPEAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a significant increase in unrestricted reserves, rising from £2.77 million to £3.77 million, driven by a surplus of £1.01 million against prior-year deficits. The accounts state that the trustees have assessed the charity as a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES1£137k
THE PAUL BASSHAM CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED1£5k
THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOUNDATION1£5k
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION1£5k
MRS WINGFIELD'S CHARITABLE TRUST1£4k
LINGEN DAVIES CANCER FUND CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION1£4k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Merseyside Against Blood Cancers.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MARINA DALGLISH APPEAL£1.9m—0unclear17.5%no doubt
Merseyside Against Blood Cancers FY2025£119k—0unclear—no doubt
MARINA THEATRE TRUST FY2025£2.2m—0above—no doubt
TOGETHER AGAINST CANCER FY2025£508k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL CHARITY FY2025£635k—0within—no doubt
PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS GENERAL CHARITY AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES FY2025£1.0m—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.