Mary Thompson Fund

Registered charity 1112610 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MTF, THE MARY THOMPSON FUND (MTF), THE MARY THOMPSON FUND MIDDLESBOROUGH

The Mary Thompson Fund was established to provide financial support for refugees and people seeking asylum in the Tees Valley who are in hardship, including where no statutory funding is available.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£71k

Latest spending

£66k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity delivered services to vulnerable clients despite community unrest and legislative changes. The independent examiner confirmed the accounts give a true and fair view of the financial position, noting only an immaterial difference in bank balances. The charity reported increased public support and donations during the period.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

PETER WIDLINSKIchair
Alison Mary Smith
Elizabeth Anne Wood
Joseph Andrew Christopher Smith
KATH SAINSBURY
Lucie Fleming
Maureen Hall
Stephen Mark Nuttall · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Darlington · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · Redcar And Cleveland · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£71k	£66k
31/12/2023	£62k	£52k
31/12/2022	£50k	£68k
31/12/2021	£80k	£48k
31/12/2020	£41k	£47k

Common questions

Is Mary Thompson Fund financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity delivered services to vulnerable clients despite community unrest and legislative changes. The independent examiner confirmed the accounts give a true and fair view of the financial position, noting only an immaterial difference in bank balances. The charity reported increased public support and donations during the period. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Mary Thompson Fund?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Mary Thompson Fund as a grant recipient include Jill and Norman Franklin Trust, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS PRESTON ON TEES.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
Jill and Norman Franklin Trust	FY2026	£24k	Refugees
Jill and Norman Franklin Trust	FY2024	£21k	Refugees
Jill and Norman Franklin Trust	FY2025	£21k	Refugees
Jill and Norman Franklin Trust	FY2023	£19k	NE
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS PRESTON ON TEES	FY2023	£3k	Home missions and other church societies

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/05/2021	£1k	Mary Thompson Fund